NEWS

  • An Influencer calls

    An Influencer calls

    And the Museum goes viral! When content creator Harriet Fisher heard about our campaign, she got busy… and emotional. More

  • Help Us Buy Our Home

    Help Us Buy Our Home

    After 40 years of uncertainty, we are finally close to securing our forever home. We need to raise £500,000 to be able to purchase our beautiful and historical buildings and permanently secure the home of cinema history. This amount needs… More

  • Saluting Aces High – Now and Then

    Saluting Aces High – Now and Then

    Last month’s 50th anniversary celebration of Aces High (1976), the much-loved World War One movie directed by Jack Gold, was a great success. A big audience greatly enjoyed not only the screening but also a fascinating Q&A with co-stars –… More

  • Museum Marks Chaplin Day

    Museum Marks Chaplin Day

    The City of Los Angeles proclaimed April 16th (Chaplin’s birthday) as ‘Charlie Chaplin Day’ – and in the year of his 137th Anniversary, the day has been at the centre of much Museum activity. More

  • Multi-lingual Audio Guide Now Available

    Multi-lingual Audio Guide Now Available

    A little while ago film fans Angus Chan and his son Frederick joined one of our Museum tours. They were so inspired that they later returned and created an audio guide. More

  • Bookkeeper? Booked!

    Bookkeeper? Booked!

    We’ve had such an amazing response to our advert for a volunteer with bookkeeping skills we are declaring this particular position closed. More

  • Bioscope booking goes online

    Bioscope booking goes online

    Kennington Bioscope is taking silent cinema into the 21st century – by making the move to online ticketing. Check out the how and the why. More

  • New season of films not by David Lynch

    New season of films not by David Lynch

    January 2026 sees the launch of a new season of Lynchian screenings at the Museum. But there’s a twist… none of the films are directed by David Lynch. More

  • Aberdonian Origins

    Aberdonian Origins

    In an illustrated talk, Museum co-founder Ronald Grant draws on personal memories to celebrate Aberdeen’s cinemas of the 50s & 60s. Fast-forward to 1981 and the story includes a life-changing event that leads to the creation of The Cinema Museum. More

  • Regular Saturday tours – now with online booking

    Regular Saturday tours – now with online booking

    We aim to run two tours of the Museum every Saturday – one in the morning and one in the early afternoon. And now we have easy online booking for all tours. More