‘Jaws' Exhibit to Take a Bite Out of Academy Museum
Jaws: The Exhibition will be on view from Sept. 14, 2025 to July 26, 2026.
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The first exhibition at the museum focused on a single film, Jaws: The Exhibition, will feature over 200 original objects from the set of Steven Spielberg's legendary blockbuster — everything from concept drawings to costumes to mechanical shark schematics to a prop dorsal fin that appears in the film.
The exhibit will be curated with unprecedented access to Spielberg's personal collection and The Amblin Hearth Archive and NBCUniversal Archives & Collections, and will feature 'behind-the-scenes revelations and interactive moments,' according to an Academy Museum statement.
Since its 2021 opening, The Academy Museum has been home to the sole surviving full-scale model of the Jaws shark, known as 'Bruce the Shark.' At 25-feet-long, it's the largest object in the Academy's permanent collection, greeting visitors outside the museum's 4th floor exhibition space.
Jaws: The Exhibition is organized by senior exhibitions curator Jenny He and assistant curator Emily Rauber Rodriguez. The exhibition will be accompanied by a dynamic series of film screenings, exclusive new merchandise and public programs to be announced at a later date.
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