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Photos by Iwan Baan/©Iwan Baan Studios, Courtesy Academy Museum FoundationĪcademy Museum of Motion Pictures. Extensive supports and birdcage scaffolding held the structure in place until the final piece of glass was locked together like the keystone of an arch.Īcademy Museum of Motion Pictures. Perched atop the sphere, a glass-enclosed terrace and exhibition space invites the public to enjoy spectacular panoramic views, providing a unique and memorable visitor experience. It’s a seven-story, 484 million temple to cinema that mixes cerebral (a lavish Hayao Miyazaki.

#Academy museum of motion pictures series#

Tethered to the museum by three bridges, a 60,000 sqft precast concrete and glass sphere houses the state-of-the-art, 1,000-seat David Geffen Theater that floats above an active plaza on a series of base isolator piers. The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is located on one of the major east-west axes in Los Angeles, at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax. The long-delayed Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will finally open today on Wilshire Boulevard.

The interior of the building was retrofitted, and a glass curtain wall replaced the north façade of the Saban Building. Keeping the original character of the former department store’s Wilshire façade, the team sourced new limestone from where the original stone was quarried, as well as rehabilitated the black granite, gold tile and bronze doors. Hayao Miyazaki, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Joshua White/JWPictures/Academy Museum Foundation The 11,000-square-foot exhibition includes images of Miyazaki's big-eyed, innocent-looking. The team restored and transformed the historical 1939 May Company Building, renamed the Saban Building, which encompasses more than 50,000 sqft of gallery and exhibition space, event venues, restaurant and retail space, education labs, offices, conservation facilities, and the 300 seat Ted Mann Theater. Models, costumes and animation celluloids are among the many objects on display.Designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop in collaboration with Gensler, The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is the world’s premier institution dedicated to the art and science of filmmaking. In Inventing Worlds and Characters, visitors learn how artists and technicians develop elements that go into creating a film, from the initial idea to the final production. The space also features an immersive multimedia installation specially created for the museum by legendary Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar. Installations in the Stories of cinema core exhibition reveal the many aspects of moviemaking – animation techniques, special effects, artists, history and social impact – through diverse voices that convey the magic of the big screen. Visitors are plunged into the work and world of directors from around the globe. On the museum’s third floor, the modular exhibitions inside the Rolex Gallery are designed as singular journeys through different moments in film history. Among the hundreds of objects on display are the sole surviving shark from the filming of Jaws, made from the original mould, and items evoking directors from Alfred Hitchcock to Bruce Lee.

The museum displays a vast selection of objects relating to film production and film technology, presenting the diverse, international and complex stories of moviemakers and the works they create. Rolex: Founding Supporter of the Academy Museum of Motion PicturesĪs a Founding Supporter of the museum, Rolex reaffirms its commitment to spotlighting talent, fostering excellence, safeguarding legacy and ensuring that knowledge and skills are passed on to future generations.īy shining a light on the past, present and future of film, the museum plunges visitors into the unique world of cinema, through original exhibitions, screenings, publications, educational programmes and exceptional collections.