Location, Parking, and Hours

The Archive is housed in the Academy's Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study, at 1313 North Vine Street, Los Angeles California, 90028. The Pickford Center building is located at the corner of Vine and Fountain streets in central Hollywood.

Free parking for Pickford Center visitors is available in the gated lot at the rear of the building. The entrance to the lot is on Homewood Avenue, one block north of Fountain off Vine Street. Free and metered parking can also be found on adjacent streets.

Hours

The Archive's access center is open to the public from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. No research appointments will be booked to begin earlier than 11 a.m. or later than 4 p.m.

The Archive's regular business hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday.

The Academy will also be closed on the following 2008 dates:

Martin Luther King Day (Monday, January 21)
President's Day (Monday, February 18)
Academy Awards (Sunday, February 24)
Memorial Day (Monday, May 26)
Independence Day (Friday, July 4)
Labor Day (Monday, September 1)
Thanksgiving (Thursday, November 27 & Friday, November 28)
Christmas (Wednesday through Friday, December 24-26)
New Year's (Wednesday, December 31 & Thursday, January 1)

Map and Directions

The Pickford Center is located at the northwest corner of Vine Street and Fountain Avenue in Hollywood, two blocks south of Sunset Boulevard and five blocks from the Red Line station at Hollywood and Vine. Eastbound and westbound MTA buses on Sunset Boulevard routes stop at Sunset and Vine, walking distance from the Archive.

From 101 Freeway Southbound:

Take the Vine Street exit and proceed south on Vine past Sunset Boulevard. Take the second right onto Homewood Avenue; the entrance to the Pickford Center parking lot will be the first driveway on the left.

From 101 Freeway Northbound:

Take the Sunset Boulevard exit and bear right. Drive west on Sunset Boulevard and turn left onto Vine Street.

From 10 Freeway, Eastbound or Westbound:

Take the La Brea Boulevard exit and drive north on La Brea to Sunset Boulevard. Turn right on Sunset, then right onto Vine Street.