None actually knows when cinema started and in which part of the world. It is said that there are many unknown filmmakers in that old era who had a strong passion and tried hard enough to create such a medium. But recordically, the commercial, public screening of ten of Lumière brothers’ short films in Paris on 28 December 1895 can be regarded as the breakthrough of projected cinematographic motion pictures. Earlier the movies were in black and white and without sound. Mostly it would be subtitled. Even though cinemas are considered more serious now but still they are for the entertainment of the audiences.
Earlier times also it was so only it was to entertain a mass audience. The novelty in the motion of several still photographs astonished the audience and what more was needed for entertainment than. There has been a drastic transition from the eighteenth century to the twentieth century and that has been a tremendous one too. From cameras, editing, to the visual side of cinema everything has taken a good turn. Out of this strong love and passion for the history of cinema, there have been lots of museums across the world. One of the Best Museums in Dubai, UAE is History of Cinema Museum which is truly a world which takes us to the old era of cinema.
The specialty of this museum is nothing is fake but pure original dated back from the 1730s to the twentieth century. It is actually to exhibit Mr. Akram Miknas’ a businessman’s private collection of over 35 years but then it turned out to be a huge museum which depicted the old age cinema too. The tickets to the museum rates are as follows, 30 AED for adults above 18years and 20 AED for below 18years. The museum is open every day, except Friday, from 9.00am to 6.00pm. It is located in Tecom, Barsha heights.