Managing all these different materials involves all kinds of specializations. A film is stored under different archival conditions than a movie poster, so each of the depots has its own climate settings. Nearly all the depots today are in our new Collection Centre.
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The Eye collection dates back to 1946, when the first predecessor of Eye was founded: the Nederlands Historisch Filmarchief. In 1952, this became the Dutch Filmmuseum, and since 2010 we are Eye Filmmuseum.
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In Memoriam Frank Roumen
© Joost Bataille
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Archive footage from the Eye collection featured in award-winning IDFA films
still Bestiaries, Herbaria, Lapidaries (Massimo D'Anolfi, Martina Parenti, IT CH 2024)
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Maral Mohsenin new Director of Collection & Knowledge Sharing at Eye Filmmuseum
Maral Mohsenin (© Lisa Frisco)
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The oldest film in our collection dates back to 1896. However, we do not exclusively acquire and preserve films, but a range of different materials – from movie posters to projection equipment. The focus is on films and objects that say something about Dutch film culture; a copy of virtually all Dutch films that come out each year is included in the collection.
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In Memoriam Frank Roumen
© Joost Bataille
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Archive footage from the Eye collection featured in award-winning IDFA films
still Bestiaries, Herbaria, Lapidaries (Massimo D'Anolfi, Martina Parenti, IT CH 2024)
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Maral Mohsenin new Director of Collection & Knowledge Sharing at Eye Filmmuseum
Maral Mohsenin (© Lisa Frisco)
Het Collectiecentrum van Eye in Amsterdam-Noord (© Ton Söder)
Frame from Le dirigeable fantastique, Georges Méliès (1906)
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Asterweg 26
1031HP Amsterdam
020 5891411
eyestudy@eyefilm.nl