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Tut’s Fever Movie Palace
Tut’s Fever is a working movie theater and art installation created by Red Grooms and Lysiane Luong, an homage to the ornate, exotic picture palaces of the 1920s
Behind the Screen
The Museum's core exhibition immerses visitors in the creative and technical process of producing, promoting, and presenting films, television shows, and digital entertainment.
The Jim Henson Exhibition
This dynamic experience explores Jim Henson’s groundbreaking work for film and television and his transformative impact on culture.
Horrible Sites: Makeup and Production Design for The Exorcist
With material drawn from MoMI’s permanent collection, this exhibit explores the film’s production and makeup design, detailing how a stylish townhouse in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., and an innocent young girl were transformed into sites of horror.
Reflected Forms: Story and Character in the Films of Todd Haynes
On the occasion of Todd Haynes’s May December, MoMI presents an exhibit with materials from the archives of filmmaker Todd Haynes, now part of the Museum’s collection, offering a glimpse into his process of transforming historical and cultural referents into formally ambitious, richly emotional films.
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE—Story and Spectacle
The exhibition spotlights star and producer Tom Cruise’s exceptional commitment to practical stunt work, and explores how the series combines technical ingenuity, personal discipline, and artistic commitment, all in service of storytelling, character development, and performance.
Superman! Restored Animated Classics from the 1940s
Just as a new Superman movie arrives in theaters, see newly restored Fleischer Studios Superman cartoons from the 1940s in Tut's Fever Movie Palace, located within our core exhibition, Behind the Screen.
WeatherSys Admin
WeatherSys Admin is an interactive arcade cabinet that casts visitors as new hires at W.E.T.S. (Weather Event Tools Systems), a fictional non-governmental organization (NGO) tasked with responding to global ecological crises. Installed at a fictionalized weather response terminal, players are surrounded by CRT monitors, blinking buttons, and labeled inputs offering access to six distinct tools, each a self-contained video game.
Fleischer Studios Cartoons – Restored!
From the 1920s through the early 1940s, the Fleischer Studios' cartoon shorts were immensely successful, their popularity and cultural ubiquity rivaling those of Walt Disney. In 2022, spearheaded by Max Fleischer's granddaughter, Jane Fleischer Reid, a restoration effort began for the Fleischer Studios cartoons. This program includes Dizzy Dishes (1930), featuring the first appearance of a character who would come to be known as Betty Boop. Also on view are Somewhere in Dreamland (1936) and the classic Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936); both shot in Technicolor.
Summer Wars
Summer Wars
See a newly restored 2009 anime feature from Mamoru Hosoda, the Academy Award–nominated director of Belle and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Field Report: The Filmmaker & The Scientist
Field Report: The Filmmaker & The Scientist
What is the role of the filmmaker in scientific research and conservation? Expedition films show us the work of scientists in the field and document important behavior. But does adding more humans to the scene disrupt animal activity or damage the environment? Join us for a screening of Ivohiboro: The Lost Forest, followed by a conversation about fieldwork and the collaboration between scientists and filmmaking teams.
Ivohiboro: The Lost Forest
Ivohiboro: The Lost Forest
In fall 2023, Dr. Patricia Wright—renowned primatologist, MacArthur Fellow, and pioneer in rainforest conservation—led a team of young scientists on a daring 30-day expedition into this Ivohiboro, a pristine tropical forest reigning over the rugged plains of Southeast Madagascar.