AmericaJR’s Jason Rzucidlo recently visited the brand new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. The Academy Museum will be the largest U.S. institution devoted to moviemaking. It is devoted to the history, science, and cultural impact of the film industry. It is the first large-scale museum of its kind in the United States. The museum is located in the historic May Company Building on the intersection Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue, part of Museum Row on the Miracle Mile. Originally expected to open in 2020, its completion and opening was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The museum eventually opened to selected celebrity guests on September 25, 2021, and to the general public on September 30.
Oscar Micheaux (center) with unidentified cast and crew, ca. 1923 
NAACP members protest a screening of The Birth of a Nation (USA, 1915) at the Republic Theatre, New York, 1947. 
Original U.S. theatrical posters: The Exile (1931), The Betrayal (1948) and Swing! (1938) 
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Academy Award for Best Actress presented to Mary Pickford for Coquette (1929) 
Academy Award for Best Actor presented to Clark Gable for It Happened One Night (1934) 
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor presented to Harold Russell for The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 
Academy Award for Film Editing presented to Adrienne Fazan for Gigi (1958) 
Academy Award for Visual Effects presented to John Stears, John Dykstra and Richard Edlund for “Star Wars” (1977) 
Academy Award for Sound Effects Editing presented to Charles L. Campbell and Ben Burtt for E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature presented to “The Times of Harvey Milk” (1984) 
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film presented to “Shrek” (2001) 
Academy Award for Best Directing presented to Alfonso Cuaron for “Gravity” (2013) 
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay presented to “Moonlight” (2016) 
Academy Awards exhibit 
Visit the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures at 6067 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA. For advance tickets and more info, go to https://www.academymuseum.org/