The Academy Foundation presents a full calendar of film retrospectives, including tributes and salutes to important figures in the history of motion pictures. Presented in the Samuel Goldwyn Theater and open to the general public, programs have honored such diverse talents as Mary Pickford, Jeanne Moreau, Rudolph Valentino, Chuck Jones, Pare Lorentz, Richard Widmark, Ernst Lubitsch, Sidney Poitier, John Green, Esther Williams, Stanley Donen and Billy Wilder. Other programs are staged in New York City, sometimes in cooperation with the Museum of Modern Art Film Department. Representative film clips, informal conversations with the tribute subject (or with close friends and associates) or the screening of a feature in an archival-quality print complete each evening's program.

Other special film programs have included one-of-a-kind events: a "history of filmmaking" chronicling the development of color, sound and wide-screen; a visual effects extravaganza featuring 20 effects wizards; an evening featuring pop musicians - Ry Cooder, Stewart Copeland, Dave Grusin, Herbie Hancock - who have crossed over to composing for the screen; an evening of great dance sequences from Hollywood musicals, a popular series of programs on the history and art of animation, numerous "re-premieres" of restored classics and "cast and crew reunions" on the occasions of significant film anniversaries. Silent films often are screened with live orchestras or musical ensembles.

In the Academy Galleries, the Academy Foundation maintains a year-round schedule of exhibitions related to film history and the process of film making. Installations cover such crafts as production and costume design, set decoration, poster art, screenwriting and animation, on subjects as diverse as directors' drawings, film architecture, Hollywood jewels and the film material collections of Adolph Zukor, Cecil B. DeMille, George Stevens and Harold Lloyd. Dozens of photographic exhibitions have revealed early Hollywood, the work of unexpected photographers like Yul Brynner and Fred Zinnemann and "behind-the-scenes" shots of the Academy Awards.

The Margaret Herrick Library also displays rare and unusual materials from its collections in the display cases outside the Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Researchers visiting the library are able to view similar materials in the special collections reading room's display cases.

All Foundation programs are open to the public, usually at very modest cost. A subscription to the Academy Foundation Events Calendar is free. Exhibitions are open to both Academy members and the general public at no charge.

The current events calendar may be viewed online at www.oscars.org/events