Hollywood Museum

The Hollywood Museum in the Max Factor Building
Location	1660 North Highland Avenue Hollywood , California 90028
Coordinates	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 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 Building 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 [ edit ]

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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]

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