The Oscar statuettes that were handed out on Sunday, February 29, at the 76th Academy Awards ceremony were on display at the Hollywood & Highland entertainment complex from February 20 through February 27, 2004.

The exhibit, "And the Oscar Goes To…," will be located on the third level of Hollywood & Highland overlooking Babylon Court, and will consist of fifty statuettes. How many of them will actually be needed on Oscar Night^® will not be known until the night itself. The exhibition will be free and open to the public daily from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. through Friday, February 27.

	Special events programmer and exhibitions curator Ellen Harrington prepares the "And The Oscar Goes To..." exhibition.

The statuettes will arrive in Los Angeles on February 19, on United Airlines' "Flight of the Oscars^®," fresh from their public exhibition at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.

"The exhibition in Chicago has received an overwhelming response from the public so we thought why not put the Oscars on display here in Los Angeles," said Academy President Frank Pierson. "If the positive reaction continues we will seriously consider taking Oscar on tour next year."

Both the 76th Academy Awards poster and the 75th Anniversary Best Picture poster will be available for purchase at the Hollywood & Highland exhibit.

On Saturday, February 28, under heavy security, the Oscars will be on parade as each statuette will be carried from the exhibit space down the red carpet on Hollywood Boulevard to the Kodak Theatre where they will be polished for Oscar Night the following evening. "And the Oscar Goes To…" is presented by the Academy, in cooperation with Hollywood & Highland, home of the Kodak Theatre. For more information about the exhibition call 310-247-3600.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2003 will be presented on Sunday, February 29, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland and televised live by the ABC Television Network at 5 p.m. PST, beginning with a half-hour arrival segment.