Museum of the Moving Image advances the public understanding and appreciation of the art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, and digital media.

The Museum is located on the site of the Astoria Studio, one of the largest motion picture and television production facilities in the United States. Originally built as Paramount's East Coast production facility in 1920, the studio was taken over in 1942 by the U.S. Army and renamed the Signal Corps Photographic Center. Following the Army's departure in 1971, the site fell into disrepair. The Astoria Motion Picture and Television Center Foundation was created as a not-for-profit organization dedicated to restoring the studio buildings to productive use. In 1978, the Foundation obtained listing of the site on the National Register of Historic Places, and successfully returned the studio to feature film production. Moving Image houses artifacts from every stage of producing, promoting, and exhibiting motion pictures, television, and digital media, more than 130,000 objects in all.

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