First Academy Awards ceremony at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, 1929. Photo from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences.
| Ceremony | Year(s) | Location of the Ceremony |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1929 | Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel |
Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles (demolished 2006). Site of six Academy Awards ceremonies between 1930 and 1943. Photo by Colourphoto, Boston.
| Ceremony | Year(s) | Location of the Ceremony |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd-3rd | 1930 (2nd in April; 3rd in November) | Ambassador Hotel |
Millenium Biltmore Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles. Site of eight Academy Awards ceremonies between 1931 and 19xx. Photo by Downtowngal, via Wikimedia Commons.
| Ceremony | Year(s) | Location of the Ceremony |
|---|---|---|
| 4th | 1931 | Biltmore Hotel |
| 5th–6th | 1932-1934 (no ceremony in 1933) | Ambassador Hotel |
| 7th–11th | 1935-1939 | Biltmore Hotel |
| 12th | 1940 | Ambassador Hotel |
| 13th–14th | 1941-1942 | Biltmore Hotel |
| 15th | 1943 | Ambassador Hotel |
Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, 1945. Site of three Academy Awards ceremonies between 1944 and 1946. Photo from Security National Bank Collection at the Los Angeles Public Library.
| Ceremony | Year(s) | Location of the Ceremony |
|---|---|---|
| 15th–18th | 1944–1946 | Grauman's Chinese Theater |
Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, site of 10 Academy Awards ceremonies between 1947 and 2001. Los Angeles Almanac Photo.
| Ceremony | Year(s) | Location of the Ceremony |
|---|---|---|
| 19th–20th | 1947–1948 | Shrine Auditorium |
| 21st | 1949 | Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Melrose Ave. theater |
26th Annual Academy Awards at the RKO Pantages Theater in Los Angeles, 1954. Site of 11 Academy Awards ceremonies between 1950 and 1960. Photo by Los Angeles Daily News, courtesy of UCLA Digital Library.
| Ceremony | Year(s) | Location of the Ceremony |
|---|---|---|
| 22nd–32nd | 1950–1960 | RKO Pantages Theater |
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Site of eight Academy Awards ceremonies between 1961-1968. Photo by Cbl62 at en.wikipedia via Wikimedia Commons.
| Ceremony | Year(s) | Location of the Ceremony |
|---|---|---|
| 33rd–40th | 1961–1968 | Santa Monica Civic Auditorium |
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, site of 25 Academy Awards ceremonies between 1969 and 1999. Los Angeles Almanac Photo.
| Ceremony | Year(s) | Location of the Ceremony |
|---|---|---|
| 41st–59th | 1969–1987 | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of L.A. County |
| 60th–61st | 1988–1989 | Shrine Auditorium |
| 62nd | 1990 | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of L.A. County |
| 63rd | 1991 | Shrine Auditorium |
| 64th–66th | 1992–1994 | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of L.A. County |
| 67th | 1995 | Shrine Auditorium |
| 68th | 1996 | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of L.A. County |
| 69th–70th | 1997–1998 | Shrine Auditorium |
| 71st | 1999 | Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of L.A. County |
| 72nd | 2000 | Shrine Auditorium |
| 73rd | 2001 | Shrine Auditorium |
The Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, venue for Academy Awards ceremonies since 2002. Photo by Adam Fagen from Washington, DC, via Wikimedia Commons.
| Ceremony | Year(s) | Location of the Ceremony |
|---|---|---|
| 74th | 2002 | Kodak Theatre |
| 75thth | 2003 | Kodak Theatre |
| 76thth | 2004 | Kodak Theatre |
| 77thth | 2005 | Kodak Theatre |
| 78thth | 2006 | Kodak Theatre |
| 79thth | 2007 | Kodak Theatre |
| 80thth | 2008 | Kodak Theatre |
| 81stst | 2009 | Kodak Theatre |
| 82ndnd | 2010 | Kodak Theatre |
| 83rdrd | 2011 | Kodak Theatre |
| 84thth | 2012 | Hollywood and Highland Center Theatre (temporarily renamed from Kodak Theatre) |
| 85thth | 2013 | Dolby Theatre (renamed from Hollywood and Highland Center Theatre) |
| 86thth | 2014 | Dolby Theatre |
| 87thth | 2015 | Dolby Theatre |
| 88thth | 2016 | Dolby Theatre |
| 89thth | 2017 | Dolby Theatre |
| 90thth | 2018 | Dolby Theatre |
| 91stth | 2019 | Dolby Theatre |
Source: Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
The Academy Awards ceremony had been postponed only three times since it began in 1929: in 1938 for one week due to severe flooding in Los Angeles; in 1968 for two days out of respect for the funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King; and in 1981 for one day due to the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan.
