ACADEMY MUSEUM FOUNDATION

THE ACADEMY MUSEUM CONSISTS OF THE RENOVATED LANDMARK 1939 SABAN BUILDING AND A NEW, ATTACHED SPHERICAL ADDITION THAT INCLUDES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE 951-SEAT DAVID GEFFEN THEATER AND THE DOLBY FAMILY TERRACE OVERLOOKING THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS. THE ACADEMY MUSEUM FEATURES SIX STORIES OF IMMERSIVE EXHIBITION GALLERIES, A STATE-OF-THE-ART EDUCATIONAL STUDIO, FILM THEATERS AND DYNAMIC PUBLIC AND SPECIAL EVENT SPACES. ONE OF THE KEY MISSIONS OF THE ACADEMY MUSEUM FOUNDATION IS TO MANAGE AND OPERATE THE FACILITY. THIS CATEGORY OF EXPENSE ALSO REFLECTS FINANCING AND DEPRECIATION EXPENSE OF THE CAPITALIZED COSTS OF CONSTRUCTING THE MUSEUM'S PHYSICAL FACILITIES.

AS PART OF ITS MISSION, THE ACADEMY MUSEUM FOUNDATION ENGAGES IN AN ACTIVE PROGRAM OF COLLECTION CARE AND CONSERVATION OF FILM-RELATED OBJECTS AS PART OF THE 52 MILLION ITEM ACADEMY COLLECTION. THE ACADEMY MUSEUM'S LOS ANGELES FACILITY INCLUDES A CONSERVATION LAB AS WELL AS A PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO FOR THE DOCUMENTATION OF OBJECTS. IN ADDITION, THE ACADEMY MUSEUM MAINTAINS CLIMATE-CONTROLLED, HIGHLY SECURE FACILITIES FOR THE STORAGE OF ITS COLLECTION. IN FY24, THE MUSEUM'S CONSERVATION TEAM UNDERTOOK RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS IN SUPPORT OF GROUNDBREAKING WORK INCLUDING: (1) COLLABORATING WITH SCIENTISTS FROM NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AND THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO TO DEEPEN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE LONGEVITY OF POLYMER CLAYS AND DEVELOP EFFECTIVE CONSERVATION STRATEGIES FOR THESE MATERIALS, ENCOMPASSING THE CONSERVATION OF A SCULPTURE BY PIONEERING STOP-MOTION ANIMATOR RAY HARRYHAUSEN AND A PUPPET FROM WALLACE AND GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERERABBIT (2005); AND (2) TREATMENTS ON THE PERMANENT COLLECTION, INCLUDING AN IN-DEPTH STABILIZATION AND RESTORATION OF COSTUMES FROM TRON (1982) AND X-MEN (2000) AND TREATMENT OF A PUPPET FROM NAKED LUNCH (1991). THE ACADEMY MUSEUM'S CURATORIAL STAFF RESEARCHES THE OBJECTS IN THE MUSEUM'S POSSESSION, PLANS EXHIBITIONS FOR PUBLIC VIEWING, AND PREPARES AND PUBLISHES SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS AND TEXTS. THE ACADEMY MUSEUM PRESENTED THE FOLLOWING EXHIBITIONS IN ITS GALLERIES DURING ALL OR PARTS OF FY24: (I) STORIES OF CINEMA (ONGOING) IS THE ACADEMY MUSEUM'S CORE EXHIBITION, SPANNING THREE LEVELS OF THE MUSEUM, NUMEROUS GALLERIES, AND PRESENTING THE DIVERSE, INTERNATIONAL, AND COMPLEX STORIES OF MOVIEMAKERS AND THE WORKS THEY CREATE; (II) HOLLYWOODLAND: JEWISH FOUNDERS AND THE MAKING OF A MOVIE CAPITAL (ONGOING) IS THE ACADEMY MUSEUM'S FIRST PERMANENT EXHIBITION AND TELLS THE ORIGIN STORY OF FILMMAKING IN EARLY 20TH CENTURY LOS ANGELES, SPOTLIGHTING THE IMPACT OF THE PREDOMINANTLY JEWISH FILMMAKERS WHOSE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AMERICAN FILM STUDIO SYSTEM TRANSFORMED LOS ANGELES INTO A GLOBAL EPICENTER OF CINEMA; (III) THE PATH TO CINEMA: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE RICHARD BALZER COLLECTION (09/30/21-03/12/24) EXPLORED HOW THE CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE THAT MOVIEGOERS KNOW TODAY EVOLVED FROM A LONG TRADITION OF OPTICAL AMUSEMENTS AND DEVICES OF WONDERS; (IV) BACKDROP: AN INVISIBLE ART (09/30/21-07/16/23), HIGHLIGHTED A MONUMENTAL BACKDROP, THE ICONIC MT. RUSHMORE BACKING FROM ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959); (V) SHIFTING PERSPECTIVES: VERTICAL CINEMA (11/12/23-08/04/24), OFFERED A UNIQUE VERTICAL CINEMA VIEWING EXPERIENCE HONORING THE SPIRIT OF EXPERIMENTATION IN CINEMA; (VI) REGENERATION: BLACK CINEMA 1898-1971 (08/21/22-07/16/23), A LANDMARK EXHIBITION EXPLORING THE VISUAL CULTURE OF BLACK CINEMA IN ITS MANIFOLD EXPRESSIONS FROM CINEMA'S DAWN INTO THE EARLY '70S; (VII) JOHN WATERS: POPE OF TRASH (09/17/23-08/04/24), THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE EXHIBITION DEVOTED TO THE ARTIST; (VIII) ISAAC JULIEN: BALTIMORE (08/21/22-07/16/23), SIR ISAAC JULIEN'S HOMAGE TO WRITER-DIRECTOR-PRODUCER MARIO VAN PEEBLES IN ITS SINGLE-CHANNEL THEATRICAL VERSION, ALONG WITH LESSONS OF THE HOUR, JULIEN'S SINGLE-CHANNEL PORTRAIT OF THE KEY BLACK AMERICAN ORATOR FREDERICK DOUGLASS, AND (IX) OUTSIDE THE MAINSTREAM (09/17/23-08/04/24), AN INSTALLATION THAT PAID HOMAGE TO THE FILMMAKERS FROM THE AMERICAN AVANT-GARDE, UNDERGROUND FILM, AND NEW QUEER CINEMA MOVEMENTS. THE ACADEMY MUSEUM ALSO PRESENTED THE OSCARS EXPERIENCE (ONGOING), AN IMMERSIVE SIMULATION IN WHICH MUSEUM VISITORS CAN RECEIVE AN OSCAR AND A VIDEO TO DOCUMENT THE EXPERIENCE. THE ACADEMY MUSEUM'S PUBLISHING IMPRINT PRODUCED A CATALOGUE FOR ITS TEMPORARY EXHIBITION JOHN WATERS: POPE OF TRASH. ALL THE PUBLICATIONS ARE CO-PUBLISHED WITH DELMONICO BOOKS AND DISTRIBUTED WORLDWIDE BY D.A.P. ARTBOOK.