Movie lovers will have to delay their planned excursion to the Hollywood Academy Museum a bit longer because, once again, the museum’s opening has been postponed to an undetermined date in 2020. The Academy, the institution that is in charge of the Oscars and the future museum, did not indicate an exact date but did say that the inauguration will not take place until after the next awards ceremony, which took place recently in February.
The project has been in the works for several years and was scheduled to be inaugurated at the end of 2019. The museum, which promises to be the greatest exhibition house on the seventh art, has had many setbacks since the announcement of its construction.
The property consists of a domed glass roof that comprises of 1,500 flat, shingled, laminated, tempered, glass panels that cover a basin comprised of steel and steel-reinforced concrete. The domed roof consists of sheets that were manufactured in Steyr, Austria by Saint-Gobain and are cut into 140 different shapes and sizes. The dome will have the capacity to host a 1,000 seat theatre, with a terrace view of the Hollywood Hills.
The property, which is still under construction, is located at the junction of Fairfax Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard in the city of Los Angeles on 28,000 square meters of land. The project is budgeted to cost USD 388 million by the time it is ready for the public.
The Academy explained, when the project was announced, that the museum will house a vast permanent exhibition dedicated to the history and evolution of cinema as well as temporary exhibitions on specific personalities or themes of the big screen.
The creators of this project have decided to bring, as part of their program, two great exhibitions 1. Where Dreams are Made: A Journey Inside the Movies and 2. Regeneration: Black Cinema 1900-1970, which will reflect on the important story of filmmakers who developed their crafts within the United States.
In fact, it is planned that the museum’s first temporary exhibition will be devoted to Hayao Miyazaki , the legend of Japanese animation who gave us titles such as “Princess Mononok”, “The Journey of Chihiro” or “The Castle walking”.
Kerry Brougher, the Director of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, noted that he wants the museum to enhance public understanding of the development of the art and science of cinematography worldwide while encouraging people to realize the significance of cinema in society. He added that the academy’s intention is to introduce the visitor’s of the museum to a world that lies somewhere between reality and illusion.
In addition, the first exhibitions realize that the Academy intends to give its deserved space to cinema from all over the world, so it should not surprise us that in a couple of years there is an exhibition dedicated to Mexican cinema.
Hopefully this great museum does not delay its opening anymore, because movie-lovers from all across the world are waiting with baited breaths for it to open.
