Viewing posts from May, 2024
22 May 2024, 1:09 p.m.
Our latest blog comes from stipend holder Patrick Ellis, who is Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Tampa in the Unites States. Patrick explores the world of Hollywood star maps across time.
14 May 2024, 1:16 p.m.
We are very pleased to announce The Stephen Herbert Award, which will enable a researcher to come to the museum to consult our early cinema or optical media holdings. The award is named after the much loved and hugely influential ...
13 May 2024, 11:31 a.m.
Our latest blog comes from stipend holder Clare Hunter. Clare is an author who has written extensively on crafting, and she came down to visit us from Scotland to explore our collection of optical toys. You can find out more ...
7 May 2024, 10:28 a.m.
We are delighted to have recently acquired an amazing collection of scrapbooks created over 60 years by Mr Michael Fritz. Over this period Michael, a carpenter living in West London and an avid cinema fan, has made scrapbooks on filmmakers, ...
2 May 2024, 10:56 a.m.
Our latest blog comes from Stipend Holder Cathy Lomax, an independent scholar and artist. Cathy looks at how female stars were presented in the new Hollywood era by studying items from the time in our collection.