learn about our history
Since its inception in 2004, the Australian Museum of Motion Picture and Television) now known as PIM) has been responsible for the promotion and preservation of the history of film as well the social significance of cinema and television in our society .
PIM and its members thank Lotterywest for the grant to redesign the website.
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Our Identity
A group of dedicated people In Western Australia, in pursue of maintaining our History of Cinema and Television.
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Our Mission
To bring to the residence of Western Australia, their Cinema and Television history that shaped todays News and Entertainment industry.
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Our Purpose
CinemaWeb is a Western Australian database that provides photographs and details about picture theatres and cinemas throughout Western Australia.
The Cinema and TV museum includes history of cinema, drive in theatre and TV in Western Australia.
remember the past
Since Cinema & TV
All of our Stories of Cinema In Western Australia are in Cinema History,
and Television starting with Channel 7, in the History of TV in WA
Remembering our Televison history
TVW -7 OPENING oCTOBER 1959
The first TV Station to open in Perth was TVW Channel 7
Read more in TV History
TVW Opening – October 16th, 1959
When it was announced that television would start in Western Australia there was much interest in the community as many people had seen television or had been told of it by friends living in Victoria and New South Wales. Because of the interest in the 1956 Olympics which was televised, and largely reported in those states television media, it had sparked interest.
Technology evolution
“I have just been on the museum site of the AMMPT and was delighted to find a society devoted to the history and technology of the motion picture as it was before the coming of digital cinema.”
Ravindra Bhalerao