The Austrian Film Museum is located in Vienna, near the Albertina. His main mission of the museum considers the preservation and study of significant collections of cinema that going to the museum since its inception.

Film Museum in Vienna was established as a nonprofit organization in 1964, and within a short period of time, he established himself as a leading international center for cinema in Austria. Only a year later, in 1965, the International Federation of Motion Picture Archives (FIAF) adopted the Film Museum as a new member.

Film Museum soon made a name for itself because of its interesting programs. Retrospectives of the 1960s and '70s turned into a museum popular among German-speaking countries. The program was created with an emphasis on areas such as the avant-garde film, the comedy of the 1920s and 30s, the revolutionary Soviet films, classic American cinema, propaganda films, Japanese films. Since 1965, all the films began to appear in his own movie theater museum. Since November 2002, equipping the museum has been completely updated, expanded screens and a sound system that now allows you to play movies in all formats in cinema history, and also supports modern sound and digital video systems.

From 1 January 2005, the famous director Martin Scorsese has agreed to become honorary president of the museum. In addition to his work as a legendary artist, Martin Scorsese is a staunch supporter of the preservation of films for nearly three decades.

Currently, the collection includes approximately 25 500 films. They cover the entire era of cinema, from 1893 (Edison films) to date, of all genres and types of movies, the classic feature films to scientific films, trailers and commercials. The most significant collections of the museum carries four special collections: the international heritage of independent, avant-garde films; independent cinema in Austria in 1950; so-called "Movies in exile": the international work of immigrants of Central and Eastern Europe; films from Soviet Russia made in the period from 1918 to 1945.

The museum has constantly held screenings.