BFI Gallery, which itself was replaced in 2012 by the BFI Reuben Library. The remaining site incorporated the existing three cinemas showcasing the best historical and contemporary film from around the world, a mediatheque of British film and television, and a bookshop within an active programme that includes the annual London Film Festival. Although there was talk that Bradford's National Media Museum planned to open a London venue, London still has no publicly funded film museum. In April 2018 one of the lead members of the original MOMI team, David Francis, with his wife Jocelyn Marsh (daughter of award-winning production designer Terence Marsh), opened the Kent Museum of the Moving Image in Deal, Kent. See also London Film Museum Cinema Museum (London) References External links Animation At The Museum Of The Moving Image Promotional film from 1997 Dismay at film museum 'tragedy', BBC News, 7 October 2002 Museums established in 1988 Museum of the Moving Image Museum of the Moving Image Cinema museums in London Defunct museums in London Mass media museums in the United Kingdom Museums on the River Thames Museum of the Moving Image 1988 establishments in England 1999 disestablishments in England