The Projected Picture Trust cares for cinema projectors and other motion picture equipment. It aims to locate, rennovate, preserve and where possible exhibit motion picture equipment. It is located at the National Museum of Cinema Technology, Bletchley Park. The PPT was founded in 1978 at a time when many cinemas were closing down or being [...]
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Projected Picture Trust
Posted in Museums, Network members, Technology on September 26, 2007 | No Comments »
Hidden memorabilia
Posted in Museums, Television on September 25, 2007 | No Comments »
Some collections of film and television memorabilia can be hidden within museums of a completely different character. Beyond the five miles of narrow-gauge steam railway and gardens that make up the Bressingham Steam Museum and Gardens in Norfolk, lies an original collection of items relating to the popular television series Dad’s Army. [...]
Cinemas in museums
Posted in Cinemas, Museums on September 21, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Among the kinds of objects listed in on our survey of moving image and screen-related artefacts in UK collections are cinemas. Are there any actual cinemas as exhibits in museums? We know of two. The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum in Cultra, Co. Down, recently acquired a 1920s cinema and moved it brick by brick [...]
Cars of the Stars Museum
Posted in Museums on September 20, 2007 | No Comments »
What happens to the mechanical stars of the film and television at the end of production? Some of them find a resting place in up in Keswick, Cumbria at the Cars of the Stars museum. The selection of vehicles include Herbie from The Love Bug, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Batmobiles and [...]
The Cinema Museum
Posted in Museums, Videos on September 12, 2007 | No Comments »
The Cinema Museum is located in Lambeth, London, in a building which was once the workhouse to which Charlie Chaplin’s mother was sent. This YouTube video takes us on a fascinating tour around the Museum, conducted by its founder, Ronald Grant.
The museum houses a unique collection of cinema objects, artefacts and images documenting the [...]
National Media Museum
Posted in Museums, Network members, Technology, Television on September 5, 2007 | No Comments »
Phenakistoscope disc (National Media Museum)
The National Media Museum is the lead partner in the UK Screen Heritage Network and the survey of moving image and screen-related artefacts. Formerly known as the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, the Bradford-based museum exists to engage, inspire and educate by promoting an understanding and appreciation of [...]
