Museum of the Moving Image Education Center

FAIN: CH-50734-10

Museum of the Moving Image (Astoria, NY 11106-1226)
Rochelle Slovin (Project Director: May 2009 to June 2011)
Carl Goodman (Project Director: June 2011 to October 2014)

Funding supports construction, furniture, fixtures, and equipment for an Education Center that will enable the museum to expand its humanities programming.

Museum of the Moving Image requests a $700,000 Challenge Grant to support construction, furniture, fixtures, and equipment for an Education Center, which will give the Museum the capacity to significantly expand its humanities programs for the general public, families, seniors, and scholars. The Education Center is part of a $61 million renovation and expansion of the Museum facility, underway now, with completion scheduled for late 2010; an additional $2.8 million dedicated to the Education Center remains to be raised. The overall project will nearly double the size of the Museum, resulting in dramatically improved visitor circulation, more program spaces, and full accessibility from outside and within the building. State-of-the-art media and technology will be incorporated into all aspects of the expanded facility.