Our display for the South West Shakespeare Festival is now open! Get your fill of Shakespeare on Screen this week, everyday 10am-5pm, in the stairwell of the upper gallery. Thank you to @lightbearlane.org for having us as festival partners!
##SWShakespeareFest #shakingitup
🎧 🎥 Watch & listen to this great video by our intern & filmmaker, Simran Sanghera, of Barry Chandler & Freya Hobbs chatting about our latest temporary exhibition, 'Land of the Pharaohs: Egypt on Screen' - on until 15 May! www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKJ1...
#podcast #museum #exhibition #Egypt
Our latest blog comes from stipend holder Stephen McDowall, Senior #Lecturer in #History @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social who researches representations of #Asia in #Britishvisualculture. Read all about it here: tinyurl.com/mv4vary2
#researchsky #museumsky
We are working across different collections, at the BFI Screencraft collections and the @bdcmuseum.bsky.social holdings at the University of Exeter. On the project so far I have learned a great deal from other members of the team. More details about our workstrands and activities are on our (2/6)
Katie Crosson writes: "Based at the University of Exeter in the Curation Strand, I am working on a script collection donated to the @bdcmuseum.bsky.social by Pinewood Studios, analysing screenplays written, conceived and developed by women. (1/8)
We're excited to be collaborating with Exeter Phoenix on a screening of the original 'The Mummy' (1932) to complement our Egypt on Screen exhibition. It will include an introductory talk by Barry Chandler.
Join us on 11th April, 2:30pm. Book here: tinyurl.com/r7y857dv
@uniofexeternews.bsky.social
There's still time to book your free tickets to our next public lecture on Egyptian-style cinema architecture!
Link to book here: tinyurl.com/4hjxcvps
#Exeter @exetersky @filmsky @museumsky
Excited to see @exetercouncil.bsky.social has put our #SWShakespeareFest graphics on the community boards all over town (12+ locations) 💖 Thank you so much for your support with spreading the word 🙏 #shakingitup #ShakespeareSW @dexinst.bsky.social @bdcmuseum.bsky.social @exetercityoflit.bsky.social
It's #ShakespeareWeek, so the perfect time to share that we're part of the inaugural South West #Shakespeare Festival!
Keep your eyes peeled from 20 April for our special display on Shakespeare on Screen, curated by Dr Sarah Spencer. She discusses it in the article by the PRSD. #SWshakespearefest
Was so lucky to have seen the doc/film about Bill & Peter at the Exeter Phoenix, attended by and Q&A after with Peter and his family. It was fascinating. ❤️
Today marks a year since we lost our principal donor, Peter Jewell.
Peter’s enthusiasm and love of the collection continues to inspire us and is captured here by Juliana Malucelli, showing him with a picture taken by David Appleby of his life-long friend, the great filmmaker Bill Douglas.
📢Our first #newsletter is out now!
Why not take a read of everything we've been up to recently & our upcoming #exhibitions and #events:
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Our latest blog comes from stipend holder, independent writer and researcher Martin Stollery, who has been investigating the careers of three writers in our Rank Scripts Collection.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/2jpz3n6m
#blog #research #scripts #museum #film
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🎧Take a listen to this brand-new #podcast interview by our intern and filmmaker, Simran Sanghera, with our #Curator, Phil Wickham. Simran and Phil discuss what makes the #museum special, its history and our exciting plans going forward: www.youtube.com/watch?v=43cx...
#museumsky #filmsky
Last night the 98th Oscars Ceremony saw some great films recognised.
We have numerous programmes of past Academy Awards in our collection, including this one from 1964 that saw Sidney Poitier win for best actor [EXEBD 19152]
#academyawards #oscars #oscars2026 #film #hollywood #filmsky
Ancient #Egypt meets modern entertainment in this #lecture by Richard Gray, part of our "Land of the Pharaohs: Egypt on Screen" programme.
