# Bill Douglas Centre - History of Cinema

> The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum Welcome to The Bill Douglas Cinema MuseumThe Bill Douglas Cinema Museum is home to one of the largest collections of material relating to the moving image in Britain. We are both an accredited public museum and an academic research facility and we hold a collection of over 75,000 items. Over 1,000 of our items are on display in our Galleries and are available to be viewed by the public 7 days a week.

Bill Douglas Centre (reputation for Cinema) is a public museum and an educational research centre which contains certainly one of the largest collections of images, publications, and artefacts associated with the annals of cinema as well as the image that is moving. Its open day-to-day and free to visit, making for a time that is interesting with all the young ones that'll not hurt you wallet!Discover the changes which have happened in the medium of visual activity over the last 200 years and exactly how far they have come considering that the very early experiments with shadows, mirrors and puppets! The assortment of 75,000 artefacts is pretty diverse, but connected by an emphasis of this market experience of the image that is going can be so much to see, including rare panorama and diorama products, Magic Lantern slides (over 650!), plus a large number of items which indicate optical illusions. You are able to find out about early cinema and see loads of items concerning movie that is very good such as for instance Greta Garbo and James Dean. The museum also includes lots of items associated with animation, including the collection that is biggest of Disney resources in the whole regarding the UK!Follow the history of British cinema through a large number of things through the Golden chronilogical age of the 1930s and 1940s to modern day and every thing among! Additionally there is a lot of publicity product from all many years, including Lobby Cards from Disney's 1940 Fantasia and also the 1988 horror film 'The Blob'.

- Type: Experience
- Location: Exeter, Exeter, England
- Area guide: [Exeter](https://www.holidayfox.com/en/discover/regions/exeter)
- Booking: Not bookable online on HolidayFox; book direct on its website, https://www.exeter.ac.uk/bdc/, or call +441392264321
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## Activities

- Museums and Art Galleries
- Sightseeing and Attractions
- Experience

## Facilities

- parking available
- toilets
- picnics and food allowed
- food to purchase onsite
- wheelchair friendly
- pushchair friendly

## Suitable for

- Accessible
- Family
- People

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## Questions and answers

### Where is Bill Douglas Centre - History of Cinema?

Bill Douglas Centre - History of Cinema is in Exeter, Exeter.

### What activities does Bill Douglas Centre - History of Cinema offer?

Bill Douglas Centre - History of Cinema lists Museums and Art Galleries, Sightseeing and Attractions and Experience.

### What facilities does Bill Douglas Centre - History of Cinema have?

Bill Douglas Centre - History of Cinema lists parking available, toilets, picnics and food allowed, food to purchase onsite, wheelchair friendly and pushchair friendly.

### What is there to do near Bill Douglas Centre - History of Cinema?

Experiences listed near Bill Douglas Centre - History of Cinema on HolidayFox include Exeter Sculpture Walk, The Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, ODEON Exeter, Exeters Underground Passages and Exeter Woollen Trail.

### How do I book Bill Douglas Centre - History of Cinema?

Bill Douglas Centre - History of Cinema doesn't take bookings on HolidayFox. Book direct on its own website, https://www.exeter.ac.uk/bdc/, or call +441392264321.


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