Press officer Emily Philippou reports on the launch of our Moving Stories exhibition, including some very special guests.
Get a glimpse behind the scenes of the museum, see hidden treasures from our amazing collection and hear the inside story from our curators, archivists and special guests.
Colin recently visited Vienna to bring back photographs by Roger Fenton that we’d loaned to the Leopold Museum for their ‘Clouds: Fleeting Worlds’ exhibition.
Watch the best, the rarest and the most extraordinary films and TV programmes from the BFI National Archive with BFI Mediatheque from Friday 19 July 2013.
Fancy a sneak peek at some of the objects making their way here for our Moving Stories exhibition? Yeah you do (hint: they’re awesome).
Tom recalls the moment he fell in love with film, and the year BIFF had a better line up of British and international film stars than any other festival.
We’ve been asking staff to recall their fondest memories of the museum. Audience Development and Volunteer Coordinator Mandy Tennant reminds us why this is such a great place to work.
Throughout this month, we’ve been counting down to our 30th birthday, and now it’s finally here!
Dick Vaughan arrived in 1983 to organise the installation of the first permanent IMAX cinema in Europe. 30 years later he’s still here, and still fascinated by the technology.
Brian Liddy looks back at the Museum Exile of 1997—when all the objects in our collection (along with their curators) went on an adventure to Halifax.
Deb Singleton, Director of Bradford Animation Festival, looks back at some of the highlights of the last 20 years of BAF.
By Phil Oates
An internationally significant contemporary photography archive is added to our collection
An new archive, including work by Martin Parr, Julian Germain and Anna Fox, has joined our collection.
Our landmark exhibition in 2002 celebrated 40 years of the world’s best-known movie phenomenon—the James Bond films.