Film academy hosts exhibition in new museum site

Visitors can see costumes worn by Charlie Chaplin, Marlene Dietrich, Bette Davis and Elizabeth Taylor until March, 2015

Last updated: September 16, 2018 | 00:58

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is holding its first exhibit in the space that will become Hollywood’s premier museum devoted to the movies.

“Hollywood Costume” debuts on Thursday inside the historic May Co building on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, which is set to reopen as the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in 2017.

Visitors to the exhibition can see costumes worn by Charlie Chaplin, Marlene Dietrich, Bette Davis and Elizabeth Taylor. There is a section of superhero costumes, featuring Christopher Reeve as Superman flying overhead. A gallery of iconic costumes includes Julia Roberts’ red dress from Pretty Woman and the beaded gown and fur stole Marilyn Monroe wore in Some Like it Hot.

Costumes from the film,

Superhero costumes are shown on display at the Hollywood Costume exhibit, curated by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and London's Victoria & Albert museum, at the future home of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, in this publicity photo released to Reuters on September 30, 2014. The Hollywood Costume exhibit, opening Thursday in Los Angeles and curated by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and London's Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A), will house more than 150 costumes spanning decades of cinema. It has been expanded from a 2012 V&A exhibit in London, and includes 40 new costumes, including those worn by Oscar-winner Jared Leto in

Elizabethan costumes are shown on display at the Hollywood Costume exhibit, curated by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and London's Victoria & Albert museum, at the future home of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, in this publicity photo released to Reuters on September 30, 2014. The Hollywood Costume exhibit, opening Thursday in Los Angeles and curated by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and London's Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A), will house more than 150 costumes spanning decades of cinema. It has been expanded from a 2012 V&A exhibit in London, and includes 40 new costumes, including those worn by Oscar-winner Jared Leto in

Iconic costumes from the Golden Age of cinema to the present, including those worn by Meryl Streep, are on display at the press preview of the

Iconic costumes from the Golden Age of cinema to the present, including those worn by Barbra Streisand, are on display at the press preview of the

A costume worn by Nicole Kidman as Satine in the film

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