Exeter University, Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema and Popular Culture
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Short Introduction
The Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema and Popular Culture contains both a public museum and an academic research centre, housing one of Britain's largest public collections of books, prints, artifacts and ephemera relating to the history and prehistory of cinema.
The collection contains approximately 67 Muybridge-related items, including The Complete Human and Animal Locomotion (Volumes 1 2 & 3) and a range of special collections items such as postcards, optical toys, posters and ephemera.
Past Exhibitions
Permanent Muybridge display.
Rights & Reproduction Information
Contact Curator for advice. Permission to publish needs to be sought.
Online Presence
Collection Items:
Photographic Material
Reproductions: 1
Publications
Scripts: 1
Periodicals: 1
Newspaper Cuttings: 1
Books concerning Muybridge: 35
Books by Muybridge: 3
Exhibition Material
Catalogues: 5
Leaflets: 4
Posters: 3
Other: 5
Ephemera
Other: 8
Address:
The Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema and Popular Culture,
University of Exeter, The Old Library,
Prince of Wales Road, Exeter
EX4 4SB, United Kingdom
Phone: +44 01392 724321
Website: http://www.billdouglas.org/
Email: bdc@exeter.ac.uk
Lead Contact:
Phil Wickham, Curator(p.j.wickham@exeter.ac.uk)
Open Hours:
10am to 5pm Monday to Friday, except bank holidays. The Museum is closed between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day.
Accessibility of Muybridge Collections to Public:
Display case in galleries on Muybridge. Also any item can be studied in the Special Collections Reading Room, which has the same opening hours.
