Hollywood Heritage Museum

Hollywood Heritage Museum The Hollywood Heritage Museum is housed in the beautifully restored Lasky-DeMille Barn (c. 1901). It is the oldest extant studio in Hollywood.

The Barn was used as the production office for the first feature-length film made in Hollywood. The structure was the production facility of famed filmmakers Cecil B. DeMille (THE TEN COMMANDMENTS) and Jesse L. Lasky, who first leased the "barn" in December of 1913. The non-profit preservation organization Hollywood Heritage runs the museum and programs Evenings at the Barn with booksignings and l

ectures by historians and celebrity guests. We are open Saturday - Sunday from 11:00AM - 3:00PM. Call ahead during Hollywood Bowl season. The museum is sometimes closed due to Bowl events. Tickets are $10 for Adults. Members and children under 12 are admitted for free. Join our Group on Facebook to share your photos! https://www.facebook.com/groups/39926509228

Hollywood Heritage was extremely sad to learn that Casey LaLonde passed away last Friday. He was a relatively new friend...
06/17/2026

Hollywood Heritage was extremely sad to learn that Casey LaLonde passed away last Friday. He was a relatively new friend, who very quickly made it his business to explore and appreciate all that Hollywood Heritage has to offer - from the Museum to Hollywood preservation issues. He was forever supportive and we were over the moon each time he came to present "Home Movie Nights" featuring his grandmother Joan Crawford at the Museum! His work getting LETTY LYNTON out of the archive and back on screens after 90 years, was just the beginning of his planned Hollywood history based projects. He was quite proud of this achievement because it meant giving this great gift to his grandmother's fans. When we screen LETTY LYNTON on July 25 he will definitely be there in spirit.

Casey is pictured here with Domenic Benedict holding up bags of coffee inspired by Casey's grandmother Joan Crawford, from Domenic's Hollywood Blends coffee label. 📷 Margot Ge**er, April 2024.

On June 20th the Hollywood Heritage Museum reopens with The Heart of Hollywood: Honoring the Legacy of the Motion Pictu...
06/16/2026

On June 20th the Hollywood Heritage Museum reopens with The Heart of Hollywood: Honoring the Legacy of the Motion Picture & Television Fund.

Founded in 1921 as the Motion Picture Relief Fund, the organization was conceived by silent screen legend Mary Pickford (holding the shovel), alongside industry leaders including Joseph M. Schenck and Reverend Neal Dodd, to provide assistance to members of the motion picture community facing illness, financial hardship, or personal crisis. At a time when few social safety nets existed, the Fund was created from a simple but profound belief: that those working in the entertainment industry should support one another in times of need.

Over the decades, the Motion Picture & Television Fund has grown into one of Hollywood's most respected charitable institutions, providing financial assistance, healthcare services, social support programs, residential living, and compassionate care for thousands of entertainment industry professionals and their families. MPTF is the only organization in history to receive the Academy’s Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, presented at the 93rd Oscars® ceremony in 2021.

Few institutions are more closely tied to Hollywood's history than the Motion Picture & Television Fund. The very artists and craftspeople whose stories are preserved at the Hollywood Heritage Museum, many of whom walked through the doors of the Lasky-DeMille Barn during their careers, have relied upon the Fund's assistance during times of illness, hardship, and retirement.

Stop by for a visit! Members get in free!

🌟June 20 - August 2
🎞️Saturdays & Sundays 11am - 3pm
📽️ Open July 2 from 11am - 3pm

06/15/2026

This Miniature Hollywood dates back to the late 1930s and early 40s. It traveled the country on a flatbed truck as an attraction, to the delight of those who could only dream of seeing Hollywood with their own eyes. The Palladium, the Earl Carroll Theatre, the HollywoodTower - all the legendary hotspots they read about in the papers, heard about on radio or saw in the movies were all there! Now you can see it at our Preservation Resource Center on Hollywood Boulevard on Saturday, June 20! We have two tour sessions - 11am & 12:45pm. Advance tickets required. More on our website.

