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LGBT+ History Month at the Museum

2 Feb 2023, 10:46 a.m.

The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum at the University of Exeter is a museum of moving image history looking at audience’s fascination with moving pictures over three centuries. It contains a wealth of fascinating material to explore for LGBT+ History Month ...

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

20 Dec 2022, 2:32 p.m.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our visitors. The museum will close for the holidays at 1pm on Friday 23 December and we will reopen at 10am on Tuesday 3rd January. We look forward to seeing you in ...

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Glass Plate Negatives by Erica Kriel

12 Dec 2022, 10:17 a.m.

Our latest blog is from college student Erica Kriel who has been volunteering at the museum. Erica looks at the history of glass plate photographic negatives and the examples we hold in the museum, especially some relating to the ...

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