Close-Up Tours: Marilyn Monroe

Join museum educators Thursdays through Sundays for 30-minute guided tours of the Jaws: The Exhibition.

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.

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.

On the last Friday of every month at 2pm, a museum educator offers a visual description tour in a select exhibition.

This 30-minute verbal overview, crafted for visitors who are blind or low vision, is a way of using words to represent the visual world, helping people form mental images of what they cannot see. All are welcome to join this gallery conversation. 

If you are interested in learning more, or would like to book an individual visual description tour, please email us at museumeducation@oscars.org.

Discover cherished works in museum exhibitions through carefully curated walkthroughs with experienced guides. 

Discover cherished works in museum exhibitions through carefully curated walkthroughs with experienced guides. 

Museum educators offer a deep dive into the fascinating history of the Hollywood studio system.

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.

Visual effects supervisor and Academy Governor Andrew Roberts gives a 30-minute tour, revealing the ways visual effects can create or enhance on-screen creatures. The tour also features visual-effects creatures in notable Bong Joon Ho films: The Host (2006) and Mickey 17 (2025).

Stay for a brief Q&A with Roberts after the tour.