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Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on 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.

Posted by Joe Caruso (Member # 11) on April 11, 2018, 04:01 PM:

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

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on 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.

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on April 11, 2018, 11:26 PM:

Posted by Terry Sills (Member # 3309) on 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.

Posted by Nick Vermeirsch (Member # 4136) on April 12, 2018, 01:24 AM:

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

Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on April 12, 2018, 01:33 AM:

Stunning collection [Cool]

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on 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]

Posted by Mark Mander (Member # 340) on April 12, 2018, 03:04 AM:

Very nice Dominique,thanks for sharing the pictures,Mark

Posted by Melvin England (Member # 5270) on April 12, 2018, 06:22 AM:

What is the address of this museum?

What are the opening times,please?

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on 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]

Posted by Bill Phelps (Member # 1431) on 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]

Posted by Nick Vermeirsch (Member # 4136) on 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.

Posted by Maurizio Di Cintio (Member # 144) on 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!!!

Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on April 13, 2018, 06:32 AM:

Happy you enjoyed as well, Maurizio.

Posted by Bill Brandenstein (Member # 892) on 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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