Join us on 9 April, 6:30pm & step into a world of sphinxes, #cinema & #architecture. Book for free here: tinyurl.com/4hjxcvps #Egyptsky #museumsky #cinemasky
Exeter Phoenix is hosting this free Curation for Cinema workshop on Friday 6th March as part of Two Short Nights. Aimed specifically for 16-25-year-olds, it will be interactive and invaluable to anyone with an interest in curation, event management and/or cinema: exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/irl-c...
Also for LGBTQ+ history month, we're sharing the ground-breaking documentary from 2007 by our donor and renowned British filmmaker Don Boyd: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
#donboyd #lgbthistorymonth
This #LGBTQHistoryMonth, we’re highlighting how #film has told and validated LGBTQ+ #stories and #identities. Our #collection traces the evolution of #LGBTQ+ representation - pictured are some examples.
Explore more here: tinyurl.com/5n7wmcar #museumsky #lgbtsky #filmsky
Our latest blog comes from illustrator and comic book #artist Karrie Fransman. Karrie was the recipient of 2025's Stephen Herbert Award and came to the #museum to explore #precinema and #visualstorytelling.
Read about her fascinating findings here:
www.bdcmuseum.org.uk/news/discove...
#museumsky
We're launching the brand-new Bill Douglas Cinema Museum newsletter!
Sign up here to be first to hear about #exhibitions, #events, #activities, #research, behind-the-scenes stories & all things moving image history:
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We had a fantastic time hosting the Land of the Pharaohs: Egypt on screen-themed #familyfunday yesterday!
The kids particularly loved trying on the replica helmet from Alexander (2004) - good to see #Egyptomania still capturing young imaginations!
#Egyptsky #museumsky #engagement #filmsky #film
To mark #valentinesday & the theatrical release this week of the highly anticipated “Wuthering Heights”, here is the scrapbook we hold of William Wyler’s 1939 adaptation.
Which screen adaptation of Bronte's classic novel is your favourite?
#wutheringheights #filmsky #cinemasky
We're very excited to be partners in the inaugural South West #Shakespeare Festival with a special temporary display on all things #Shakespeare on #Screen coming in April! #shakespearesky @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social @exeterunilib.bsky.social
Join us for some Egypt-themed #fun this #halfterm!
Drop in between 10am-12noon & 2-4pm for free kids' creative activities inspired by our new #exhibition - 'Land of the Pharaohs: #Egypt on Screen'.
Make your own Egyptian-inspired #film props & more!
#museumsky #cinema #Exeter #filmsky #exetersky
Our latest blog comes from stipend holder Joel Blackledge, who explores the #Kinora. Joel is a #PhDstudent from @mybcu.bsky.social who is studying internet #memes & came to the museum to explore their links to the earliest #cinema.
Read the full blog here: tinyurl.com/2wr9vkdu
#filmsky #research
Join us for some Egypt-themed #fun this #halfterm!
Drop in between 10am-12noon & 2-4pm for free kids' creative activities inspired by our new #exhibition - 'Land of the Pharaohs: #Egypt on Screen'.
Make your own Egyptian-inspired #film props & more!
#museumsky #cinema #Exeter #filmsky #exetersky
Our new #exhibition opens tomorrow!
'Land of the Pharaohs: #Egypt on Screen' looks at Egypt's cultural impact on pre-cinema, filmmaking, cinema design and popular culture.
Come and see it! We're open every day 10am-5pm.
#EgyptonScreen #film #cinema #Culture
#filmsky #museumsky #Egyptsky
Sharing this sheet #music from the classic 1952 MGM #musical 'Singin' in the Rain' to lift the spirits this #BlueMonday (EXEBD 51325). Its infectious music, choreography & optimism always makes us smile! 🎶☔️
What #feelgoodfilms are you watching this winter? @exeterunilib.bsky.social
We're at the @exeter.ac.uk Students' Guild Welcome Back Week in the forum today! Do stop by for info, freebies, to handle some items, tell us what films you've enjoyed recently & what you'd like to see happening at the museum. We're here until 3pm! @uniofexeternews.bsky.social
