Program Series: In-Gallery
Visual Description Tours
On the last Friday of every month, a visual description tour explores a select gallery space with a museum educator.
Free with general admission
Repeated Event: Jan 1–Dec 31, 2026
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Plan your Visit
Accessibility
Accessibility Programs
ASL Interpreted Tours
American Sign Language (ASL) tours of select galleries are always offered at noon on the same day as our monthly Calm Morning program and accommodative Family Matinee film screening. Join a museum educator and ASL interpreter to experience cinema’s wide-ranging contributions to the world.
If you are interested in learning more, please email us at museumeducation@oscars.org.
In-Gallery
Close-up Tours: Hollywoodland
Museum educators offer a deep dive into the fascinating history of the Hollywood studio system.
In-Gallery
Close-Up Tours: Marilyn Monroe
Museum educators lead 30-minute guided tours exploring the career of Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe. Through her films, costumes and more, this exhibition, titled Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood Icon, uncovers the woman behind the carefully crafted image.
Tour guides use voice amplifiers to enhance sound accessibility.
If you have any questions or need assistance planning your visit, please email museumeducation@oscars.org.
In-Gallery
Close-Up Tours: Marilyn Monroe (En Español)
Bilingual museum educators lead 30-minute guided tours exploring the career of Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe. Through her films, costumes and more, this exhibition, titled Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood Icon, uncovers the woman behind the carefully crafted image.
Tour guides use voice amplifiers to enhance sound accessibility.
If you have any questions or need assistance planning your visit, please email museumeducation@oscars.org.
Tours
Inside Screenwriting: LA Plays Itself with Larry Karaszewski
Academy member Larry Karaszewski talks about his life as a Hollywood scribe in our Screenwriting: Takes on LA Noir gallery.
Accessibility Programs
Calm Morning: Frightfully Fun Movie Poster Designs
Visit the Shirley Temple Education Studio on the Lower Level for a movie-poster-making workshop inspired by this season's Family Matinees and today’s delightfully wacky, accessible screening of Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.
In-Gallery
Inside Barbie to Anna Karenina: Production Design with Jan Pascale
Bid farewell to Barbie to Anna Karenina: The Cinematic Worlds of Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer exhibition with Academy member and set decorator Jan Pascale.
Tours
Curator's View Tours: Barbie to Anna Karenina
Curatorial staff offers a farewell exploration of Barbie to Anna Karenina: The Cinematic Worlds of Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer.
Tours
The Horror Tours
Join museum educators Thursdays through Sundays for 30-minute guided tours of the The Horror Show—if you dare.
In-Gallery
Curator's View Tours: Zombies!
Go behind the scenes—and beyond the grave—of our new Zombies! exhibition with Curatorial Assistant Alexandra James Salichs.
Tours
The Horror Tours (En Español)
Join bilingual museum educators on Saturdays for 30-minute guided tours of the The Horror Show—if you dare.
Supported By
Academy Museum education programs are supported by Melina and Eric Esrailian, the Beverly, Donald, and David Kobrin Fund, Apple Original Films, Dr. Kathy Fields and Dr. Garry Rayant, Miryam and Robert Knutson, Ruderman Family Foundation, Snap Foundation, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Dave and Tara Dollinger.