Academy Museum nears completion and gives a sneak peek inside

, who departed suddenly in August. “Los Angeles has never had a movie museum of this scale. ... Now it’s finally happened.”

The big reveal of the tour: The 1,000-seat David Geffen Theater, nestled inside Piano’s concrete sphere — tagged the Death Star by some — appears largely complete. A red carpet leads inside, where the seats and film screen are in place. The museum is still testing and calibrating its two Dolby Vision laser projectors and lighting. Aside from the yellow caution tape and about 50 special seats that need to be dropped into the middle of the room, the theater appears nearly ready for opening night.

projectors. Both theaters will be used for daily screenings as well as lectures, performances, panels and other events. Just outside the Ted Mann Theater, in the lower-level lobby, the Shirley Temple Education Studio is mostly finished. It will feature a “moving image workshop” with classes for students with an emphasis on those in high school.

Landscaping has begun, with newly planted California fan palms, blue grama grass and other greenery along Fairfax Avenue.

Source: Entertainment Trends (entertainmenttrends.net)

Let's just say they gave you a peek. There is nothing 'sneaky' about it if the actually let you in.

United States Latest News, United States Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Go Inside the Almost-Finished Academy Museum of Motion PicturesThe Academy Museum of Motion Pictures opened its doors on Friday morning — but not for museum-goers. Members of the press were given a tour of the 300,000 square-foot Renzo Piano-designed cam…
Source: Variety - 🏆 108. / 63 Read more »

Academy Museum Unveils New Theater As It Nears Fundraising GoalAfter several delays, the Motion Picture Academy unveiled its gleaming new 1,000-seat theater to an impressed press and public audience Friday during a tour of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures…
Source: DEADLINE - 🏆 109. / 63 Read more »

An Inside Look at the New Academy of Motion Pictures MuseumThe Academy has 12 million photographs, 85,000 scripts, and 63,000 movie posters in its vaults. Soon, you'll be able to see them too.
Source: marieclaire - 🏆 102. / 63 Read more »

US museum targets gender gap by acquiring only works by womenThe Baltimore Museum of Art will spend $2.5 million this year on works by women. It will also reorganise several of its rooms to showcase the work of women and offer 20-odd exhibits of works by female artists.
Source: trtworld - 🏆 101. / 63 Read more »

A museum in Russia for a man who never existedIn Russia, where family histories have often been cut to shreds, preserving the past is a fixation amazing Reminds me of a theme/subplot in the Bladerunner movies. Replicants (artificial humans) collect old photos of random unrelated family and places and other such artifacts to simulate a personal past history that they could never have. hog-wash
Source: TheEconomist - 🏆 6. / 92 Read more »

Planned Parenthood Partied at the Sex MuseumReproductive rights and the right to party we must stan. PPFA museumofsex
Source: papermagazine - 🏆 409. / 53 Read more »