Astoria
New York
Museum of The Moving Image
Mission:
Museum of the Moving Image advances the public understanding and appreciation of the art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, and digital media. It does so by collecting, preserving, and providing access to moving-image related artifacts, screening significant films and other moving-image works, presenting exhibitions of artifacts, artworks, and interactive experiences, and offering educational and interpretive programs to students, teachers, and the general public.
Recent News
Exhibition - Marvels of Media Exhibition: New Ways of Seeing at Museum of the Moving Image
Five award-winning shorts from this year’s Marvels of Media are featured in this exhibition, each unveiling a new way of seeing. In Devon Leaver’s Galoot (pictured above), we witness the poetic logic of a four-year-old girl living in a…
Read More »Exhibition - Cinema of Sensations: The Never-Ending Screen of Val del Omar at Museum of the Moving Image
Museum of the Moving Image will present a major exhibition devoted to the work of José Val del Omar (1904–1982), a visionary Spanish artist, filmmaker, and inventor who approached cinema as a multisensory experience. Presented in…
Read More »Exhibition - Qiu Jiongjiong at Museum of the Moving Image
The contemporary Chinese artist and independent director Qiu Jiongjiong has emerged as one of the most daring and innovative filmmakers in his country. Born in 1977 in Leshan, Sichuan province, Qiu grew up in an environment steeped in traditional…
Read More »Exhibition - Laika: Life in Stop Motion at Museum of the Moving Image
The interactive animation section of the Museum’s core exhibition Behind the Screen will be reimagined with a special focus on the seminal and wildly popular work of LAIKA, the animation studio that created Coraline (2009), ParaNorman (2012),…
Read More »Exhibition - Snubbed: Great Movies, No Nominations at Museum of the Moving Image
Every January the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences announces its nominations for the Academy Awards. From that moment, two stories develop: one about the film professionals who have been recognized by their peers, and another about those…
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