The Marilyn Monroe Collection Featured at the Hollywood Heritage Museum In celebration of Marilyn Monroe’s 99th birthday, select items from the Marilyn Monroe Collection were recently showcased at the @hollywood_heritage museum in Los Angeles as part of a special pop-up exhibit. Themed around The Misfits—Marilyn’s final completed film, in which she starred alongside Clark Gable—the exhibit featured rare artifacts tied to this cinematic milestone. One of the highlights was the public debut of Mar

Up Close and Personal: Two premiere artifacts in the Marilyn Monroe Collection, the world’s largest privately held collection of Monroe’s personal property and archives: Marilyn’s personal Pucci blouse and Ferragamo high heels. Both items were originally sold at the 1999 Christie’s Auction, “The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe.” I added the blouse to my collection when it resold at auction in 2009. I bought the shoes from a private collector in 2022. Also shown, an original “Monroe Six” snap