The Academy Museum, opening September 30, 2021, will be the largest institution in the United States devoted to the arts, sciences, and artists of moviemaking. The idea of a museum dedicated to Hollywood and the film industry was first ...See moreThe Academy Museum, opening September 30, 2021, will be the largest institution in the United States devoted to the arts, sciences, and artists of moviemaking. The idea of a museum dedicated to Hollywood and the film industry was first discussed by Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, founding members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Fairbanks also became the Academy's first elected president in 1927. 90 years-plus later the vision of giving visitors an unprecedented opportunity to peer behind the screen of the dream factory is becoming a reality.
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