Filmmuseum Düsseldorf, Film museum in Düsseldorf Altstadt, Germany.
Filmmuseum Düsseldorf is a film museum located in Düsseldorf's Old Town that occupies four floors with around 2,200 square meters of exhibition space. The displays include film technology, props, costumes, and hands-on exhibits that tell the story of cinema.
The institution began in 1956 as a youth cinema and grew into a dedicated film venue, establishing its current home in 1993. Over the decades it became a place focused on preserving and showing cinema history.
The cinema room inside features a functioning Welte organ from 1928 that accompanies silent film screenings, bringing the sensory experience of early movie theaters to life. This working instrument shows how cinemas once engaged audiences through sound and visuals together.
The museum is open Tuesday through Sunday, with extended hours on Wednesdays allowing for longer visits. The exhibitions span multiple floors, so plan adequate time to explore the different sections at your own pace.
The museum holds a collection of approximately 500 shadow puppet figures dating from the 13th to 19th centuries, showing how people told visual stories centuries before film was invented. These objects bridge ancient storytelling techniques with modern cinema.
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