Museum of the Moving Image

Description
Only 15 minutes from midtown, the Museum of the Moving Image is one of the city’s most dynamic institutions. Rubbing elbows with Kaufman Astoria Studios, it is currently undergoing a massive renovation that includes a three-story extension, complete with a state-of-the-art 264-seat cinema and expanded gallery spaces, to be unveiled in spring 2010. Meanwhile, the museum’s “Behind the Screen” exhibit is currently open (with reduced hours and admission prices); the show examines every step of the filmmaking process, with artifacts from more than 1,000 different productions (including a supercreepy stunt doll used in The Exorcist, with full head-rotating capabilities, and 14 classic (playable!) video games including Asteroids, Ms. Pac-Man, and Space Invaders.).