Museums · South West England
Bill Douglas Cinema Museum
The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum (formerly the Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema and Popular Culture) is a public museum and an academic research facility on the Streatham Campus of the Univ
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
About
The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum (formerly the Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema and Popular Culture) is a public museum and an academic research facility on the Streatham Campus of the University of Exeter in England. Founded in 1994 and opened to the public in 1997, the museum houses one of Britain's largest public collections of books, prints, artefacts and ephemera relating to the history and prehistory of cinema. The museum has two galleries of exhibits which are open to the public. There is a reading room for researchers to access and consult materials from the collection by appointment. The museum is named after the filmmaker Bill Douglas. The collection that Douglas put together with his friend Peter Jewell founded the museum; many other donors have added to the holdings since. The museum now holds over 80,000 artefacts from the seventeenth century to the present day. There is a large collection of material on optical media prior to the invention of cinema including holdings on magic lanterns, shadow puppets, panoramas and dioramas, optical illusions and peep shows. There are also significant holdings on cinema pioneers, early and silent cinema, film stars, such as Charlie Chaplin and Marilyn Monroe, and film publicity material and merchandising up to the present day. There are also a number of filmmakers' production archives, including Bill Douglas's working papers, the Townley Cooke collection, and the archives of producer/director Don Boyd, and producers
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From the Wikipedia article
The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum (formerly the Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema and Popular Culture) is a public museum and an academic research facility on the Streatham Campus of the University of Exeter in England. Founded in 1994 and opened to the public in 1997, the museum houses one of Britain's largest public collections of books, prints, artefacts and ephemera relating to the history and prehistory of cinema. The museum has two galleries of exhibits which are open to the public. There is a reading room for researchers to access and consult materials from the collection by appointment. The museum is named after the filmmaker Bill Douglas. The collection that Douglas put together with his friend Peter Jewell founded the museum; many other donors have added to the holdings since. The museum now holds over 80,000 artefacts from the seventeenth century to the present day. There is a large collection of material on optical media prior to the invention of cinema including holdings on magic lanterns, shadow puppets, panoramas and dioramas, optical illusions and peep shows. There are also significant holdings on cinema pioneers, early and silent cinema, film stars, such as Charlie Chaplin and Marilyn Monroe, and film publicity material and merchandising up to the present day. There are also a number of filmmakers' production archives, including Bill Douglas's working papers, the Townley Cooke collection, and the archives of producer/director Don Boyd, and producers Gavrik Losey and James Mackay.
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- Coordinates
- 50.7333, -3.5341
- Address
- Prince of Wales Road, Exeter, EX4 4SB
- Established
- 1994
- Opening
- Mo-Su 10:00-17:00; Dec 25-Jan 01 off
- Official site
- www.bdcmuseum.org.uk
Sources
- wikipedia: Bill Douglas Cinema Museum (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Bill Douglas Cinema Museum?
- Bill Douglas Cinema Museum is in South-West England, United Kingdom.
- When was Bill Douglas Cinema Museum built?
- Built or established in 1994.
- Who owns Bill Douglas Cinema Museum?
- Bill Douglas Cinema Museum is owned by The Exeter University Foundation.
- How busy is Bill Douglas Cinema Museum?
- Bill Douglas Cinema Museum draws around 8,000 visitors a year.