A great way to spend a few hours if you're interested in film history or the art of cinema. The museum is close to the number 4 bus stop on Queens Drive and within a short walk of pleasant campus surroundings to explore before or after you visit.

We went here on Mark Kermode's recommendation (My wife is a film buff & watches his reviews). It's a bit of a walk from Exeter City Centre (25 minutes) and down then up through a nature reserve and a former barracks (get the bus or park closer). When we got there it was a bit hard to locate as it's actually within Exeter Universities old library and there wasn't a soul around! We thought we might have to buy a ticket but it was in fact free, not that there was anyone there, it was nice to have the place to ourselves. The exhibition is quite comprehensive history of the moving image with lots of old Zoetropes and early projectors and an old fairground style wind up card flipper machine which unfortunately didn't work. The cabinet exhibitions are great with a really interesting one with some Charlie Chaplin photos & memorabilia. Bill Douglas himself seemed like a dedicated craftsman to what was obviously a life passion for cinema. If you love the history of cinema and you're in the area I recommend a visit, it's small, yet interesting.

Took a small group for a guided tour, and learnt a lot about how cinema developed over the years. If you have any interest in cinema well worth a visit. Amazing that this is outside London, and there is no entrance charge.

Museum dedicated to cinema and different types of film making. Split over 2 levels and inside the university of Exeter, this museum is full of film memorabilia from different decades and genres. Covering films from Shaun of the dead, Alice in wonderland, black panther to comrades, they have a great selection of cinema items, including ushers touches, note books and old ticket rolls. Downstairs there is more of an interactive room, with view finders, shadow makers, 3D scenes & spinning illusion moving picture makers. The curator was also on hand to talk us through the displays, he was very friendly, knowledgeable and happy to answer any questions. The museum is free and quite small, but if you are a big film fan, you could easily spend a couple of hours here, looking at the displays and getting lost in the information.

Definitely worth a visit if you're seriously interested in film history. It's fairly small, based around a bequest by Bill Douglas to the University of Exeter. To display as much as possible, the exhibit cases are a bit crowded but the items are of great interest. The second gallery has a good exhibition of pre-film moving image makers. Nice people in charge, and not too far to walk from the city centre (we did, ages 73 and 76).