Dubai Moving Image Museum
The Dubai Moving Image Museum is a museum in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[1]
The museum has a permanent exhibition focusing on prehistory of cinema. It was inaugurated by Sheikh Majid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, on January 14, 2014.[2] The museum showcases Akram Miknas's collection, on collaboration with Pierre Patau. The Dubai Moving Image Museum covers the development and the evolution of visual entertainment through a collection of more than 300 antique items such as early animation devices (praxinoscope, zoetrope, mutoscope, etc.).[3][4]
Gallery
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A Dutch Peepbox from the middle of the 18th century exhibited at the Dubai Moving Image Museum.
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Professional Magic Lanterns displayed at the Dubai Moving Image Museum.
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Kayserpanorama within the Dubai Moving Image Museum.
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The "Vues d'Optiques" displayed on the wall of the Dubai Moving Image Museum.
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A rare Gaumont Mutoscope from 1897 and the Flicker Toys section in the Dubai Moving Image Museum.
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The Shadows Theaters and Puppets inside the Dubai Moving Image Museum.
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The important Stereoscopy section at the Dubai Moving Image Museum.
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Italian Megalethoscope from the middle of the 19th century displayed at the Dubai Moving Image Museum.
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A very rare piece: the "Indian" Mutoscope, at the Dubai Moving Image Museum.
References
- ↑ "The Dubai Moving Image Museum". Time Out. Dubai. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ↑ Shaikh Majid opens a unique Dubai Moving Image Museum. Khaleej Times, 15 October 2014.
- ↑ Entertainment through the ages. The National, 21 August 2013.
- ↑ Dubai Moving Image Museum (DMIM). World Guide.