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Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Academy Updates: LANDMARK $50-MILLION GIFT FROM CHERYL AND HAIM SABAN RON MEYER TO LEAD MUSEUM BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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Los Angeles, Calif. – On Wednesday, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announced a landmark donation of $50 million from Cheryl and Haim Saban—the largest gift to the Academy Museum Campaign. In recognition of their generosity, the May Company Building will take on a new name: the Saban Building.

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Academy and City of Los Angeles dignitaries at the press event included: John Bailey, President of the Academy Board of Governors; Academy Museum Director Kerry Brougher; philanthropists and Academy Museum supporters Cheryl and Haim Saban; Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti; Museum Board Chair and Vice Chairman of NBCUniversal Ron Meyer; Chairman of the Museum Capital Campaign and Chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company Bob Iger; Academy Board of Governor’s Vice President and President of Lucasfilm Kathleen Kennedy; and Academy CEO Dawn Hudson.

 

he Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announced a landmark donation of $50 million from Cheryl and Haim Saban—the largest gift to the Academy Museum Campaign. In recognition of their generosity, the May Company Building will take on a new name: the Saban Building.
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announced a landmark donation of $50 million from Cheryl and Haim Saban—the largest gift to the Academy Museum Campaign. In recognition of their generosity, the May Company Building will take on a new name: the Saban Building.

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The Museum also revealed that entertainment executive Ron Meyer will head its newly established Board of Trustees. As Vice Chairman of NBCUniversal—where he has become the longest-serving studio chief—and co-founder and former President of Creative Artists Agency, Meyer brings unmatched experience and vision to the Board. “It is an honor to be part of such a significant project,” Meyer said, calling the museum “an essential cultural destination for Los Angeles.”

Get a first glimpse at concepts for museum content, which includes a permanent exhibition tracing the evolution of filmmaking. Combining sets, large-scale moving images, costumes, props, sound installations, and dramatic immersive environments, this journey will evoke the power and emotion of film as visitors move through time.