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Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, NY

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Museum of the Moving Image

A Queens museum devoted to film, television, and digital media, set in a former Astoria Studios building.

36-01 35 Ave, Astoria, NY 11106 · Astoria, NY

About Museum of the Moving Image

The museum sits in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens and focuses on time-based media such as cinema, television, and emerging technology. Its core exhibition, Behind the Screen, lets visitors explore how movies, shows, and digital entertainment get made, promoted, and shown. Rotating exhibitions cover figures such as Jim Henson and themes like art and the human body, while the film theaters present a steady run of retrospectives and special screenings. MoMI LAB, a free artist-led space, examines how new technologies shape creativity and daily life. The building began as part of the historic Astoria Studios, and that history ties directly to the museum's origins.

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