The collection spans the entire history of film and is expanded with old and new titles every year, from both the Netherlands and abroad. Eye is the only institute in the Netherlands that collects and provides access to film-related collections. The film collection consists of subcollections: feature film, nonfiction, home movie, news reel, advertisements, experimental film, silent film, and films from the Dutch East Indies.
Collections
The Eye collection consists of roughly 55,000 films as well as the so-called 'film-related collections': photos, posters, projection equipment, film music, as well as archives of filmmakers and businesses.
Collections
Film
The Eye depots store more than 80,000 kilometers of film – nearly 55,000 film titles. Conservation and restoration of the collection are our most important tasks.
Music
Eye has a varied collection of film music
Posters
Eye collects and presents posters with artistic or film historical value
Equipment
Eye's collection of film equipment contains many cameras, film reels, and projectors, but there is also focus on “pre-cinema objects”: the forerunners of cinema.
Personal archives
Eye also collects the archives of film organisations, companies, and film makers.
Photography
The Eye collection contains more than 700,000 photographs, slides, negatives, lobby cards, and picture postcards.