“Los Angeles has never had a movie museum of this scale. ... Now it’s finally happened.”In an interview afterward, Kramer said: “The Academy since 1930 has desired to build a movie museum. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)Landscaping has begun, with newly planted California fan palms, blue grama grass and other greenery along Fairfax Avenue. AdvertisementBringing the Academy Museum to fruition has been something of an epic drama — one studded, over the years, with infighting and competing visions, fundraising difficulties, cost overruns and delays. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)The museum said it has raised about $368 million, or 95% of its fundraising goal.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 07, 2020 21:56 UTC