Hollywood Museum

Hollywood Museum
The Hollywood Museum
in the Max Factor Building
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Location1660 North Highland Avenue
Hollywood, California
90028
Coordinates34°06′04″N 118°20′18″W / 34.10111°N 118.33833°W / 34.10111; -118.33833
FounderDonelle Dadigan[1]
PresidentDonelle Dadigan
CuratorSteve Nycklemoe[2]
Websitethehollywoodmuseum.com

The Hollywood Museum is a museum located at North Highland Avenue in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States, houses a collection of memorabilia from the history of American motion pictures and television. It is housed in the historic Max Factor Salon on Highland Avenue[3][4] designed by American architect Simeon Charles Lee.

The collection of the Hollywood Museum contains over 11,000 items, including costumes, props, stop motion figures, photographs, scripts, and other artifacts.[5] Among the exhibits are the original four makeup rooms used by pioneering Hollywood makeup artist Max Factor—one for redheads, one for blondes, one for brownettes, and one for brunettes.[6]

The museum is connected to a branch of Mel's Drive-In restaurant.[7]

History

The building that houses the museum was initially purchased in 1928 by legendary make-up artist to the stars Max Factor.[4] The building was sold to the Hollywood Museum in 1994. After nine years of renovations, the museum opened to the public in 2003.

In June 2016, during LGBT Pride Month, the museum hosted an exhibition called "Reel to Real: Portrayals and Perceptions of Gays in Hollywood".[8]

The museum was closed for 17 months in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in California. It reopened in August 2021.[9]

References

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  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. ^ a b Hollywood Museum website. Retrieved May 18, 2015
  5. ^ Flomberg, Deb. Explore Movie-Making History At The Hollywood Museum. Archived October 15, 2018, at the Wayback Machine 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. ^ Draughorne, Kenan (August 4, 2021). "Mel's Drive-In Reopens Hollywood & Highland Location". Hollywood, CA Patch. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  8. ^ "Reel to Real" (PDF). The Beverly Hills Courier. Vol. LI, no. 25. June 17, 2016. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 13, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
  9. ^ Draughorne, Kenan (August 4, 2021). "Hollywood Museum Reopens After 17 Month Closure". Hollywood, CA Patch. Retrieved April 26, 2022.