List of Academy Award trophies on public display

The following table lists Academy Awards held in museums and public collections:

YearAwardAward RecipientFilmCurrent location CountryAcquisition DateNotes1927/28Best Actor in a Leading RoleEmil JanningsThe Last Command and The Way of All FleshFilmmuseum Berlin, BerlinGermanyUnknown1930/31Best StoryJohn Monk SaundersThe Dawn PatrolFlight Museum, Seattle, WashingtonUnited StatesUnknownDisplayed alongside a jacket worn by Errol Flynn in the remake, eight years later.1931/32HonoraryWalt DisneyCreation of Mickey MouseThe Magic of Disney Animation, Bay Lake, FloridaUnited StatesUnknownDisplayed along with several other Academy Awards won by Disney. However, the others in the case are noted on their plaques as being replicas "for studio display case".1932/33Best Actress in a Leading RoleKatharine HepburnMorning GloryNational Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.United States2009Displayed along with three other Academy Awards won by Hepburn.1937Best StoryWilliam A. Wellman and Robert CarsonA Star is BornMugar Memorial Library, Boston, MassachusettsUnited StatesUnknownPart of the Robert Carson Collection at the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center. Displayed on the fifth floor of the library.1938Best Adapted ScreenplayGeorge Bernard ShawPygmalionShaw's Corner, HertfordshireEngland1950Displayed alongside Shaw's Nobel Prize in a display case, covered by a green cloth.1939Best Actress in a Supporting RoleHattie McDanielGone With the WindChadwick Boseman College of Fine Arts, Howard University, Washington, D.C.United States1952, replaced 2023A plaque rather than a statue; stolen c.1969 and replaced by the Academy.1942Best Documentary FeatureJohn FordThe Battle of MidwayInternational Spy Museum, Washington, D.C.United StatesUnknownKen G. HallKokoda Front Line!National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Acton, Australian Capital TerritoryAustralia20151945Best Documentary FeatureThe Governments of Great Britain and the United States of AmericaThe True GloryImperial War Museum North, Trafford Park, Greater ManchesterUnited KingdomUnknown1949Best Costume Design, ColorLeah M. RhodesAdventures of Don JuanMuseum of the Gulf Coast, Port Arthur, TexasUnited StatesUnknownDisplayed in the Notable People Section of the Museum (second floor)1951Best Actress in a Leading RoleVivien LeighA Streetcar Named DesireVictoria and Albert Museum, LondonUnited KingdomUnknownDisplayed in the theatre and stage exhibition.Best Documentary FeatureOlle NordemarKon-TikiKon-Tiki Museum, OsloNorway1952Displayed in the same room as the original Kon-Tiki raft. The film is screened every day at noon in the museum cinema.HonoraryGene KellyAchievement in choreography on filmMugar Memorial Library, Boston, MassachusettsUnited StatesUnknownPart of the Gene Kelly Collection at the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center. Displayed on the fifth floor of the library.1954Best Actor in a Supporting RoleFrank SinatraFrom Here to EternitySinatra restaurant, Encore Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NevadaUnited StatesUnknown 1955Best Effects, Special EffectsWalt Disney Studios20,000 Leagues Under the SeaWalt Disney: One Man's Dream, Bay Lake, FloridaUnited StatesUnknownDisplayed with props from the film in a special case.1959Best Actress in a Supporting RoleShelley WintersThe Diary of Anne FrankThe Anne Frank House, AmsterdamNetherlands1976Donated by Winters to The Anne Frank House in 1976. Displayed inside the museum.Best Documentary FeatureBernhard GrzimekSerengeti Shall Not DieHaus der Geschichte, BonnGermanyUnknownJean Hersholt Humanitarian AwardBob HopeBob Hope Memorial Library, Ellis Island National Museum, New York CityUnited States2008Hope came to the United States through Ellis Island. The statuette is displayed with other Hope memorabilia at the library entrance. 