West Country
Devon
Exeter District

Bill Douglas Cinema Museum

The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum is a public museum and an academic research facility on the Streatham Campus of the University of Exeter in England. Founded in 1994 and opened to the public in 1997, the museum houses one of Britain's largest public collections of books, prints, artefacts and ephemera relating to the history and prehistory of cinema.
Tap on a place
to explore it
bdcmuseum.org.uk
Wikipedia
Photo: Sic19, CC0.
  • Opening hours:
    10:00 AM—5:00 PM
    December 25th—January 1st: closed
  • Email: bdc@exeter.ac.uk
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum and research facility at the University of Exeter
  • Also known as: “Bill Douglas Centre”, “Bill Douglas Cinema Museum, University of Exeter”, and “The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum”
  • Address: Prince of Wales Road, Exeter, EX4 4SB
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mary Harris Memorial Chapel of the Holy Trinity and Northcott Theatre.

Church
Photo: Mkwadee, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is the Anglican Chaplaincy's chapel on the Streatham Campus of the University of Exeter. It is located at the heart of the campus, beneath Queen's Building and adjacent to the Old Library and the Roborough Building.

Theater building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a theatre situated on the Streatham Campus of the University of Exeter, , , . It opened in 1967 and was run until 2010 by the Foundation, when the company ceased operating after a period in administration. is situated 920 feet north of Bill Douglas Cinema Museum.

Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the principal and largest railway station in , also the second-busiest station in Devon. It is 193 miles 72 chains from the zero point at , from where trains travel through Exeter to and . is situated 2,600 feet southwest of Bill Douglas Cinema Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Exeter and Exwick.

Photo: XRay, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the county town of and historically the administrative capital of the south-west peninsula. A historic mid-sized cathedral city with a good blend of arts, education, retail and history.

Suburb
Photo: Peter Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an historic parish and manor in , England, which today is a north-western suburb of the City of Exeter. Its name is derived from the , which forms its eastern boundary.

Suburb
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a ward and suburb situated on the high ground to the north of the city of in the county of , England. It lies between the ancient deer park of Duryard and .

Bill Douglas Cinema Museum

Latitude
50.73331° or 50° 43′ 60″ north
Longitude
-3.53433° or 3° 32′ 4″ west
Open location code
9C2RPFM8+87
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1615744797
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q4908815
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Bill Douglas Cinema Museum from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Dutch to Spanish—“Bill Douglas Cinema Museum” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Old Library and Lower Hoopern Valley.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Reflected Vision and Roborough Studios.

Devon: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Plymouth, Exeter, Torquay, and Barnstaple.

Curious Museums to Discover

Uncover intriguing museums from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bill Douglas Cinema Museum”. Photo: Sic19, CC0.