The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum for Postgraduate Research and teaching Dr Phil Wickham Curator The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum

THE BILL DOUGLAS CINEMA MUSEUM www.bdcmuseum.org.uk @bdcmuseum Facebook The Bill Douglas Centre 80,000+ artefacts on the history of the moving image 6 May, 2019

Why use artefacts in a museum for your postgraduate degree or thesis? Unique primary sources enabling you to conduct original research ! 6 May, 2019

The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum Over 300 years of moving image history Artefacts and ephemera around the audience experience

Bill Douglas Cinema Museum collection Uses of the museum collections includes not just film but many aspects of the Humanities http://www.bdcmuseum.org.uk 6 May, 2019

The BDC Museum offers many routes into social and cultural history

How? Searching for Bill Douglas Cinema Museum books and objects For information see www.bdcmuseum.org.uk Add to my collection 6 May, 2019

HOW? Searching for Archives and Manuscripts Archives and manuscripts are listed on the online archive catalogue available on our website. http://lib-archives.ex.ac.uk/ Simple search by keyword or by Manuscript number. Over 300 archive collections are also listed alphabetically and by manuscript number on our website at http://as.exeter.ac.uk/library/about/special/archives/archivesandmanuscripts/alphabeticallistofarchivecollections/ All found from the Heritage Collections website http://as.exeter.ac.uk/library/about/special/ 6 May, 2019

Research at the Museum 31 PhDs have used the museum extensively Over 120 Publications extensively using the museum 20 funded projects based around the collections A resource for scholars from all over the world 6 May, 2019

Access and Requesting items All items on Streatham Campus are consulted in the Special Collections Reading Room, Research Commons, Old Library Reading room rules apply – guidance on web pages FAQs Term time opening hours – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday to Friday Photocopying by staff within copyright regulations Always request items in advance by email or phone 6 May, 2019

Further help p.j.wickham@exeter.ac.uk Need to talk to someone about your project? bdc@exeter.ac.uk p.j.wickham@exeter.ac.uk 6 May, 2019