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ACMI: Blackmagic Design Media Preservation Lab

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Architect/Designer: LAB Architecture Studio and Bates Smart 2001, BKK and Second Story 2021.

Description

The Blackmagic Design Media Preservation Lab is a purpose-built, glass fronted laboratory where the ACMI Registration and Collections team undertake preservation activities for analogue, time-based media, digital and complex software-based games and artefacts.

What's On

Get behind-the-scenes access to the Blackmagic Design Media Preservation Lab at ACMI and learn more about the ACMI Collection. These tours offer an exclusive opportunity to visit the lab and hear from our conservators. From repair to inventory to digitisation, gain insight into a range of preservation stations and their associated equipment and uses.

From our collection, enjoy free screenings of two short works. Learn about one of Melbourne’s iconic arts precinct buildings in The Melbourne Concert Hall (1982) and discover the unique challenges of building design for Australian conditions in Design for climate (1967).

Images: (1-5) ACMI. All photos: Shannon McGrath.

Important Details

Tour/event summary information

Saturday 25 July + Sunday 26 July
Tours run 10.15am, 11.15am, 1.15pm, 2.15pm
Running for 35 mins in groups of 10

Bookings

No bookings required. Tour group capacity is limited and operates on a first-come, first-served basis.

Meeting Point

Register for a tour at the desk in ACMI’s Fed Square Foyer on Level 1.

Accessibility

Ramp or level (step free) entry, Lift access to all public levels, Accessible bathrooms, All-gender bathrooms, All ages, Social Stories, Assistance animals welcome

Tours involve standing, limited seating within the Preservation Lab. Please speak with ACMI staff about access requirements on arrival.

Accessible and all gender bathrooms on ground and Level 1.

Social / visual story accessible via website.

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Location

ACMI, Fed Square, Melbourne VIC 3000

Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country

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