Anthology Film Archives
Anthology Film Archives is an independent museum founded by filmmakers and collectors for the preservation, exhibition and study of cinematographic art. Its seat is in New York City .
The institution, which is still unique today, has its origins in the early 1960s, when Jonas Mekas , who showed current experimental films in his Film-Makers' Cinematheque , developed the plan for a permanent facility for regular screenings and a contact point for filmmakers . In 1969 the plans took shape when Mekas, together with Jerome Hill , P. Adams Sitney , Peter Kubelka and Stan Brakhage, conceived a museum for film art that was to concentrate exclusively on avant-garde cinema. An organizing committee consisting of Mekas, Kubelka, Adams Sitney, James Broughton and Ken Kelman met to make a representative selection of cinematic works of art ( The Essential Cinema Repertory ).
On November 30, 1970, Anthology Film Archives opened its doors at Joseph Papps Public Theater , in 1974 they moved to Wooster Street, and finally their final location was found in 1979 on Second Avenue in Manhattan , where they acquired a former courthouse. Today the house has two screening rooms, a specialist library and a restoration workshop.
The specialist library was designed in 1998 by the Austrian architect Raimund Abraham .
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Coordinates: 40 ° 43 ′ 28.8 " N , 73 ° 59 ′ 24.5" W.