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Dominique De Bast
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From: Brussels, Belgium
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posted April 11, 2018 03:30 PM

Today, I was lucky to visit, thanks to forum member Nick Vermeirsch, a very nice museum that has a lot of material of several gauges.

On the left, Nick, who organized the visit, on the right, the owner of this museum. I understood that his collection was taking too much space at home and that he found this solution to keep it.

Many 35 mm projectors were saved from destruction.

All the machines are in working condition.

That editing table once belonged to the Belgian Dutch speaking television.

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Joe Caruso
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posted April 11, 2018 04:01 PM

Magnificent - The 35's alone are worth the price of admission - Cheers all-around, Shorty

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Dominique De Bast
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posted April 11, 2018 04:11 PM

Thanks, Joe.

This one is a Belgian projector, used in Belgian Congo by the missionaries.

There's a projection room for groups or schools.

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Dominique De Bast
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posted April 11, 2018 11:26 PM

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Terry Sills
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posted April 12, 2018 01:03 AM

Cine Heaven! Thanks Dom for highlighting this museum. Reminds me a little of Clevedon (now gone) but larger and more organised. I love all those 35 monsters.

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Nick Vermeirsch
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From: West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
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posted April 12, 2018 01:24 AM

Super, thanks for the photos, Dominique! A nice seal of a nice excursion! [Wink]

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Graham Ritchie
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posted April 12, 2018 01:33 AM

Stunning collection [Cool]

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Dominique De Bast
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From: Brussels, Belgium
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posted April 12, 2018 02:44 AM

Thanks all for watching my pictures and your nice comments. Nick, big thanks for having let me know about this museum and for having organized the visit ! The last photos...

The owner was happy to set a screen...

...to turn a 35 mm projector on (some of his 35 mm projectors can also project 16 mm or 70 mm films)...

...needeless to say, the quality of the picture was top of the top.

That's all, folks [Wink]

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Mark Mander
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posted April 12, 2018 03:04 AM

Very nice Dominique,thanks for sharing the pictures,Mark

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Melvin England
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posted April 12, 2018 06:22 AM

What is the address of this museum?

What are the opening times,please?

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Dominique De Bast
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From: Brussels, Belgium
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posted April 12, 2018 06:46 AM

Melvin, I went with Nick who made me discover the place. I understand it's open on an appointment base ; I asked Nick by e-mail to provide the address (it's close to a city called Tielt) and détails so watch this space [Wink]

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Bill Phelps
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posted April 12, 2018 06:55 AM

What an awesome collection! I would love to visit. It is good to see all that equipment being taking care of. Nice pictures Dominique! Thanks for sharing. [Smile]

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Nick Vermeirsch
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From: West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2014

posted April 12, 2018 07:37 AM

Hi Melvin!

This museum is in Roeselare, a rather small town in the West of Flanders, Belgium (see map below). Full address: Gladiolenstraat 17, 8800 Roeselare (West-Vlaanderen). He has a website with some other information, his mail and phone and some pictures: http://www.michelsfilmmuseum.be/contact. The owner is Michiel Remaut, he gives tours in the museum "on demand", so no official opening times.

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Maurizio Di Cintio
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posted April 12, 2018 11:47 AM

I was there some two years ago thanks to Nick as well; i was simply stunned by the quality and variety of the items on display; I've never seen such an extensive and comprehensive collection: each film gauge there is represented with dozens and dozens of units and all seem in perfect condition (possibly functional); in short it's a real Aladdin's Cave!!!

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Dominique De Bast
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posted April 13, 2018 06:32 AM

Happy you enjoyed as well, Maurizio.

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Bill Brandenstein
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posted April 17, 2018 07:57 PM

What a fun and amazing place! I hope somebody will financially endow it so the contents are secure for future generations to enjoy. On the other hand, if this guy started out as a home collector and ended up with this, perhaps he has considerable means anyway! But converting it to a private trust or nonprofit organization would be really cool.

As are the photos. Thanks for bringing us along on the tour!

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