Cinematheque
![Film reels at the Cinemateca Portuguesa, in Portugal](/Images/godic/202501/13/Bobines_de_Filme_na_Cinemateca_Portuguesa.2103.png")
![Main facade of the head office, Bulgarian National Film Archive (Българска Национална Филмотека)](/Images/godic/202501/13/BulgarianFilmArchive2103.jpg")
![Jerusalem Cinematheque](/Images/godic/202501/13/Filmfestival20092103.jpg")
![The Screen on the campus of Santa Fe University of Art and Design](/Images/godic/202501/13/The-Screen-exterior-Web2103.jpg")
A cinematheque is a typically small motion-picture theater that specializes in historically important, experimental, avant-garde, or art-house films. Often part of a university or private archive, a cinematheque may have only one screen, but larger ones have multiple screens.