Eye Filmmuseum for children

There’s plenty for children to do at Eye. Check out the calender below for activities, children's films and workshops.

Discovery route for families

Children aged 4 through 12 and their parents or guardians can take on Eye's Mission Supereyes discovery route, which criss-crosses through the museum building. Pick up the booklet when you visit the What is Film exhibition and discover the superpowers in your eyes!

Discover the route

During Filmmagie, kids aged between 6 and 10 sit at a long table and use coloured pencils to work on their drawings for their flip book

Filmmagie: movies & creative activity

Discover the magic of film with short films. Also the kids will get to work creatively with image and movement in a fun workshop in the cinema hall. From 6 years.

Cinemini: watch & play

On Sundays and during the holidays there is Cinemini for toddlers and preschoolers in the enchanting Cinemini room, where they are treated to films and play in a light landscape.

A child moves shapes over a light box in the animation table in Eye

Animation tables

At the animation tables on the stairs leading to Cinema 1 you can use your own telephone and a free app to make your own stop-motion film.

Make a flipbook

Play the leading role in your own mini film: make a flip book in the Flipbook Machine in Eye. Part of the exhibition What is Film.

Audio benches

Take a seat on the audio benches in Eye Filmmuseum and listen to Hiba's cheerful story about voice acting in the film Knor. To be found at the top of the stairs.

Permanent exhibition What is Film?

On the lower level and throughout Eye we illuminate various aspects of the world of the moving image. Learn about how film developed, from its early beginnings to the present day.

Group visit

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Kids drawtheir own flip books during Filmmagie in the cinema (© Corinne de Korver)

Children's screenings

You can see the best children's films on Eye's four screens: every Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday and daily during the school holidays.

In an illustration on a pink background, abstract colourful shapes make up a multitude of clown-like faces expressing different emotions

Cinemini

Eye’s finest and most intimate film theatre is a great place for children aged 2 to 6 to experience their first cinema visit. Every Sunday morning, Eye’s Cinemini opens especially for preschoolers and their (grand)parents, where children are treated to a film, followed by experiments with light and shadow in small play tents.

In a brightly coloured illustration, a green frog looks at the white building of Eye, which some people say looks like a sitting frog

Filmmagie

Filmmagie is watching and making. Discover the magic of cinema with short animations from Eye’s extensive collection. The children will also draw their own flipbooks thereby learning how to animate still images.