Hollywood Museum

Hollywood Museum

The Hollywood Museum
in the Max Factor Building
Location 1660 N. Highland Ave.
Hollywood, Los Angeles
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] designed by American architect, Simeon Charles Lee.

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.

In June 2016, during LGBT Pride Month, the museum hosted an exhibition called "Reel to Real: Portrayals and Perceptions of Gays in Hollywood".[7]

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.
  7. "Reel to Real" (PDF). The Beverly Hills Courier. LI (25). June 17, 2016. p. 10. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
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