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Museum of the Moving Image

The only U.S. museum devoted to film, television, and digital media.
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Museum of the Moving Image advances the understanding, enjoyment, and appreciation of the art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, and digital media. Accessible, innovative, and forward-looking, the Museum presents exhibitions, education programs, significant moving-image works, and interpretive programs, and maintains a collection of moving-image related artifacts. In doing so

, the Museum serves a diverse public at its New York City home and online, and provides leadership in its field. Attendance numbers approximately 250,000 visitors each year, including 60,000 school children (pre-pandemic numbers).

05/27/2026

The internet is in shambles… and it’s time to leave it for good. Join us this Thursday for a preview of Lucas Rizzotto’s ESCAPE THE INTERNET, his hot-from-SXSW game built for a movie theater! You and other audience members play as internet refugees armed only with your phones. Your mission? To escape the AI slop apocalypse and reach the Island of Sanctuary, rumored to be the last good place on the internet.

The evening opens with a reception, followed by gameplay in the theater, followed by discussion with Rizzotto and Gabo Arora, MoMI Director of Strategic Initiatives.

📆 Thursday, May 28, 6:00–8:00 p.m.
🎟️ Free with RSVP at https://luma.com/o1m1v4n1 (Limited capacity)
📍 Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave, Astoria

This event is the latest in our programs leading up to the opening of MoMI LAB, the Museum ’s new artist-led co-creation space focused on emerging technologies, opening June 13.

05/19/2026

As our country celebrates 250 years, our latest series highlights films that take on the perspective of the nation’s historically marginalized and less frequently represented on screen.

Join us for “By the People, For the People: Real American Tales,” May 29–July 5. Fourteen films, including MATEWAN, DO THE RIGHT THING, THE EXILES, GRAPES OF WRATH, CHAN IS MISSING, LOS SURES, SALT OF THE EARTH, KILLER OF SHEEP, and more!

Tickets: https://movingimage.org/series/by-the-people/

05/18/2026

Research shows that walking sparks creativity and can improve your mood. Join us Sat, May 30 for the next Open Worlds: Science program, New York Loves to Walk. Learn about what walking does for your brain with scientist Catherine Hartley, see the movie THE WORLD BEFORE YOUR FEET with its subject Matt Green and director Jeremy Workman in person, and take a walk to Socrates Sculpture Park (led by Green + Workman)!

🚶🏻‍♀️ New York Loves to Walk
📆 Saturday, May 30, 12:00–5:30 p.m.
📍Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave, Astoria, NY
🎟️ FREE. RSVP at https://movingimage.org/event/new-york-loves-to-walk/

‘Open Worlds: Science’ is supported by the Simons Foundation's Science, Society & Culture division.

05/16/2026

See rare Muppet TV history come to life on screen this weekend in "Jim Henson: Tele-Visionary," a Muppets History 101 compilation created by series programmer Craig Shemin, President of The Jim Henson Legacy, and longtime Muppet head writer Jerry Juhl. Showing twice: today, May 16, at 1:00 p.m. and Sunday at 12:30 p.m.!

Learn more and get tickets: https://movingimage.org/event/tele-visionary-2026/2026-05-16/

05/13/2026

Are you ready for an unforgettable summer adventure? Join us for MoMI’s Summer Media Camp, where creativity knows no limits! Kids ages 9–14 can dive into the worlds of filmmaking, animation, game design, and more—working together to bring their original ideas to life.

Picture this: a week full of fun, friendship, and fantastic digital media creativity, culminating in a spectacular showcase for friends and family to see your work! Camps run from July 13 to August 21.

Sign up now and unleash your imagination. Learn more and register at https://movingimage.org/education/mediacamp/

Don’t miss out on the best summer ever!

05/11/2026

We're pleased to announce "By the People, For the People: Real American Tales," a 14-film screening series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary, May 29–July 5.

These films explore American lives from the perspective of the historically marginalized and less frequently represented on screen. The selections include Hollywood studio classics, independent films, and documentaries—and many 35mm prints: BORN IN FLAMES, BUDDIES, CHAN IS MISSING, THE CROWD (with live music), DAYS OF HEAVEN, DO THE RIGHT THING, THE EXILES, THE GRAPES OF WRATH, KILLER OF SHEEP, MATEWAN, NOTHING BUT A MAN, THE QUEEN, SALT OF THE EARTH, and LOS SURES.

More info and tickets: https://movingimage.org/series/by-the-people/

05/08/2026

An adrenaline rush from start to finish, Redline is the feature directorial debut by anime veteran Takeshi Koike, the culmination of seven years of labor and more than 100,000 hand-drawn frames.

In this world of anything-goes street racing—in space—the need for speed drives a motley bunch of daredevils, including the pompadoured JP and the cool, professional Sonoshee McClaren.

The action culminates on Roboworld, where the racers battle each other and a hostile nation that unleashes a ridiculous shades-of-Akira monster. Don’t miss the explosive Redline on MoMI’s big screen; a stylish adventure with a surprisingly sweet finale.

Screens May 15+16, part of our World of Animation series. Click the link in our bio for tickets.

05/04/2026

One month left to check out Stories and Set Designs for The Sopranos!

Drawing from showrunner and series creator David Chase’s personal archive, the exhibition presents scripts, notes, and research material that document the development of the celebrated series’ story arcs and character trajectories as it moved from a pilot into the first season.

On view through May 31.

🗓️ Series superfans, be sure to join us on May 15 for an evening of trivia and Bada Bingo with , dedicated to your all favorite characters and a chance win MoMI prizes and bragging rights.

Free to RSVP online.

05/03/2026

A defiant gaze back at a spectral past.

Mascha Schilinski’s otherworldly SOUND OF FALLING is now streaming exclusively on MUBI. Head to mubi.com/firstlook to start watching.

MUBI is Presenting Sponsor of First Look 2026

05/02/2026

Closing Sunday, May 3: THE GREAT ADVENTURE OF MATERIAL WORLD (2019–2020) is one of the artist LuYang's most intricate and conceptually ambitious projects. In the Museum’s Jane Henson Amphitheater, visitors can experience the environment through a projected single-channel film or by playing the game on a custom-built arcade.

Follow an androgynous protagonist, Material World Knight, through distinct episodes that move between conflict, transformation, and renewal, echoing samsara, the ceaseless cycle of birth, death, and rebirth across different planes of existence.

Learn more and visit this weekend: https://movingimage.org/event/lu-yang-the-great-adventure-of-material-world/

05/01/2026

A survival tale that transforms into a work of hallucinatory experimentation, KRAKATOA is a dazzling sensory odyssey and a MUST-SEE theatrical experience.

Catch the North American premiere this Saturday, part of First Look.

Click the link in our bio or visit movingimage.org/firstlook2026 for tickets.

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36-01 35th Avenue
Astoria, NY
11106

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Thursday	2pm - 6pm
Friday	2pm - 8pm
Saturday	11am - 6pm
Sunday	11am - 6pm

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(718) 777-6888

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https://www.movingimage.org/

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