About Hollywood Museum

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 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. 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.

The museum is connected to a branch of Mel's Drive-In restaurant.

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Opened
2003

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