The museum is the creation of the renowned film archivist David Francis and his wife, Marsh, a historian of popular culture.
Deal does not have a cinema but the hunger for the moving image is palpable.
Kent Museum of the Moving Image, in Deal, is open from Friday to Sunday, from 12pm till 6pm.
“The history of cinema is the history of the moving image, and that goes back to flickering shadows on the walls of painted caves,” said Prof Joss Marsh, one of the co-founders.