Film Preservation Archive Registry
A curated registry of national film libraries, museum departments, and academic archives dedicated to saving global cinematographic heritage.
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Verified Registry Entries (7)
Library of Congress National Audio-Visual Conservation Center
Mission: The preservation and consolidation of the US national collection of moving images and recorded sounds.
This state-of-the-art facility located in Culpeper, Virginia, houses the Library of Congress's massive physical collections of motion pictures, television shows, and radio broadcasts. Built inside a secure bunker, it provides specialized cold storage vaults and digital preservation facilities for historical American cinematic records.
UCLA Film & Television Archive
Mission: To collect, preserve, and showcase historical films and television programs for academic study and public appreciation.
Affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles, this archive represents one of the largest moving image collections in the United States. It specializes in historical Hollywood studio classics, independent features, and local television broadcasts, conducting major restorations that are presented annually in Los Angeles.
George Eastman Museum
Mission: The collection and preservation of photographic and cinematographic materials on the historic estate of George Eastman.
Located on the Rochester estate of the founder of Eastman Kodak, this world-renowned museum maintains an extensive motion picture archive. It hosts a specialized school of film preservation and is famous for storing rare, fragile silent film reels and original camera negative elements on nitrate stock.
BFI National Archive
Mission: To preserve and curate the moving image heritage of the United Kingdom, from early television to classic cinema.
The British Film Institute (BFI) National Archive is one of the oldest and largest film collections in the world. As a founding member of FIAF in 1938, it maintains extensive collections of British cinema history, television heritage, and historical non-fiction films, housing them in specialized climate-controlled vaults.
Cinémathèque française
Mission: The preservation, restoration, and public exhibition of international cinema heritage and related technical equipment.
Co-founded by Henri Langlois in Paris, the Cinémathèque française was a founding member of FIAF in 1938. It holds an incomparable collection of film reels, pre-cinema optical devices, historic costumes, and scripts, serving as an iconic temple of cinematographic culture and archival screening.
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Department of Film
Mission: The preservation of cinema as a major modern artistic medium, collecting seminal silent, art-house, and global films.
Established in 1935 as the MoMA Film Library, this department was a key founding member of FIAF in 1938. It champions cinema as a core art form, collecting and preserving artistic classics, avant-garde cinema, and international masterpieces, stored in their state-of-the-art preservation center.
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA)
Mission: To collect, preserve, and share Australia's national audiovisual heritage, ensuring its availability for future generations.
Headquartered in Canberra, the NFSA is the national custodian of Australia's moving image, recorded sound, and gaming heritage. It maintains specialized preservation laboratories to rescue fragile acetate film stocks, historically significant newsreels, and indigenous Australian audiovisual materials.