The Kent Museum of the Moving Image opened in
Deal
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, Kent in April 2018. The museum was created by
David Francis, with his wife Jocelyn Marsh (daughter of award-winning production designer
Terence Marsh). Francis was one of the lead members who created the
Museum of the Moving Image
The Museum of the Moving Image is a media museum located in a former building of the historic Astoria Studios (now Kaufman Astoria Studios), in the Astoria neighborhood in Queens, New York City. The museum originally opened in 1988 as the Amer ...
in London.
Exhibitions
The museum currently hosts three exhibitions, none of which is permanent. ''35,000 Years to Catch a
Shadow
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: A Reflective Exhibition,'' challenges visitors to explore the Phenomenon, Arts, and Technologies of the Shadow; ''Passport to
Ealing: The Films and Their Posters, 1938–1958'', is a major retrospective of a unique moment in cinema history; and an exhibition of vintage and historic
Vinten
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cameras and equipment, made possible by the Vinten family.
A previous, inaugural exhibition provided a colourful review of ''The
Royal Polytechnic Institution
, mottoeng = The Lord is our Strength
, type = Public
, established = 1838: Royal Polytechnic Institution 1891: Polytechnic-Regent Street 1970: Polytechnic of Central London 1992: University of Westminster
, endowment = £5.1 million ...
and Multi-Media Victorian London''.
See also
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Museum of the Moving Image
The Museum of the Moving Image is a media museum located in a former building of the historic Astoria Studios (now Kaufman Astoria Studios), in the Astoria neighborhood in Queens, New York City. The museum originally opened in 1988 as the Amer ...
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Museums established in 2018
Mass media museums in the United Kingdom