Hollywood Heritage Museum, Cinema history museum in Highland Avenue, Los Angeles, United States.
The Hollywood Heritage Museum is a museum housed in a restored wooden barn in Hollywood, Los Angeles, widely considered the oldest surviving film studio building in the area. It holds photographs, props, costumes, and documents from the silent film era through to later decades of American cinema.
The barn was built in 1901 by landowner Col. Robert Northam and sold to Jacob Stern in 1903. In December 1913 Cecil B. DeMille and Jesse L. Lasky leased it for $250 a month and began The Squaw Man, the first feature film produced in Hollywood. Their company later became Paramount Pictures.
The collection holds objects from the silent film era, including props and photographs that show how early filmmakers worked in this area. These items tell the story of the people and their craft during cinema's earliest days.
The barn stands on North Highland Avenue, directly opposite the Hollywood Bowl. It was moved to this site in February 1983 and dedicated as a museum on December 13, 1985. The building is small, with two exhibition rooms, so a visit takes little time and fits easily around a Hollywood Bowl event.
The barn was originally used as a horse stable and has not always stood where it does today. It was moved more than once over the years before finding its current spot across from the Hollywood Bowl.
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