Arts Council England has awarded Designation status to the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum’s collection at the University of Exeter. The scheme recognises collections of national and international importance.
The museum holds more than 95,000 objects covering the history of the moving image, including an original Lumière Cinématographe and prints of the panorama shown in London in 1792.
Everyday items sit alongside the equipment and optical exhibits. They help tell the story of how people watched moving images and how the experience of going to the pictures changed over time.