National Media Museum
National Media Museum
Princes Way
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD1 1NQ
England
Website
www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk
talk@nationalmediamuseum.org.uk
Telephone
Box Office
0844 856 3797
Fax
01274 203404
As part of the Science Museum Group, the decision to locate the Museum in Bradford was driven by the city's historic contribution to the development of cinema and film-making in the UK, and the desire to make the National Collections accessible to a wider audience.
From its outset the Museum has set new standards in display and interactivity. Visitors can obtain a hands-on experience of the media, learning how television cameras work or trying their hand at animation among other activities. Special events bring you face-to-face with leading photographers, stars and programme makers, allowing you to ask the questions you want answered. Three film festivals bring you the very best in new and classic film. Above all, the Museum invites you explore the media, the world it presents and to think again.
Venue Type:
Museum
The Museum's renowned collection includes more than three million items of historical, social and cultural value. These include three key 'firsts': the world's first negative, the earliest television footage and what is regarded as the world's first example of moving pictures – Louis Le Prince's 1888 film of Leeds Bridge. Alongside this you will find the Playschool toys, the longest-established IMAX cinema and the only publicly accessible Cinerama cinema in the world.
Collection details
Archives, Film and Media, Personalities, Photography, Science and Technology, Social History
Key artists and exhibits
- The world's first negative
- The earliest television footage
- Louis Le Prince's 1888 film of Leeds Bridge (regarded as the world's first example of moving pictures)
- The Playschool toys (Humpty, Jemima, Big Ted and Little Ted) and Dapple the rocking horse, as well as the three windows (round, square and arched) and the cuckoo clock from the BBC TV programme.
CinemaMagic at the National Media Museum
CinemaMagic is an entertaining, interactive show for KS2. This technology, science and history based show for KS2 demonstrates how some of the special effects and optical illusions that have been used in filmmaking for decades are created. The science, historical development and technological mechanisms behind illusions such as pixilation, the glass shot and the travelling matte are explained in a fun, engaging and participatory way.
Cost: £2 per pupil, teachers and additional adults free. Available term timeMonday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.
Book in advance for any of the daily term-time IMAX screenings* and CinemaMagic as a joint package and pay our special offer price of just £5 per pupil.
Museum galleries exploring light, animation, Victorian photography, television and the Internet are all free to visit so why not make a day of it?
Booking essential - please call Di Carey on 0844 8563799
Suitable for
- 7-10
Where
National Media Museum
Admission
£2 Booking Essential
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