Film Museum

I visited the London Film Museum, the museum in my opinion was run down and dated. Although it exhibited piece from some of my favourite films Alien, Star Wars and Alice in Wonderland; the whole museum seemed as though it wasn't cared for and is stuck in a different decade. The decor was find but need some Major TLC, even a paint job would have made it better. The way in which items were actually exhibited was very old school with simple plastic, not glass fixtures which were full of scuffs and abrasions. Information like the Superman seen above was printed on a 'home printer' not a professional one,  with dull colours and finished on non gloss paper, this looked ridiculous as it seemed all the pieces were throwbacks that the movie companies didn't want. The colours were off and not contrasting to the images shown. The text was small and difficult to see especially with the dull lighting in the museum, if I didn't have a flash on my camera then I wouldn't have been able to take any photos.

The interactive exhibits were not turned on, for example the Alien fixtures where meant to move with a almost motion sensor technology being realistic to the film with movement and sound, however this was not the case as it wasn't on. The only way I could explain the disappointment was imaging being at a arcade and all the machines are not turned on. Being my favourite film I was expecting to be blown away, initially I was due to the scale of the replica, then the disappointment began. The only feature good was that an image from the film was standing next to the replica so I could see the likeness of the two. However this image again was dated and fading with a space interior frame which again needed attention.

I felt robbed due to the fact it was £12 pound to get into the mundane museum.

The museum has been suffering with lack of visitors lately and it is clear too see why. The fixtures need to be modernised and replaced, displays need to be cleaned and well lit, and no film memorabilia and props need to be present as most are from before 2005 greatly narrowing the target audience of the museum. I would not view the museum again due to the fact the employees clearly do not care for the museum, with non to be see within apart from when there asking for your money. Could it be argued it was a busy weekend? No as it was a Thursday afternoon about 3 P.M.