Hollywood Museum

Hollywood Museum

The Hollywood Museum
in the Max Factor Building
Location 1660 N. Highland Ave.
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Coordinates 34°06′04″N 118°20′18″W / 34.10111°N 118.33833°W / 34.10111; -118.33833Coordinates: 34°06′04″N 118°20′18″W / 34.10111°N 118.33833°W / 34.10111; -118.33833
Founder Donelle Dadigan[1]
President Donelle Dadigan
Curator Steve Nycklemoe[2]
Website thehollywoodmuseum.com

The Hollywood Museum is a museum in Hollywood, California that houses a collection of memorabilia from the history of American motion pictures and television. It is housed in the historic Max Factor Building on Highland Ave.[3][4]

The collection of the Hollywood Museum contains over 10,000 items including costumes, props, photographs, scripts and other artifacts.[5] Among the exhibits are the original four makeup rooms used by pioneering Hollywood makeup artist Max Factor, one each for redheads, blondes, brownettes and brunettes.[6]

The museum is connected to a branch of Mel's Drive-In restaurant.

References

  1. ↑ Hollywood Museum website. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  2. ↑ King, Susan. Hal Roach's film legacy explored in Hollywood Museum exhibition. Los Angeles Times. July 26, 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  3. ↑ King, Susan. Hollywood on parade in two new exhibits.. Los Angeles Times. February 7, 2015. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  4. ↑ Hollywood Museum website. Retrieved May 18, 2015
  5. ↑ Flomberg, Deb. Explore Movie-Making History At The Hollywood Museum. CBS Los Angeles. July 3, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  6. ↑ Stein, Sadie. Makeup Forever. The Paris Review. February 24, 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
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