Media Archive for Central England (MACE) is the public sector regional film archive that collects, preserves and provides access to film, television and other moving image materials that relate to the governmental regions of the East Midlands and West Midlands (region).
In 1995 it was registered as a company, with a board of directors, with the intention of creating the regional archive for the Midlands. MACE took on this role when James Patterson was appointed as its director in 2000. It is now an independent limited company and a registered charity based at the University of Leicester.
MACE is one of eight publicly funded regional film archives that, along with other public sector film archives, are members of the Film Archive Forum (FAF).
MACE receives funding from Government via the regional screen agencies of the East and West Midlands: EM Media and Screen WM.
As the principle moving image archive service provider in the Midlands MACE works with a wide range of partners across the regions to help people to experience their moving image heritage.
MACE is guided by shared values and practices outlined by the Film Archive Forum. These values and practices focus on five primary/core functions:
- Collection/acquisition
- Research
- Documentation/cataloguing
- Preservation
- Access to collections and information
References
Patterson, J. Establishing a Regional Media Archive: the Media Archive for Central England (MACE), in The Researcher’s Guide, Film Television, Radio and Related Documentation Collections in the UK, British Universities Film and Video Council, 2001, pp 35-39. [1]
See also
- BFI National Archive
- Scottish Screen
- National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales
- Imperial War Museum
- Northern Region Film and Television Archive
- British Library
- Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
- National Archives (UK)
- Film Archive Forum
External links
- MACE
- EM Media
- Screen WM
- Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
- Film Archive Forum web site
- Scottish Screen Archive
- National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales
- Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
- East Anglian Film Archive
- North West Film Archive
- Northern Region Film and Television Archive
- Screen Archive South East
- South West Film and Television Archive
- Wessex Film and Sound Archive
- Yorkshire Film Archive
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