By no means nominated for an Oscar, Marilyn Monroe is lastly getting her due posthumously from the Academy. IndieWire can announce that the Academy Museum of Movement Footage will host a 2026 exhibition honoring the late actress. Aptly titled “Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood Icon,” the exhibition will run from Could 31, 2026 to February 28, 2027. Monroe would have been 100 years previous in 2026; she died at her Brentwood home at age 36 in 1962.
“Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood Icon” will embody a whole bunch of authentic objects, together with posters, portraits, images, manufacturing paperwork, letters, and infrequently seen private supplies, in addition to costumes from Monroe’s most iconic roles. Highlights embody the hardly ever exhibited well-known pink costume from “Gents Desire Blondes” and two costumes from “Some Prefer it Sizzling.” There are additionally objects from Monroe’s closing and unfinished movie, “One thing’s Obtained to Give.”
The Academy deemed Monroe a “visionary actor and image-maker” within the announcement of the exhibition. “Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood Icon” is curated by Affiliate Curator Sophia Serrano, with the assist of Curatorial Assistant Simran Bhalla.
Further Academy Museum 2026 exhibitions embody Studio Ghibli’s “Ponyo” concerning the making of Hayao Miyazaki’s 2008 movie, and “Hidden Worlds: The Movies of LAIKA” concerning the expertise and artistry of cease movement animation from “Coraline” to “Kubo and the Two Strings.”
LAIKA has a slew of productions within the works, starting from an adaptation of “Piranesi” to bringing Taylor Jenkins Reid’s newest romance novel “Ambiance” about two feminine astronauts at NASA within the ’70s and ’80s to life with the live-action division. “Dune” and “A Minecraft Film” screenwriter Jon Spaihts may also make his directorial debut on the studio with an authentic sci-fi thriller, which is moreover amongst one of many first live-action motion pictures for the famed animation home.
“This unbelievable array of exhibitions demonstrates how the Academy Museum collaborates with filmmakers, studios, and collectors to convey to life essentially the most compelling histories of cinema,” Amy Homma, Academy Museum Director and President, mentioned. “All of us look ahead to welcoming guests of all ages to rejoice their favourite movies and be launched to new behind-the-scenes tales.”
The “Ponyo” exhibition runs from February 14, 2026 to January 10, 2027, with the “Hidden Worlds: The Movies of LAIKA” exhibition happening from December 13, 2026 to September 9, 2027.