The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has announced its Oscars Season at the Academy Museum, running now through 22 March.
This season of public programming invites audiences to “celebrate the 98th Oscars and immerse themselves in Academy Awards history through rich, expansive, and one-of-a-kind Oscar-centred events and activities”, organisers said.
Oscars Season will see the Academy Museum campus activated for visitors to experience in-gallery tours, Oscar Nominee Spotlights, exclusive store merchandise, special pricing for The Oscars Experience presented in the East West Bank Gallery, Oscar-winning film screenings, and the Official Oscars Watch Party – an evening to view the broadcast and celebrate this year’s nominees and iconic Oscars moments.
“We are thrilled to continue our tradition of bringing all the excitement of Oscars to our public through programmes and exclusive opportunities,” said Amy Homma, president and director of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
“The Academy Museum is the singular destination to celebrate the history of the Academy Awards and celebrate this year’s nominees.”
The Academy Museum will introduce several updates across its galleries during Oscars season.
From 14 January through 25 March, an Oscars-themed montage will be featured in the first-floor Spielberg Gallery.
On 14 February, the Academy Awards History Gallery will debut a new rotation of iconic red carpet fashion outfits, including a gown worn by Elizabeth Taylor at the 42nd Oscars in 1970, a tuxedo worn by Paul Reubens at the 60th Oscars in 1987, and Sharon Stone’s ensemble worn to the 68th Oscars in 1996.
Additionally, on 1 March, the museum will open a new gallery titled 19 Branches of the Academy, featuring texts and behind-the-scenes photographs of Academy members from different professions, and illustrating the governing structure of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Curated in collaboration with the Governors of all 19 Academy branches, this gallery will highlight filmmakers at work and reveal the talents and careers that continue to shape excellence in the film industry.
On Sunday afternoons this January and February, the museum’s Oscar Sundays series will screen films recognised at the Oscars for their achievements in sound design, mixing and editing. Screenings will be held in the David Geffen Theater and are free with general admission.
Titles in the programme include It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), The Towering Inferno (1974), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990) and Sound of Metal (2020).
21 February to 14 March will include Oscars Gallery Tours of the Academy Awards History Gallery and Oscars Gallery, which will explore the history behind the film industry’s biggest night and provide insights into historic and memorable Oscar winners. An additional After the Oscars tour will take place on 16 March.
From 7 to 14 March, leading up to the Oscars broadcast on 15 March, guests can enjoy screenings of all Oscar-nominated documentary, live action and animated short films and attend Nominee Spotlights with this year’s nominated filmmakers in the Animated Short Film, Animated Feature Film, Documentary Short Film, Live Action Short Film, International Feature Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, and Best Picture categories.
On the days of the Animated Short Film, Animated Feature Film, and Makeup and Hairstyling nominee programmes, visitors can view a showcase of items from the nominated films in those award categories for free in the Sidney Poitier Grand Lobby.
On Sunday 15 March, from 3pm to 8pm, the fifth annual Official Oscars Watch Party will celebrate the 98th Oscars.
At this “spectacular” viewing party, guests will have access to special photo opportunities on the Walt Disney Company Piazza, access to the museum store, light hors d’oeuvres, wine from Clarendelle and Domaine Clarence Dillon – the official wines of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures – and access to the David Geffen Theater to watch the Oscars broadcast live.
After the 98th Oscars, screenings of some of this year’s award-winning films will be held from 19 to 22 March in the David Geffen Theater.
More information is available on the Academy Museum website.
