"Colin Ford (curator) Colin John Ford (born 1934) is a British photographic curator, historian of photography, and former museum director. Ford has written a number of books on the history of photography. Ford was educated at University College, Oxford University. Ford began his career in the theatre. He has been a director and broadcaster. During 1972–82, Ford was Keeper of Film and Photography at the National Portrait Gallery, London. He then became the first director of the UK National Museum of Photography, Film and Television in Bradford (later to become the National Media Museum). From 1992 he was Director of"
"National Museum of Photography (Denmark) The National Museum of Photography (""Nationale Fotomuseum"") is located in the Black Diamond, a modern waterfront extension to the Royal Danish Library in Copenhagen. The National Museum of Photography, founded in 1996, moved into its current premises when the Black Diamond was completed in 1999. However, the museum is based on the Royal Library's collections. Since the invention of photography in 1839, photographs have been included in The Royal Library’s collections. The first items in the collection were photographs pasted into printed books. Later a collection of individual photographs emerged through donations and acquisitions. In"
"National Museum of Cinema The National Museum of Cinema (""Museo Nazionale del Cinema"") located in Turin, is an Italian motion picture museum, fitted out inside the Mole Antonelliana tower. It is operated by the ""Maria Adriana Prolo Foundation"", and the core of its collection is the result of the work of the historian and collector . It was housed in the ""Palazzo Chiablese"". In 2008, with 532,196 visitors, it reached the thirteenth place among the most visited Italian museums. The museum houses pre-cinematographic optical devices such as magic lanterns, earlier and current film technologies, stage items from early Italian movies"
"Netherlands Photo Museum The Netherlands Photo Museum () (NFM) is a museum in the Netherlands primarily focused on photography. The museum collection consists of many historical, social and cultural images from the 20th and 21st century, from the Netherlands and elsewhere. It has control over more than 150 archives (three million plus images) taken by Dutch photographers. The archives are stored in climate controlled film storage facilities. It is located in Rotterdam at the Wilhelminakade in the previous Holland America Line workshop building, also known as the Las Palmas building. The Netherlands Photo Museum was founded in 1989, under the"
"the biggest vertical extension of the world. National Museum of Cinema The National Museum of Cinema (""Museo Nazionale del Cinema"") located in Turin, is an Italian motion picture museum, fitted out inside the Mole Antonelliana tower. It is operated by the ""Maria Adriana Prolo Foundation"", and the core of its collection is the result of the work of the historian and collector . It was housed in the ""Palazzo Chiablese"". In 2008, with 532,196 visitors, it reached the thirteenth place among the most visited Italian museums. The museum houses pre-cinematographic optical devices such as magic lanterns, earlier and current film"
"cable TV channels), most of which were already co-owned (with the percentage information not readily available), as per earlier joint ventures with Fox. The Society operates the National Geographic Museum, located at 1145 17th Street, NW (17th and M), in Washington, D.C. The museum features changing exhibitions featuring the work of National Geographic explorers, photographers, and scientists. There are also changing exhibits related to natural history, culture, history or society. Permanent exhibits include artifacts like the camera Robert Peary used at the North Pole and pottery that Jacques Cousteau recovered from a shipwreck. The Society has helped sponsor many expeditions"
"National Capitol Radio & Television Museum The National Capital Radio & Television Museum, located in Bowie, Maryland, was established to educate the public on the development and history of electronic media while exhibiting a collection of radio and television technology from the past. The National Capital Radio & Television Museum contains educational resources and displays to increase public awareness on the impact of electronic media. The museum's collection contains a history of the development of pre-radio technology and progresses into television and other modern radio-based technology. The museum also includes interactive demonstrations of how radio waves work, early recordings of"
"National Air and Space Museum Film Archive The National Air and Space Museum Film Archives, part of the Archives Division at the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, holds over 20,000 films documenting the history of aviation and space flight. The Film Archives is located at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, where it moved in 2011 from its previous location in the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) building on the National Mall. The collections are available for research, though requests must be made in advance. NASM Film Archives' collections range from the early days of"