🌟🎞️A forbidden romance, a wicked betrayal - Rudolph Valentino and Vilma Banky star in THE SON OF THE SHEIK (1926). A 100...
06/15/2026

🌟🎞️A forbidden romance, a wicked betrayal - Rudolph Valentino and Vilma Banky star in THE SON OF THE SHEIK (1926). A 100th Anniversary screening kicks off the 40th season of Silents Under the Stars, an opportunity to see a silent film with live musical accompaniment under the stars on the ranch of a silent film director!

THE SON OF THE SHEIK was released September 5, 1926 with Valentino's untimely death occurring on August 23, 1926.

FREE TO ATTEND!

📽️Sunday July 26-8:00 pm
🎶Original live musical accompaniment by Michael Mortilla
🏡Gillette Ranch, King Gillette Ranch, 26876 Mulholland Highway, Calabasas, CA 91302
🧺Bring a picnic, take a tour at 6:30pm and check out the visitors center until 7:30 pm.

Produced by the Silent Society at Hollywood Heritage.

❤️🎞️ New Exhibit News! 📰 The Hollywood Heritage Museum, in partnership with the Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF) ...
06/09/2026

❤️🎞️ New Exhibit News! 📰 The Hollywood Heritage Museum, in partnership with the Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF) and the Mary Pickford Foundation, presents The Heart of Hollywood, a special exhibition honoring the history and enduring mission of the MPTF, an institution that has supported members of the entertainment community for more than a century. Through photographs, archival materials, and videos, The Heart of Hollywood traces the Fund’s evolution; from its silent-era origins to its present-day role supporting actors, craftspeople, writers, directors, crew members and countless behind-the-scenes professionals.

On view June 20 through August 2, 2026 in the Victoria Horne Oakie and Jack Oakie Gallery at the Hollywood Heritage Museum, the exhibition not only highlights MPTF’s more than 100-year legacy of care, community, and compassion in the entertainment industry as well as artifacts from their archives not normally on view to the public. Some of the featured items include personal mementos of silent film star Mary Pickford, personally owned scripts and astrology reports that belonged to Steve McQueen, one of Paramount’s bankable stars who also once used the Lasky-DeMille Barn as a gym; a painting of Paramount favorite, Charlton Heston by African American artist and former football pro Ernie Barnes (who appeared alongside Charlton Heston in the 1969 Paramount football drama Number One before achieving international acclaim for his celebrated paintings).

06/03/2026

We’re still beaming from the knowledge that you embraced exploring our history with us. Thank you all for coming out to see our exhibition “The Barn that Made Hollywood.” The exhibit has closed and the Hollywood Bowl will open its season this month, but we will reopen June 20 with a new exhibit in the Victoria Horne Oakie and Jack Oakie gallery and a portion of our previous exhibit remaining in the main gallery. Hooray for Hollywood history!!

One hour left in CA to get to the polls! Get out and vote!!
06/03/2026

One hour left in CA to get to the polls! Get out and vote!!

Marilyn MonroeBorn June 1, 1926Forever an icon. 💗
06/01/2026

Marilyn Monroe
Born June 1, 1926
Forever an icon.
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It’s time to say farewell to our exhibit that examines how the physical location of Hollywood grew with tve film industr...
05/30/2026

It’s time to say farewell to our exhibit that examines how the physical location of Hollywood grew with tve film industry. May 30 and 31 are the last two days. We’re open 11am - 3pm. If you try out some of our vintage gym equipment, don’t forget to return your towel or gym manager, Perry won’t be happy! Don’t forget to poke your head into our bargain book room and be sure to take home some Hollywood Heritage merchandise!

‼️Our “The Barn That Made Hollywood” exhibit is only at the Hollywood Heritage Museum for TWO more days, May 30 and 31! ...
05/29/2026

‼️Our “The Barn That Made Hollywood” exhibit is only at the Hollywood Heritage Museum for TWO more days, May 30 and 31! There’s no place that inspired more dreams than Hollywood, CA in the early 20th century. This dry agricultural suburb became the movie capital of the world within a few short years and a humble barn surrounded by citrus orchards - rented for a 1913 film production - was instrumental in its origins. Discover it’s history in this exhibit. You can also pick up some great movie related book bargains and cool Hollywood Heritage merchandise!! Come on by!

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Sunday 11am - 3pm

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