Filmmuseum Dusseldorf (cinema museum)

The city of Dusseldorf is in western Germany. Dusseldorf is located on the banks of Rhine River. It is the capital of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the German Federal State. The city is forms part of Western Germany’s economic center, which is also formed by the Ruhr Area and Cologne. Dusseldorf is located along the banks of River Rhine. Dusseldorf is one of the premier tourist destinations of the nation. There are numerous attractions for tourists and visitors, who come from different parts of the world as well as from across Germany. One of the major tourist attractions of the city is the Filmmuseum, Dusseldorf (cinema museum).

The institution of Filmmuseum, Dusseldorf (cinema museum) was founded in the year 1979. The Filmmuseum, Dusseldorf (cinema museum) boasts an arrangement of permanent exhibition. Visitors will get the chance to witness the apparatus which were used in the nascent times of cinema. One can find the costumes, properties and decorative materials that were in use in those days. One will even have the opportunity of seeing the `Welte-Kinoorgel’ or the cinema organ, that dates back to the year 1930. As a matter of fact, it was used on the occasions when silent films were screened.

Filmmuseum, Dusseldorf (cinema museum) is home to a huge collection that includes movie scripts, list of dialogues, film posters, photos, newspaper clippings and press kits, irrespective of whether it’s a national movie or an international one. The museum supervises the estate of Liesl Karlstadt, Rolf Burgmer, Harry Piel, Wolfgang Staudte, Helmut Käutner, and Lotte Reiniger. The film archive of Filmmuseum, Dusseldorf (cinema museum) is made up of about 4.000 videos and45.000 prints. There is a collection of around 1500 figures, which were used in the shadow plays during the period of 13th-19th century.