Marilyn Monroe: An Intimate Look At The Legend, Exhibit at The Hollywood Museum Extended by Popular Demand

Marilyn Monroe: The Exhibit An Intimate Look At The Legend, the nations largest exhibit of authentic memorabilia celebrating the fabled actress life, is now extended through September 22, at The Hollywood Museum due to popular demand. This year marks the 50th anniversary milestone of Monroes passing. The Hollywood Museum in the Historic Max Factor Building is located at 1660 N. Highland Ave. at Hollywood and Highland. The Hollywood Museum

Hollywood, CA (PRWEB) September 12, 2012

Marilyn Monroe: The Exhibit An Intimate Look At The Legend, the nations largest exhibit of authentic memorabilia celebrating the fabled actress life, is now extended through September 22, at The Hollywood Museum due to popular demand. This year marks the 50th anniversary milestone of Monroes passing. The Hollywood Museum in the Historic Max Factor Building is located at 1660 N. Highland Ave. at Hollywood and Highland. The Hollywood Museum.

The scope of the exhibition encompasses Marilyn Monroes costumes from her films, publicity gowns, garments and furs from her personal wardrobe, original documents from her private files, furniture from her final home in Brentwood, original Marilyn Monroe artwork, photographs and many Marilyn Monroe personally owned artifacts including:

  • The million dollar honeymoon dress that Marilyn wore on her honeymoon with husband, baseball legend Joe DiMaggio in 1954. This was Marilyns favorite personal gown, designed by Ceil Chapman, hand-beaded in Marilyns signature style. She wore this gown on numerous occasions over the balance of her life, including on her USO tour to Korea (1954) where she entertained 10,000 troops over the course of several days.

  • Marilyns famous c! ream col ored, beaded costume worn in The Prince and the Show Girl (1957).
  • Personal wardrobe items including the lime green Pucci blouse Marilyn Monroe wore in the last ever photos of her taken alive, when she was staying at the Cal-Neva Lodge in Lake Tahoe, California.
  • Marilyns favorite furs and accessories including the natural mink fur collar Marilyn often wore in New York and London in the 1950s.
  • Never before seen photographs, including the last photo ever taken in a photo shoot of Marilyn Monroe by her close personal friend George Barris.
  • NBCs critically acclaimed "Smash" has a special costume display featuring their Marilyn Monroe dresses.
  • Red Velvet photo session and infamous Golden Dreams calendar. In 1949, Marilyn Monroe was a struggling young actress. To earn some quick money to make a car payment, Marilyn was paid $50 to pose for photographer Tom Kelley, for what became known as the legendary Red Velvet photos
  • The evening cape worn by Marilyn to the world premiere of the James Dean classic East of Eden (1955).
  • Max Factor s Marilyn Monroe makeup room where he created the famous Marilyn Monroe blonde hair including Marilyns makeup case and other personal items on display.
  • A prescription pill bottle and the Decadron vial found on Marilyns bedside table the morning after she died.
  • Furniture and artwork from Marilyns Brentwood home, including the solid wood dresser that was next to Marilyns bed in her bedroom the night she died.
  • Original works of art by famed artists Robert A. Delgado.
  • Original works of art by artist LUDVIC.
  • A vast photograph collection of many never-before-seen photos of Marilyns childhood, family and early modeling career, including an array of photographs showing how Monroe lived, worked and played in Los Angeles.
  • Marilyn Monroes annotated film scripts, personal letters,! invoice s, receipts and financial accounting documents, showcasing in great detail the personal and very private life of the greatest film star of all time.
  • The Nikon camera and lens that Mr. Barris used for Marilyns photo sessions is also on display. (Note: Signed limited edition photographs by Mr. Barris are available for sale at the Museum)
  • And much more

The Hollywood Museum in the Historic Max Factor Building is considered the perfect venue for this exhibit since it is actually where the legendary Max Factor originally designed Marilyn's hair and coloring, says Museum Founder and President Donelle Dadigan. When you walk into the FOR BLONDES ONLY ROOM, you feel Marilyn Monroes presence.

Fans of all ages flock to Hollywood from around the world each year to honor Marilyns life and memory, says Dadigan. The Hollywood Museum is proud to host this definitive and meaningful Marilyn retrospective.

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For Exhibit Information: Marilyn Monroe: The Exhibit.

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ABOUT THE HOLLYWOOD MUSEUM

The Hollywood Museum, the official museum of Hollywood, has the most extensive collection of ! Hollywoo d Memorabilia in the World. The museum features four floors of breathtaking exhibits and is the home of more than 10,000 authentic showbiz treasures, one of a kind costumes, props, photographs, scripts and vintage memorabilia from favorite movies and TV shows. The museum includes costumes from Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, Jean Harlow, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson; Props from Gone With The Wind, Twilight: New Moon, Star Trek, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, High School Musical 2, Dancing with the Stars, Glee, and more. The Hollywood Museum is located in the Historic Max Factor Building on the corner of Hollywood & Highland, where Max Factor, the movie makeup king, worked his magic on motion picture stars since 1935. The Hollywood Museum is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

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