The Hollywood Museum

The Hollywood Museum, in Los Angeles

The Hollywood Museum is a museum devoted to the history of cinema, near the imposing First National Bank of Hollywood. The Los Angeles audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this museum rich in memorabilia of the stars, and this listed Art Deco building that was for a time the tallest of the town.

The museum of the memorabilia of cinema

Here you glimpse several things. First, the imposing First National Bank of Hollywood, which was for a time the tallest building of all Los Angeles. Completed in 1928, it reveals an architecture that mixes Art Deco and neo-Gothic, which earned it to be listed as a historic monument, and testifies to the prosperity of Hollywood at the end of the Roaring Twenties. Nearby is The Hollywood Museum, a museum entirely devoted to the history and the magic of cinema. Installed in a historic building of the boulevard, it gathers an impressive collection of memorabilia: costumes worn by the stars, accessories of famous films, posters, photographs, sets and objects having belonged to the legends of the seventh art. The museum plunges the visitor into the behind-the-scenes of Hollywood and retraces more than a century of cinema, from the beginnings of the silent to the modern superproductions. It is a must-see place for the film lovers wishing to touch the history and the myths of the big screen. A museum of cinema and a witness of the golden age, The Hollywood Museum is a fine stop of the discovery of Los Angeles.

What to see

Here you discover the museum devoted to the history and the magic of cinema, rich in an impressive collection of memorabilia of the stars, costumes, accessories, posters and sets, which retraces more than a century of cinema, near the imposing First National Bank of Hollywood, an Art Deco and neo-Gothic building of 1928 listed as a historic monument, for a time the tallest of the town. The Hollywood Museum plunges into the behind-the-scenes of cinema in Los Angeles. It is a fine stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Hollywood Museum lies on Hollywood Boulevard, in Los Angeles, reachable on foot. The visit follows its own hours and conditions, which vary; you also admire from the street the neighbouring First National Bank of Hollywood. It is best to check the arrangements before coming.

What does The Hollywood Museum present in Los Angeles?

An impressive collection of memorabilia of cinema: costumes worn by the stars, accessories of famous films, posters, photographs and sets, which retrace more than a century of history of Hollywood; it is near the imposing First National Bank of Hollywood, an Art Deco and neo-Gothic building of 1928 listed as a historic monument.

Where is The Hollywood Museum in Los Angeles?

On Hollywood Boulevard, in Los Angeles, in the United States.