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Museum Archive / FIAF Founding Member (1938) New York City, New York, United States
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Department of Film
Archival Mandate / General 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.