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Description: | This is the largest archive collection held by the museum, dating from c.1860 and is composed of glass plates, mostly 6x4cm but with a fair number of 10"x8", many of which have been printed and fixed into various albums. The subject matter largely relates to the expeditions to Africa and Asia, but there is an important series of photographs describing the building and subsequent development of the Museum, its collections and displays; and a wide range of images from Birchington and Thanet; images from assorted English and European holiday venues visited by the Powell-Cotton family; and many photographs of individual members of the family. There is also a collection of seventy 16mm films dating from 1928-1970. These relate exclusively to the African trips and are most ethnographic, some early zoological, and with a number of more recent wildlife sequences from National Parks. The original films are housed in the British Film Institute, but this Museum owns copies contemporaneous with the originals. | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Quex Park
Birchington
Kent,
CT7 0BH | FAX: | 01843 846 661 | Telephone: | 01843 842 168 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:5597 | Go to resource |
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