The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Announces New Acquisitions To The Academy Collection
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- Published on Tuesday, 20 June 2023 15:09
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the newest acquisitions to its expansive collection—the largest film-related collection in the world—housed at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive.
Recent acquisitions range from costumes featured in the Best Picture Oscar® winner Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022); a collection of more than 600 rare silent film posters; personal film collections and film-related materials of producer Gale Anne Hurd, director Harold Ramis, filmmaker Gregg Araki and film scholar Kevin Brownlow; conceptual art for E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982); and more than 150 hand-painted animation artworks dating back to 1932, donated by Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw. Their generous donation will be commemorated by the renaming of the Margaret Herrick Library's Graphic Arts Department as the Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw Graphic Arts Department.
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"We are thrilled and honored to expand the Academy's collection with these exceptional pieces," said Academy CEO Bill Kramer. "To be housed at our archive, library and museum, these vital components of the filmmaking process highlight the collaborative disciplines that develop and produce the movies we love. They also demonstrate the Academy's unique capacity to preserve the full range of film history formats. We are incredibly grateful to our donors for their remarkable gifts to the Academy and for their commitment to illuminating our film history."
"These new additions to our collections represent the diverse array of films and filmmakers we are focused on collecting. They support our goal to expose our audiences—from scholars and students to filmmakers and film lovers—to materials that spark joy, inspiration and exemplify the rich history of the cinema," said Jacqueline Stewart, Director and President of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. "We are excited that these iconic collections will be available for future research and public engagement."
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been collecting and preserving film and film-related material since 1927, and its unparalleled permanent collection contains more than 13 million photographs, 8.3 million clippings, 95,000 screenplays, 73,500 posters, 145,000 production and costume design drawings, 45,000 sound recordings, 39,000 books, 1,900 special collections, 242,000 film and video assets, and 8,000 props, process, and production items representing motion picture technology, costume design, production design, makeup and hairstyling, visual effects, promotional materials and more.
The Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw Graphic Arts Department houses the Academy's collection of posters and production art, including animation artwork, production and costume design drawings, storyboards and other design works. The department, part of the Margaret Herrick Library, was established in 1998 and its production art collections, acquired from designers, private collectors and professional organizations, document more than 80 years of motion picture design.
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Components of the Academy's collection can be accessed by the public through:
- Exhibitions, public programming, and film screenings at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures;
- The Academy's Margaret Herrick Library reference and research collection;
- The Academy Film Archive access center.
ABOUT THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is home to a global membership of more than 10,000 of the most accomplished film industry artists and leaders. The Academy recognizes and celebrates all aspects of the arts and sciences of moviemaking through renowned awards for cinematic achievement, including the Oscars ®. With the world's largest film museum and collection, the Academy preserves our cinematic history and presents honest and powerful programs about cinema's past, present and future. Across all initiatives, the Academy connects global audiences – its members, the film industry and film fans – through their shared passion for making and watching films.
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ABOUT THE ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURES
The Academy Museum is the largest museum in the United States devoted to the arts, sciences and artists of moviemaking. The museum advances the understanding, celebration and preservation of cinema through inclusive and accessible exhibitions, screenings, programs, initiatives and collections. Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano, the museum's campus contains the restored and revitalized historic Saban Building – formerly known as the May Company building (1939) – and a soaring spherical addition. Together, these buildings contain 50,000 square feet of exhibition spaces, two state-of-the-art theaters, the Shirley Temple Education Studio, and beautiful public spaces that are free and open to the public. These include the Walt Disney Company Piazza and the Sidney Poitier Grand Lobby, which houses the Spielberg Family Gallery, Academy Museum Store, and Fanny's Restaurant and Café. The Academy Museum exhibition galleries are open seven days a week, with hours Sunday through Thursday from 10am to 6pm and Friday and Saturday from 10am to 8pm.
ABOUT THE MARGARET HERRICK LIBRARY
The Margaret Herrick Library collection contains a vast range of motion picture production and history-related materials, including works on paper and still images covering the history of motion pictures in the United States and worldwide, encompassing 13 million photographs, 95,000 screenplays, 73,500 posters, 145,000 pieces of production art, and 39,000 books. The library contains more than 1,900 special collections of film icons such as Kathryn Bigelow, Anne V. Coates, William Friedkin, Katharine Hepburn, Alfred Hitchcock, Eiko Ishioka, Hattie McDaniel, Gregory Nava, Gregory Peck and Vilmos Zsigmond. These special collections contain production files, personal correspondence, clippings, contracts, manuscripts, scrapbooks, storyboards and more. The library's collecting divisions work collaboratively to acquire, preserve, digitize and exhibit the broad range of materials entrusted to their care by generations of filmmakers and collectors.
ABOUT THE ACADEMY FILM ARCHIVE
Dedicated to the preservation, restoration, documentation, exhibition and study of motion pictures, the Academy Film Archive is home to one of the most diverse and extensive motion picture collections in the world, including the personal collections of such filmmakers as Tacita Dean, Cecil B. DeMille, Jesse B'Franklin and Carl Franklin, Barbara Hammer, Alfred Hitchcock, James Wong Howe, Jim Jarmusch, Ellen Kuras, Nina Menkes, Gregory Nava, Satyajit Ray, Penelope Spheeris, George Stevens, Gus Van Sant and Fred Zinnemann. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was founded in 1927 and began acquiring film material in 1929. The Academy Film Archive, established in 1991, holds more than 242,000 items, including all the Academy Award-winning films in the Best Picture category, all the Oscar-winning documentaries and many Oscar-nominated films in other categories.
