Permanent exhibition | Eye Filmmuseum (2025)

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Open daily Lower level Throughout Eye To be picked up at the ticket office Activities Interpreters and guided tours in Dutch Sign Language (NGT) The Panorama is made possible thanks to the participants from the VriendenLoterij References

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Permanent exhibition | Eye Filmmuseum (1)

The exhibition is open every day from 10:00 to 19:00 and can be visited with either a film or exhibition ticket. Admission is free for children aged 17 and under.

On the lower level and throughout Eye we illuminate various aspects of the world of the moving image. Learn about how film has developed, from its early beginnings to the present day. Graze through Eye’s unique collection. Find out how the earliest cameras work. Enjoy marvellous film clips. Make your own flip book or animated film. You can do all of these things and more in our permanent exhibition What is Film?

Permanent exhibition | Eye Filmmuseum (2)

Garrett Bradley, Safe (still), 2022. Three-channel video (colour, sound); continuous duration. Courtesy the artist and Lisson Gallery. Order tickets

Lower level

© Jelle Post Discovery route for families Go on a mission together in the exhibition, free for 17 and under. Pick up the booklet when you visit the exhibition and discover the superpowers in your eyes! © Corinne de Korver Green Screen Put yourself into a scene from a film in the Eye collection using the Green Screen. This special effects technology is used in real feature films. © Corinne de Korver Mini cinemas Take a seat in your very own private cinema and choose from hundreds of classic films and unknown gems. © Jordi Wallenburg Film Catcher Discover how beautiful and diverse film can be. Use filter words such as ‘red’, ‘dancing’, ‘city’ or ‘close-up’ to conjure up an infinite array of different visual collections. © Corinne de Korver Film equipment from the collection On the display tables you’ll find the most wonderful cinema devices from our collection, demonstrating significant moments in the history of cinema. Flipbook Star in your own mini-movie: make a flipbook in the Flipbook Machine at Eye Filmmuseum!

Throughout Eye

© Martin Hogeboom Posters  Eye has more than 64,000 unique film posters in its collection. Eye shows an ever-changing selection from this collection on the walls of Cinemas 2 and 3. © Corinne de Korver Interactive film devices Film was not invented by one individual. Countless scientists, pioneers and entrepreneurs tried things out, and all of those inventions eventually led to the camera and projector. © Corinne de Korver Audio benches  The audio benches are at the top of the stairs to the restaurant. Here, you can listen to various short stories (5 minutes each) about film in 3D sound. © Corinne de Korver Animation tables At the animation tables on the stairs leading to Cinema 1 you can use your own telephone and a free app to make your own stop-motion film. © Corinne de Korver Set photos The Eye collection contains some 95,000 photographs taken on film sets.  On seven monitors at the top of the stairs in the Arena, a revolving selection of set photos can be seen. © Corinne de Korver Body Paint With artist Memo Akten’s installation, you can create a colourful animation on the wall by dancing, jumping and moving around.

To be picked up at the ticket office

Activities

© Jordi Wallenburg Looking for more kids' activities? Discover the magic of moving images and the art of looking. Play with film, make film and watch film. There is always something to do in Eye for children.

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Guided tour in Dutch sign language through the permanent exhibition

Interpreters and guided tours in Dutch Sign Language (NGT)

Eye Filmmuseum offers guided tours in Dutch Sign Language (NGT) through the permanent exhibition. Visitors can also watch videos in NGT on their smartphone by scanning QR codes at the various parts of the exhibition, such as the zoetrope, the magic lantern, the Mitchell camera and the green screen.

More information

The Panorama is made possible thanks to the participants from the VriendenLoterij

Permanent exhibition | Eye Filmmuseum (2025)

References

https://www.eyefilm.nl/en/permanent-exhibition