1961Best Actor in a Leading RoleMaximilian SchellJudgment at NurembergDeutsches Filmmuseum, Frankfurt am MainGermany2019Maximilian Schell wollte seinen Oscar loswerdenBest Short Subject, CartoonsDušan VukotićSurogatZagreb City Museum, ZagrebCroatiaUnknownInside the Animation History exhibit.1964Best Actor in a Leading RoleRex HarrisonMy Fair LadyMugar Memorial Library, Boston, MassachusettsUnited StatesUnknownPart of the Rex Harrison Collection at the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center. Displayed on the fifth floor of the library.Best Art Direction, Black-and-WhiteVassilis PhotopoulosZorba the GreekBenaki Museum, AthensGreece2007Displayed in the Ghika Gallery on the Third Floor.Best Documentary Short SubjectCharles GuggenheimNine from Little RockNational Archives, Washington, D.C.United States2007Displayed outside of The William McGowan Theater.1966Best Actor in a Leading RolePaul ScofieldA Man for All SeasonsVictoria and Albert Museum, LondonUnited Kingdom20111967Best Actress in a Leading RoleKatharine HepburnGuess Who's Coming to DinnerNational Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.United States2009Displayed along with three other Academy Awards won by Hepburn.1968Best Actress in a Leading RoleKatharine HepburnThe Lion in WinterNational Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.United States2009Displayed along with three other Academy Awards won by Hepburn.1969Best Documentary FeatureBernard ChevryArthur Rubinstein - The Love of LifeMuseum of the City of Łódź, ŁódźPoland2001Displayed with awards given to Arthur Rubinstein.1971Best Original SongIsaac HayesShaftStax Museum of American Soul Music, Memphis, TennesseeUnited States2011"Sits on a pedestal in the museum not far from Hayes' custom 1972 gold-trimmed, peacock-blue Cadillac Eldorado"1974Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or AdaptationMarvin HamlischThe StingThomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.United States2015Displayed on the first floor at the library’s Music Division, in its Performing Arts Reading Room, along with all of Hamlisch's other awards. Best Music, Original Dramatic ScoreThe Way We WereBest Music, Original Song1978HonoraryMuseum of Modern Art Department of FilmFilm preservation and promotion effortsMuseum of Modern Art, New York CityUnited States1979Awarded "for the contribution it has made to the public's perception of movies as an art form." Displayed in the lobby of the museum.1981Best PictureDavid PuttnamChariots of FireNational Media Museum, Bradford, West YorkshireEnglandUnknownBest Actress in a Leading RoleKatharine HepburnOn Golden PondNational Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.United States2009Displayed along with three other Academy Awards won by Hepburn.1985Best Art DirectionJosie MacAvinOut of AfricaIrish Film Institute, DublinIreland1992Donated to the IFI in 1992.1988Academy Scientific and Technical AwardRay Dolby and Ioan AllenDolby Theatre, Los Angeles, CaliforniaUnited StatesUnknown1989Best SoundRussell Williams II, Donald O. Mitchell, Gregg C. Rudloff and Elliot TysonGloryNational Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, D.C.United States2015Donated by Russell Williams1990Best SoundJeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Gregory H. Watkins and Russell Williams IIDances with WolvesNational Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, D.C.United States2015Donated by Russell WilliamsHonoraryMyrna LoyMugar Memorial Library, Boston, MassachusettsUnited States1994Part of the Myrna Loy Collection at the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center. Displayed on the fifth floor of the library.2003Best Foreign Language FilmDenys ArcandThe Barbarian InvasionsTIFF Lightbox, Toronto, OntarioCanadaUnknownDisplayed near the entrance to the home of the Toronto International Film FestivalBest Animated Short FilmAdam ElliotHarvie KrumpetAustralian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne, VictoriaAustraliaUnknownDisplayed in the Screen Worlds gallery. 2005Best Adapted ScreenplayLarry McMurtryBrokeback MountainBooked Up bookstore, Archer City, TexasUnited States2006Displayed inside the entrance to McMurtry's bookstore, alongside his Golden Globe for the same screenplay. McMurtry died in 2021 and the bookstore reopened in 2024 as the non-profit Larry McMurtry Literary Center.Best Original SongThree 6 MafiaHustle & FlowMemphis Music Hall of Fame, Memphis, TennesseeUnited StatesUnknownDisplayed in the Three 6 Mafia exhibit.NumerousVariedWalt DisneyVarious worksWalt Disney Family Museum, San Francisco, CaliforniaUnited States2009Displays Disney's 27 individual Academy Awards.

See also Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

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