"name Nederlands Foto Archief. Visitors to the NFM may browse the museum’s library of 120000 digital images, watch short films or participate in educational activities. The museum has large exhibition rooms and a rotating display of Dutch history. Netherlands Photo Museum The Netherlands Photo Museum () (NFM) is a museum in the Netherlands primarily focused on photography. The museum collection consists of many historical, social and cultural images from the 20th and 21st century, from the Netherlands and elsewhere. It has control over more than 150 archives (three million plus images) taken by Dutch photographers. The archives are stored in"
"China National Film Museum The China National Film Museum (CNFM) (中国电影博物馆) is the largest professional film museum in the world. Opened in 2005, CNFM is designed to the show the history of 100 years of Chinese cinema. It is also used to host film technology expos. The China National Film Museum is located northeast of Beijing, the capital city of China. CNFM occupies an area of 65 acres, with an architectural space of 38,000 square meters. The museum has 20 permanent exhibition halls. In addition, there are multifunctional halls for exhibitions and meetings, as well as various temporary spaces. The"
"a scene in the garden at Oakwood Grange (his wife's family home, in Roundhay), another at Leeds Bridge and of his brother playing the accordion. Half a century later, Le Prince's daughter, Marie, gave the remaining apparatus to the National Science Museum, London (it's now in the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television (NMPFT), Bradford, which opened in 1983 and in 2006 was renamed the National Media Museum). In May 1931, photographic plates were produced by workers of the Science Museum from paper print copies provided by Marie Le Prince. In 1999, the copies were restored, remastered and re-animated"
"museum also contains an expo area on the fourth floor. China National Film Museum The China National Film Museum (CNFM) (中国电影博物馆) is the largest professional film museum in the world. Opened in 2005, CNFM is designed to the show the history of 100 years of Chinese cinema. It is also used to host film technology expos. The China National Film Museum is located northeast of Beijing, the capital city of China. CNFM occupies an area of 65 acres, with an architectural space of 38,000 square meters. The museum has 20 permanent exhibition halls. In addition, there are multifunctional halls for"
"National Audio-Visual Conservation Center The National Audiovisual Conservation Center, also known as the Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation, is the Library of Congress's audiovisual archive located inside Mount Pony in Culpeper, Virginia. From 1969 to 1988, the campus was a high-security storage facility operated by the Federal Reserve Board. With the approval of the United States Congress in 1997, it was purchased by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond via a $5.5 million grant, done on behalf of the Library of Congress. With a further $150 million from the Packard Humanities Institute and"
"National Portrait Gallery (United States) The National Portrait Gallery is a historic art museum located between 7th, 9th, F, and G Streets NW in Washington, D.C., in the United States. Founded in 1962 and opened to the public in 1968, it is part of the Smithsonian Institution. Its collections focus on images of famous Americans. The museum is housed in the historic Old Patent Office Building, as is the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The two museums are the eponym for the Gallery Place Washington Metro station, located at the corner of F and 7th Streets NW. The first portrait gallery"
"National Geographic Image Collection National Geographic Image Collection, a division of the National Geographic Society (NGS) headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is a stock photography agency that manages and licenses one of the world's most comprehensive and unique collections of photographs and original artwork. It maintains a collection of more than 10 million digital images, transparencies, black-and-white prints, early auto chromes, and pieces of original artwork. In 2002, a portion of the collection was made available online for rights-managed licensing. In 2007, the online presence was reintroduced offering both rights-managed and royalty-free licensing. The site currently offers over 237,371"
"National Science and Technology Museum The National Science and Technology Museum (NSTM; ) is a museum of applied science and technology in Sanmin District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The museum was established in November 1997. The museum covers an area of 19 hectares on Chiuju Road in Sanmin District. The floor area covers 112,400 square meters and as a result claims to be the largest science museum in Asia. The architecture features geometric forms including triangles, rectangles, and circles, and the buildings are connected by straight bridges. The museum is not currently accessible within walking distance North from Wukuaicuo Station of the"
