Media Centre Lume was a national education, research, development and production centre of audiovisual media founded in 2000. Lume combined the disciplines of cinema, TV, digital media and production set design. The special focus areas of Lume were cross-media content production and practice-based research which serves the needs of the content. Media Centre Lume was part of the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, but served also other Universities, polytechnics, research institutions and companies. The Centre had extensive facilities for film, television, new media and theatrical productions. Moreover, facilities at Lume were also ideal for organizing seminars, meetings, conferences, galas, festivals, or fairs. The education of the university, cultural and other projects together with research were combined in the Media Centre Lume. Media Centre Lume was merged with Media Factory in 2016. Today this new media centre, Aalto Studios, is located in Otaniemi.