News
Academy Museum Workers Ratify First Union Contract
The news came just as the Hollywood screenwriters’ guild reached a strike-ending deal with studios.
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LA’s Academy Museum Voluntarily Recognizes Workers’ Union
The announcement comes less than two months after a group of museum employees declared their intention to unionize.
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Months After Opening, LA's Academy Museum Workers Move to Unionize
Staff cited wage discrepancies, allegedly inadequate responses to COVID-19 outbreaks, and being asked to do work outside their job description.
Art
Searching for Hayao Miyazaki in the Details of His Films
Does the Academy Museum exhibition successfully plumb the depths of Miyazaki’s psyche?
Film
The New Academy Museum of Motion Pictures and Hollywood’s Ugly Truths
The museum details the process of moviemaking, from its inception in storytelling all the way to its marketing. But interwoven into these exhibits are ugly truths.
Art
Take a Peek at This Wondrous Collection of Pre-Cinematic Technology
The breadth of the Balzer Collection will be a valuable resource for the Academy Museum in telling a more holistic story about cinema’s development.
Art
An Early Peek Inside the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
As Tom Hanks announced at the Oscars, the museum opens December of this year, the result of a 90-year quest by the Academy to create a museum dedicated to their art and industry.
Art
New LA Museum Spotlights Hollywood Costumes, From Dracula Cape to Spider Woman Dress
Ahead of its opening, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is highlighting one major aspect of its holdings: costume design.
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A Highly Anticipated Los Angeles Museum of Film Promises Thought-Provoking Exhibitions
The soon-to-open Academy Museum of Motion Pictures commits to telling the full and diverse stories of film.