"National Museum did not happen until 1983). In the end, after many fruitless discussions with authorities and potential sponsors in several countries, he sold everything to the University of Texas at Austin in 1963 where it formed the basis of a new Department of Photography at the Humanities Research Center. His collection of modern photography was retained by him and ultimately passed to the Forum Internationale Photographie (FIP) at the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen, Mannheim. Alison Gernsheim died on 27 March 1969 and Helmut Gernsheim remarried in 1971. He continued a positive interest in photography, vigorously supporting the establishment of photographic galleries and"
"National Center of Cinematography and the moving image Le Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée or CNC (the National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image) is an agency of the French Ministry of Culture, and is responsible for the production and promotion of cinematic and audiovisual arts in France. The CNC is a publicly owned establishment, with legal and financial autonomy. Created by law on 25 October 1946 as the Centre national de la cinématographie (National Centre for Cinematography), it is currently directed by Frédérique Bredin. The CNC archives are located in the former Fort de Bois-d'Arcy"
"Northeast Historic Film Northeast Historic Film (NHF) is a regional moving image archive located at 85 Main Street in Bucksport, Maine. NHF is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization dedicated to collecting, preserving and sharing film and video related to the people of Northern New England. In 2013 the Association of Moving Image Archivists honored Northeast Historic Film with the Silver Light Award, honoring substantial contributions to the field. NHF safeguards film and videotape through restoration, duplication, creating access tools such as catalog records, and climate-controlled storage in its Conservation Center. NHF collects professional and amateur moving images related to Maine, New"
"National Film and Television School The National Film and Television School (NFTS) is a film, television and games school established in 1971 and based at Beaconsfield Studios in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England. It is featured in the 2017 ranking by ""The Hollywood Reporter"" of the top 15 International film schools. Its community of students makes around a hundred and fifty films a year on courses that are over 90% practical and unlike courses offered at other UK film schools. As of 2017 it had over 400 students and about a thousand a year on its short courses. Beaconsfield Studios consists of"
"NCRTV operates the museum. In other partnering, the Museum also has developed exhibits at the George Washington University (since 2001), and at the Library of American Broadcasting at the University of Maryland. Recently it is partnering with the Prince George's County Memorial Library System to present regularly scheduled programs. National Capitol Radio & Television Museum The National Capital Radio & Television Museum, located in Bowie, Maryland, was established to educate the public on the development and history of electronic media while exhibiting a collection of radio and television technology from the past. The National Capital Radio & Television Museum contains"
"museums in the USA and Britain, including The Photographers' Gallery under Sue Davies in 1971 and the National Museum of Photography Film and Television under Colin Ford in 1983. Helmut Gernsheim died on 20 July 1995. Helmut Gernsheim Helmut Erich Robert Kuno Gernsheim (1 March 1913 – 20 July 1995) was a historian of photography, collector, and photographer. Born in Munich, Germany, Gernsheim studied art history at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He took up photography in 1934 at the urging of his brother who thought it a more practical profession, and graduated from the State School of Photography,"
"National Museum of Photography ""Marubi"" The National Museum of Photography ""Marubi"" () is Albania's only museum dedicated entirely to photography. It houses a vast collection of 500,294 photographs dating back from 1858 when the first images in Albania were recorded. The museum has its beginnings with the famous Marubi dynasty and its founder, Pietro Marubbi who arrived in Shkodër in 1856 following political persecutions at home. Marubi’s artistic activity developed in several fields simultaneously as a photographer, architect, painter and sculptor. With his “magic box” in 1858, he photographed life outside his studio including political events of the time such"
"to the southwest of Paris. Initially established in 1969 to house combustible nitrate films, the archives now house modern acetate films as well. The principal functions of the CNC are: National Center of Cinematography and the moving image Le Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée or CNC (the National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image) is an agency of the French Ministry of Culture, and is responsible for the production and promotion of cinematic and audiovisual arts in France. The CNC is a publicly owned establishment, with legal and financial autonomy. Created by law on 25 October"
