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11 Feb - 1 Jan

The Story of the Moving Image

  • Free
  • Family and kids

From the first projections and optical illusions to the birth of film and beyond, moving images have the power to spark imagination, share stories and shape history. Discover how inventors, innovators and artists at the turn of the 20th century wielded light, split time and captured motion, heralding a technological revolution that continues today.

Featuring ancient shadow puppets, Victorian-era magic lanterns, original cameras, iconic costumes, movie sets, sketches, clips and contemporary art, The Story of the Moving Image traverses time, countries and cultures in a mesmerising exploration of an art form that changed the world and illuminated our collective humanity.

The Story of the Moving Image is open 364 days a year, is completely free and offers deep interactive and immersive experiences to visitors of all ages.

Dates and times

Date Times
Sat 2 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 3 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 4 Jul
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Tue 5 Jul
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Wed 6 Jul
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Thu 7 Jul
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Fri 8 Jul
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Sat 9 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 10 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 11 Jul
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Tue 12 Jul
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Wed 13 Jul
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Thu 14 Jul
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Fri 15 Jul
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Sat 16 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 17 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 18 Jul
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Tue 19 Jul
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Wed 20 Jul
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Thu 21 Jul
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Fri 22 Jul
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Sat 23 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 24 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 25 Jul
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Tue 26 Jul
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Wed 27 Jul
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Thu 28 Jul
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Fri 29 Jul
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Sat 30 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 31 Jul
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 1 Aug
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Tue 2 Aug
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Wed 3 Aug
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Thu 4 Aug
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Fri 5 Aug
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Sat 6 Aug
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Sun 7 Aug
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Wed 10 Aug
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Thu 11 Aug
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Fri 12 Aug
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Sat 13 Aug
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Mon 15 Aug
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Wed 17 Aug
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Thu 18 Aug
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Fri 19 Aug
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Sat 20 Aug
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Sun 21 Aug
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Mon 22 Aug
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Tue 23 Aug
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Wed 24 Aug
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Thu 25 Aug
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Fri 26 Aug
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Sat 27 Aug
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 28 Aug
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 29 Aug
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Tue 30 Aug
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Wed 31 Aug
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Thu 1 Sep
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Fri 2 Sep
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Sat 3 Sep
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Mon 5 Sep
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Tue 6 Sep
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Wed 7 Sep
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Fri 9 Sep
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Mon 12 Sep
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Tue 13 Sep
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Wed 14 Sep
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Thu 15 Sep
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Fri 16 Sep
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Sat 17 Sep
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Sun 18 Sep
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Mon 19 Sep
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Tue 20 Sep
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Wed 21 Sep
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Thu 22 Sep
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Fri 23 Sep
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Sat 24 Sep
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Mon 26 Sep
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Tue 27 Sep
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Wed 28 Sep
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Thu 29 Sep
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Fri 30 Sep
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Sat 1 Oct
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Sun 2 Oct
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Mon 3 Oct
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Tue 4 Oct
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Wed 5 Oct
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Fri 7 Oct
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Sat 8 Oct
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Sun 9 Oct
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Mon 10 Oct
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Tue 11 Oct
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Wed 12 Oct
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Thu 13 Oct
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Fri 14 Oct
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Sat 15 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 16 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 17 Oct
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Tue 18 Oct
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Wed 19 Oct
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Thu 20 Oct
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Fri 21 Oct
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Sat 22 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 23 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 24 Oct
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Tue 25 Oct
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Wed 26 Oct
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Thu 27 Oct
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Fri 28 Oct
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Sat 29 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 30 Oct
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 31 Oct
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Tue 1 Nov
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Wed 2 Nov
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Thu 3 Nov
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Fri 4 Nov
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Sat 5 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 6 Nov
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Mon 7 Nov
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Tue 8 Nov
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Wed 9 Nov
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Thu 10 Nov
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Fri 11 Nov
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Sat 12 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 13 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 14 Nov
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Tue 15 Nov
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Wed 16 Nov
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Thu 17 Nov
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Fri 18 Nov
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Sat 19 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 20 Nov
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Mon 21 Nov
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Tue 22 Nov
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Wed 23 Nov
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Thu 24 Nov
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Fri 25 Nov
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Sat 26 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 27 Nov
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 28 Nov
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Tue 29 Nov
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Wed 30 Nov
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Thu 1 Dec
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Fri 2 Dec
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Sat 3 Dec
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 4 Dec
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 5 Dec
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Tue 6 Dec
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Wed 7 Dec
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Thu 8 Dec
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Fri 9 Dec
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Sat 10 Dec
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 11 Dec
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 12 Dec
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Tue 13 Dec
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Wed 14 Dec
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Thu 15 Dec
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Fri 16 Dec
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Sat 17 Dec
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 18 Dec
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 19 Dec
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Tue 20 Dec
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Wed 21 Dec
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Thu 22 Dec
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Fri 23 Dec
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Sat 24 Dec
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 25 Dec
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Mon 26 Dec
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Tue 27 Dec
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Wed 28 Dec
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Thu 29 Dec
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Fri 30 Dec
  • 12pm - 5pm 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Sat 31 Dec
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sun 1 Jan
  • 10am - 5pm 10:00am - 5:00pm

Location

ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image)
Flinders St
Melbourne 3000

Open in maps location for ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image)

Price and bookings

This is a free event

Booking not required

Book online for The Story of the Moving Image

Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 8663 2200
  • email address: info@acmi.net.au
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