Hollywood Museum
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Hollywood, California
90028
The Hollywood Museum in the Max Factor Building | |
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| Location | 1660 North Highland Avenue Hollywood, California 90028 |
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| Coordinates | 34°06′04″N 118°20′18″W / 34.10111°N 118.33833°W |
| Founder | Donelle Dadigan[1] |
| President | Donelle Dadigan |
| Curator | Steve Nycklemoe[2] |
| Website | thehollywoodmuseum |
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 Salon 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]
