The Association of Moving Image Archivists

Our diverse range of AMIA Committees and Task Forces collaborate with colleagues from around the world. We create forums for exchange, and develop programs and projects that move us all forward in a changing field.

AMIA was the first professional organization to offer scholarships specifically for students pursuing careers in moving image archives. Applications for scholarships and the IPI Internship program opened in January.

The AMIA Supplier Directory is an international resource guide for anyone working with audiovisual media. Find a supplier, or list your own services or products. We update the directory on a quarterly basis.

Scenic Route offers a guided tour of highlights from the program, hailing from Beaumont to El Paso, Brownsville to Amarillo, and countless places in between.

Historical media presents its own form of time travel, supplying a glimpse of real people-the way they lived, who they loved, and what they valued.

"Rustin died in 1987, but his silenced voice was recently resurrected in previously unaired audio from an interview with the Washington Blade in the mid-1980s"

Photographer Bert Crowfoot bought boxes of old audiotape and film for a dollar and has safeguarded them for decades and it's turning out to be a priceless trove of Indigenous story, culture, and language.