Academy Museum’s Monroe Trove
The Academy Museum announced its largest-ever exhibition of previously unseen Marilyn Monroe objects in Los Angeles — a major archive reveal aimed at recontextualizing Monroe’s life and legend. The show is being billed as the museum’s most ambitious Monroe presentation to date. (telenewsamerica.com)
Titled "Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood Icon," the show opens May 31, 2026 and runs through February 28, 2027 in the Academy Museum’s Rolex Gallery on Level 3; Monroe was born June 1, 1926. (academymuseum.org) Organizers say the installation will present hundreds of original objects spanning posters, portraits, production documents, letters and personal materials drawn from the Academy’s collections and lenders. (academymuseum.org) Costume highlights called out by the museum and press include the William Travilla pink dress from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), two Orry-Kelly costumes from Some Like It Hot (1959), a dress from Love Happy (1949) and items from Monroe’s unfinished Something’s Got to Give (1962). (deadline.com) The show is curated by Associate Curator Sophia Serrano with support from Curatorial Assistant Simran Bhalla and is backed in part by the Bryan Johns and Alec Call ICON COLLECTION™ with formal collaboration from the Marilyn Monroe Estate. (academymuseum.org) The Academy Museum lists advance reservations and notes the exhibition is included with museum admission; the Monroe presentation appears alongside the museum’s 2026 slate that also includes Studio Ghibli’s PONYO and a LAIKA retrospective. (academymuseum.org)
