The Museum of the Moving Image (founded in 1988) unveils its $67-million, 97,700-square-foot renovation and expansion designed by Lesser Architecture -- including three floors of galleries and four theaters -- at 35th Avenue at 37th Street in Astoria, Queens, on Jan. 15, 2011.
The Museum of the Moving Image
Chiho Aooshima, City Glow (detail), 2005, installed as a mural-scaled panorama on the lobby wall at the Museum of the Moving Image
The Museum of the Moving Image video screening ampitheater, with Martha Colburn’s Dolls vs. Dictators (2011), commissioned by the museum
Jim Isermann, TV Lounge, 1988, commissioned by the Museum of the Moving Image
Red Grooms, Tut’s Fever, 1986-88, showing the refurbished seat cover from the working movie theater, the largest permanent Grooms installations in the city, at the Museum of the Moving Image
Groucho Marx as an Egyptian tomb painting, in Red Grooms, Tut’s Fever, 1986-88, at the Museum of the Moving Image
Dolls from the Shari Lewis Show (1960-63) -- Charley Horse, Lamb Chop and Hush Puppy -- in the "Selling the Product" section of "Behind the Screen," the core exhibition of the Museum of the Moving Image
Part of the movie magazine display in "Behind the Screen," the core exhibition of the Museum of the Moving Image
Plushie Spock and Captain Kirk dolls from the extensive Star Trek exhibit in "Behind the Screen," the core exhibition of the Museum of the Moving Image
Costumes, including Robin Williams’ Mork outfit from Mork & Mindy (1978-82) and Richard Gere’s Billy Flynn costume in Chicago (2002), in "Behind the Screen," the core exhibition of the Museum of the Moving Image
Prosthetic legs from Black Swan (2010), worn by Winona Ryder as Beth Macintyre, in "Behind the Screen," the core exhibition of the Museum of the Moving Image
Jim Carrey, before and after, in "Behind the Screen," the core exhibition of the Museum of the Moving Image
The entrance to "Behind the Screen," the core exhibition of the Museum of the Moving Image, with a wall of glamour photos of movie stars from the museum’s extensive collection (some 30,000 photos)
Cao Fei’s interactive RMB City Tour, in "Real Virtuality," the special exhibition at the Museum of the Moving Image
Pablo Valbuena, Augmented Sculpture, 2007, a changing video projection onto a sculptural object, commissioned for "Real Virtuality," the special exhibition at the Museum of the Moving Image
Pablo Valbuena, Augmented Sculpture, 2007, a changing video projection onto a sculptural object, commissioned for "Real Virtuality," the special exhibition at the Museum of the Moving Image
Workspace Unlimited (Thomas Soetens and Kora Van den Bulcke), RealTime UnReal, 2011, a 3D immersive installation commissioned for "Real Virtuality," the special exhibition at the Museum of the Moving Image
Cameras at the Museum of the Moving Image
Televisions at the Museum of the Moving Image
Linda Blair as a mechanical puppet, from The Exorcist (1973), in the Museum of the Moving Image
"Oh, George, you’re silly" -- George Burns and Gracie Allen in an early routine, at the Museum of the Moving Image
