Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Screen culture museum in Melbourne, Australia

The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) occupies a building at Federation Square designed by Lab Architecture Studio with Bates Smart, opened in 2002 and renovated by BKK Architects for a 2021 reopening. Its centrepiece is The Story of the Moving Image, a 1,600-square-metre permanent exhibition with over 900 objects covering film, television, videogames and art. The museum also holds cinemas, the Gandel Digital Future Labs, the Blackmagic Design Media Preservation Lab and the Hero restaurant.

The institution emerged in the early 2000s from the State Film Centre of Victoria, which had served as the region's film hub since the mid-20th century. With the new foundation, its mission expanded to cover digital media and interactive formats.

The name ACMI, adopted in 2002, replaced the Australian Centre for the Moving Image as the public brand. The permanent exhibition The Story of the Moving Image fills 1,600 square metres and holds over 900 objects from Australia and abroad. In the Mediatheque, run with the National Film and Sound Archive, visitors can watch films and television clips in 12 viewing booths.

Entry to the permanent exhibition is free, so visitors can take their time exploring the different areas at their own pace. Special screenings and programs may carry additional fees, so checking the current offerings before a visit is worthwhile.

One of the main exhibitions uses a special device called The Lens, with which visitors can collect digital information about the displayed objects and retrieve it online later. This technology allows the visit to continue after leaving the museum.