Have you ever thought about visiting the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum but weren't sure how to find us?
Check out this video by our intern and filmmaker, Simran Kaur Sanghera, and why not stop by to visit us this Bank Holiday weekend?
We're open every day, 10am-5pm, free of charge.
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⭐️🎥⭐️ Bill Douglas Cinema Museum ⭐️ 🎥 ⭐️
☆ Friday 15th May ~ last day of Egypt on Screen ⭐️Thursday 26th May ~ Film Dtars Fun Day
☆ Friday 29th May - Monday 30th November ~ 100 Years of Marilyn
⭐️Monday 1st June ~ 100 Years of Marilyn - Exhibition Launch
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Our second newsletter is out now!
Read our latest news about upcoming events, exhibitions and research via the link in our bio.
Not signed up yet? The sign-up link is there, too!
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This half term, Tuesday 26th May, drop in between 10am-12noon and 2-4pm for free kids’ creative activities inspired by stars of the Big Screen!
⭐Make your own stars of fame, design your own film posters, take photos on our ‘red carpet’ and enter our special Marilyn Monroe art competition!
Suitable for all ages. Materials provided. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
The workshop will be held in seminar room A/B in the Old Library at the University of Exeter.
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Join us on 1 June at 5:30 in the foyer of the Old Library for the opening of our new exhibition, '100 Years of Marilyn', on the centenary of the birth of one of film's greatest icons, Marilyn Monroe.
There will be an opening talk by the curators of the exhibition and Dr Phil Wickham at 6pm, and the chance to celebrate with us with a drinks reception.
Link to book your free place in our bio.
#10yearsofMarilyn #MarilynMonroe #Exhibition #Museum #Exeter
Our latest blog comes from stipend holder Marcin Nowicki, who visited the museum in 2024.
Marcin is an artist and filmmaker based in Poland and explores the different ways of seeing in our magic lantern and optical media collections. He has made a fascinating film based on his research, Image Beyond the Eye, which you can see embedded in the latest blog on our website - link in bio.
#artist #film #research #futurefragments
🎧 Episode 2 of our latest podcast series is out now!
Listen to our intern, Simran, and Assistant Curator Matt Lee discussing how cinema museums stay relevant, how curatorial choices shape what audiences remember, and why our museum remains so important in 2026.
Link in bio and stories.
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Big thank you to our intern and filmmaker, Simran Kaur Sanghera, who visited our special 'Shakespeare on Screen' display yesterday and made this fab film. It's part of the South West Shakespeare Festival produced by @lightbearlane , which kicks off today!
Don't miss #Hamnet coming back to @exeterpicturehouse as part of the festival, or @uniofexeter 's Prof Pascale Aebischer's talk about filming Shakespeare plays for live transmission on 25th April @nixpriory .
More info and tickets via the links in our bios.
#SWShakespeareFest #Shakingitup
🎧 🎥 Watch and listen to this great film by our intern and filmmaker, Simran Sanghera. She interviews the museum’s Curatorial Assistant Barry Chandler and Archaeology Professional Placement student Freya Hobbs, who talk about our latest temporary exhibition, "Land of the Pharaohs: Egypt on Screen."
There are just a couple of weeks left to catch the exhibition - open until 15 May!
#EgyptonScreen #Egypt #Film #museum
We are excited to present the inaugural South West Shakespeare Festival, starting today with Shakespeare on Screen @bdcmuseum !
Check out our festival programme: with a combination of free, accessible events and professional performance, there really is something for everyone. @wildthymetheatre 's Merchant of Venice is sold out, but you can still grab tickets to our concert, If Music Be The Food of Love, the talk by Prof Pascale Aebischer, "Live" Shakespeare on Screen, to see Hamnet @exeterpicturehouse and Shakespeare's folio at Exeter Cathedral Archives.
Huge thank you to @exetercityoflit , @exetercouncil and Creation Graphics for your generous support, and to our performers and partner organisations, without whom the festival would not be possible: @wildthymetheatre , @iryna_mezzosoprano , @alexwilsonpianist , @nixpriory , @bdcmuseum , @demh_trust , @dexinstitution , @exetercathedral , @exeterlibrary , @campfireexeter , @exeter_mermaid , @harulaladd and @exeterpicturehouse .
We hope you enjoy the festival!
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Our latest blog - "Asia Exhibited, or, How I Became a Panoramaniac" - comes from stipend holder Stephen McDowall, Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Edinburgh who researches representations of Asia in British visual culture. Read all about it in the link in our bio.
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