EYE Film Institute Netherlands
- EYE Film Institute Netherlands
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"EYE" redirects here. For the visual organ, see
Eye.
The Vondelparkpaviljoen has been home to the EYE Film Institute since 1975.
This new home for the EYE Film Institute is due to open in 2012
EYE Film Institute Netherlands is located in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. It includes a cinematography museum formerly called Filmmuseum, founded in 1952. Its predecessor was the Dutch Historic Film Archive, founded in 1946. The museum has been situated in the Vondelparkpaviljoen since 1975, and in 2009, plans were announced for a new home for the museum on the northern bank of Amsterdam's waterfront. It was scheduled to open in 2012.[1][2]
Collection
EYE is dedicated to the preservation of heritage for future generations, both Dutch films and foreign films screened in the Netherlands. The museum collection includes 46,000 film titles, 35,000 posters and 450,000 photographs. The earliest materials date from the start of the film industry in Holland in 1895.
Projects
EYE is performing a major film digitization and preservation project together with IBM and Thought Equity Motion a leading provider of video platform and rights development services. The project involves scanning and storing more than 150 million discrete DPX files on LTO Gen5 Tape in the Linear Tape File System format.[3]
References
- ^ Joel Weickgenant, "A New Home for Film in Amsterdam"New York Times
- ^ EYE - New Location
- ^ Thought Equity Press Release
External links
Coordinates: 52°21′39″N 4°52′30″E / 52.36083°N 4.875°E / 52.36083; 4.875
Categories:
- Museums in Amsterdam
- Museums established in 1952
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