Queens - Museum of the Moving Image & Kaufman Astoria Studio

The American Museum of Moving Image & Kaufman Astoria Studio was originally a Paramount Pictures Studio that opened in 1920. Valentino, the Marx Brothers, Gloria Swanson and others made films here. The large complex stood empty until the seventies when the Astoria Motion Picture and Television Foundation was founded to preserve it. Since then, the studio has bounced back to host the shooting of such features as Woody Allen's "Radio Days". In 1981, one of the buildings was transformed into the American Museum of the Moving Image with interactive displays about film production and theaters. On display is everything from Annie Hall's wardrobe to the Star Trek costumes.