An International Study of Film Museums
Auteur : Cere Rinella
An International Study of Film Museums examines how cinema has been transformed and strengthened through museological and archival activities since its origins and asks what paradoxes may be involved, if any, in putting cinema into a museum.
Cere explores the ideas that were first proposed during the first half of the twentieth century around the need to establish national museums of cinema and how these have been adapted in the subsequent development of the five case studies presented here: four in Europe and one in the USA. The book traces the history of the five museums' foundation, exhibitions, collections, and festivals organised under their aegis and it asks how they resolve the tensions between cinema as an aesthetic artefact ? now officially recognised as part of humanity's cultural heritage ? and cinema as an entertainment and leisure activity. It also gives an account of recent developments around unifying collections, exhibition activities and archives in one national film centre that offers the general public a space totally devoted to film and cinematographic culture.
An International Study of Film Museums provides a unique comparative study of museums of cinema in varying national contexts. The book will be of interest to academics and students around the world who are engaged in the study of museums, archives, heritage, film, history and visual culture.
Introduction; Chapter 1 The birth of the museum of Cinema; Chapter 2 The National Science and Media Museum; Chapter 3 Who is guarding the treasures now? The Cinémathèque Française-Musée du Cinéma; Chapter 4 ‘Thought of a museum of cinema’: The Museo Nazionale del Cinema in Turin; Chapter 5 The Museu del Cinema in Girona, Catalonia; Chapter 6 Eastman House: An international museum of photography and cinema; Conclusion
Rinella Cere is a Reader in Media and Cultural Studies at Sheffield Hallam University. She teaches the courses Globalisation and the Media and Postcolonial Media Culture and her publications include books, chapters and journal articles on media and popular culture in Britain, France and Italy. She is continuing to research museums of cinema around the world.
Date de parution : 12-2020
17.4x24.6 cm
Date de parution : 12-2020
17.4x24.6 cm
Thèmes d’An International Study of Film Museums :
Mots-clés :
National Film Centre; Cinema Museum; Cinematographic culture; Magic Lanterns; Humanity's cultural heritage; Palais De Chaillot; Film museums; National Film Library; National science; Turin Museum; National museums; Italian Cinema Culture; Media Museum; Photographic Exhibitions; Cinema’s Heritage; Del Cinema; Mole Antonelliana; Early Italian Cinema; Rue De Courcelle; Palais De Tokyo; Le Moulin De La Galette; Moving Picture; National Media Museum; UK Film Industry; Cinematographic Apparatuses; Film Archives; Venice Film Festival; Film Library; Film Festivals; American cinema; archival activities; Cinémathèque Française; cultural heritage; Eastman House; European museum; Museo Nazionale del Cinema; museological activities; National Science and Media Museum; photography and cinema; pre-cinematographic artefacts