While understanding that funding cannot be made available indiscriminately, one independent museum has turned to a DIY alternative after having been left marooned with no prospect of emergency government support. Source: People power: Cinema Museum reliant on Crowdfunder campaign after missing all government support - Museums + Heritage Advisor … [Read more...]
Secrets of the Cinema Museum: head behind the velvet curtain at London’s hidden gem
Once home to Charlie Chaplin, now a trove of movie memorabilia, the Cinema Museum is a gem under threat. Take a trip to London’s best-loved silver-screen shrine Source: Secrets of the Cinema Museum: head behind the velvet curtain at London's hidden gem … [Read more...]
Chaplin’s family joins driveto preserve Cinema Museum – The Hindu
The children of legendary British comic actor Charlie Chaplin have expressed dismay at the threatened closure of the Cinema Museum, once a workhouse for poor children where he was forced to live. Source: Chaplin’s family joins driveto preserve Cinema Museum - The Hindu … [Read more...]
Campaign launched to save the Cinema Museum site where Charlie Chaplin spent his early years | London Evening Standard
A campaign has been launched to save the Cinema Museum, located in a former workhouse where Charlie Chaplin spent some of his early life. Source: Campaign launched to save the Cinema Museum site where Charlie Chaplin spent his early years | London Evening Standard … [Read more...]
Save The Cinema Museum Campaign Meeting October 30th
Save The Cinema Museum Campaign Meeting October 30th @ 7:00pm The old Lambeth Workhouse where Charlie Chaplin spent some of his childhood has been home to The Cinema Museum for 19 years. Despite numerous attempts to buy the building over the years and promises in writing from SLaM (South London and Maudsley NHS Trust) that they would sell it to … [Read more...]
Russian Cinema Museum Faces Uncertain Future
The world-class archive has been supported by figures such as Quentin Tarantino, but its planned site was deemed unfit for film preservation. … [Read more...]