"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 American Museum of the Moving Image. The museum began a $67 million expansion in March 2008 and reopened in January 2011. The expansion was designed by architect Thomas Leeser. The Museum of the Moving Image exists to expand public understanding and appreciation of the art, history, technique and technology of film, television, and digital"
"Collection was transferred from the National Media Museum to the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2017 where it now forms a key part of the museum's Photography Centre. By 1953 the number of items in the Society's Collection had reached 'upwards' of 3000 items. At the time of the Collection's transfer to the NMPFT, now the National Science and Media Museum, it consisted of some 270,000 photographic objects, over 6000 items of photographic equipment, 13,000 books, 13,000 bound periodicals, and 5000 other photography-related documents. The Tyng Collection owned by the RPS is a collection of outstanding pictorial photography started in"
"particularly well represented. The collection of daguerreotypes is the largest in Scandinavia. The museum's exhibitions are generally based on its collection which is frequently supplemented with loans from artists or other institutions. Exhibitions can be based on a theme, a genre, a place, a specific photographer or else aspects of the collection are highlighted via loans from artists or institutions at home and abroad. National Museum of Photography (Denmark) The National Museum of Photography (""Nationale Fotomuseum"") is located in the Black Diamond, a modern waterfront extension to the Royal Danish Library in Copenhagen. The National Museum of Photography, founded in"
"National Gallery The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The Gallery is an exempt charity, and a non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Its collection belongs to the government on behalf of the British public, and entry to the main collection is free of charge. It is among the most visited art museums in the world, after the Louvre, the British Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum"
"June 1993. Pictureville Cinema Pictureville Cinema is a cinema auditorium located within the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Pictureville is one of the best equipped cinemas in the world. It is equipped for 35 mm, 70 mm, 4K resolution and Cinerama projection. The cinema features Dolby Digital EX, DTS and 8 Channel SDDS digital sound systems. It has the only public Cinerama projection system outside the USA. The cinema opened on 8 April 1992, with a charity performance of ""Hook"" in 70 mm and 6-channel stereophonic sound. The first Cinerama screening was This is Cinerama"
"National Museum of Health and Medicine The National Museum of Health and Medicine (NMHM) is a museum in Silver Spring, Maryland, near Washington, DC. The museum was founded by U.S. Army Surgeon General William A. Hammond as the Army Medical Museum (AMM) in 1862; it became the NMHM in 1989 and relocated to its present site at the Army's Forest Glen Annex in 2011. An element of the Defense Health Agency (DHA), the NMHM is a member of the National Health Sciences Consortium. The AMM was established during the American Civil War as a center for the collection of specimens"
"National Museum of Television, Film and Photography – now the National Media Museum took over that role. On the night of Friday, 19 July 1996 during a run of Aristophanes' Lysistrata, the theatre had another major fire, but the company rebuilt the set in their Studio theatre so that the final show of the run took place. During the 1996–97 season, although the main auditorium was closed for reconstruction, a full season of plays was presented in the Studio, then on Friday 31 October 1997 the main auditorium re-opened with J. B. Priestley's ""An Inspector Calls"". Since reopening in 1997"
"Museo Nazionale Alinari della Fotografia The Museo Nazionale Alinari della Fotografia (MNAF - National Museum Alinari of Photography), formerly ""Museo della Storia della Fotografia Fratelli Alinari"" is a photography museum located in part of the premises of the former Ospedale di San Paolo in the Piazza Santa Maria Novella in Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy). It hosts special exhibitions on a regular basis and possesses 350.000 vintage prints from the 19th and 20th centuries. Since 1 November 2006 it is located in the Ospedale di San Paolo, a former pilgrims' hostel that was later transformed into a school. Before that,"
"book was a series of photos found in the book, taken around 1972. American Museum of Natural History The American Museum of Natural History (abbreviated as AMNH), located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, is one of the largest museums in the world. Located in Theodore Roosevelt Park across the street from Central Park, the museum complex comprises 28 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library. The museum collections contain over 33 million specimens of plants, animals, fossils, minerals, rocks, meteorites, human remains, and human cultural artifacts, of"