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Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles, CA

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Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is a museum in Los Angeles, CA, part of the Los Angeles guide. Cost: $25 to $50.

6067 Wilshire Blvd · Los Angeles, CA

Why you should go…

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures opened in 2021 on Wilshire Boulevard, in a design by Renzo Piano. Its galleries fill the Saban Building, a restored 1939 Streamline Moderne department store, and show objects such as Dorothy's ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz. Skyways connect to the Sphere, which holds the 945-seat David Geffen Theater and the glass-domed Dolby Family Terrace. Film screenings run in both the Geffen and the smaller Ted Mann Theater.

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