Collections
Hollywood Miniatures Embedded in the stage in the Museum's Rotunda is one of five miniature models created by cabinetmaker Joseph Pellkofer in the 1940s. It took 25 artisans and craftsmen five years to produce the Hollywood Miniature, featuring some of Hollywood's early landmarks of theaters, churches, billboards, businesses and neighborhoods. The miniature is 11-feet by 12-feet and shows 45 main blocks of Hollywood, including 450 buildings, all built to scale with the tallest building being 22-inches. The Museum restored the miniature and added fiber-optic lighting so that the set goes from day to evening. The miniature of Malibu is carefully stored and awaiting restoration.
Max Factor Collection In 1996, when the Max Factor Museum was closed, Proctor & Gamblel donated the entire collection to Hollywood Entertainment Museum. Only a small portion of it is able to be displayed at one time, but the collection includes a historical perspective of the evolution of product, photographs, advertisements, and marketing materials. Max Factor coined the word "make-up" in 1914 and created numerous beauty "firsts," many of which are included in the Museum's Max Factor Collection.
Science Fiction Collection Featuring four decades of aliens, the collection includes a Gort robot from “The Day the Earth Stood Still”, General Ursus from “Beneath the Planet of the Apes”, and the alien space craft from “Independence Day”.
Masquers Bar Hollywood’s oldest theatrical club, the Masquers, came in to existence in 1925 and continued until officially disbanded in 2002. It became the tradition for members to carve their names in the piano, which is part of this collection. Some of the more notable signatures – Cary Grant, Buster Keaton and Peter Lawford. What other famous signatures can you find on the piano? In addition, we have on display the original back bar, the two painting that adorned the bar by Henry Clive and the Masquers Bar Annual Awards plaque.
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