Collections of film frames have important affinities and similarities with two concepts from art and cultural history. Firstly, the cabinet d'amateur a collection of images exhibited to a select public (of friends, acquaintances, or "amateurs"), which is one of the prototypes of the museum in the modern sense.
Frames versus Lapidarium
![Corenlis De Baellieur (1607-1671), Collector's Study, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Digione Corenlis De Baellieur (1607-1671), Collector's Study, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Digione](/jart/prj3/filmmuseum/images/cache/17a570a72f71f12440972cfe91347391/0x50C39F015A7555FC624C453B4085889A.jpeg)
Secondly, the archaeological concept of a lapidarium – the film frame, having been part of a film work, testifies to this work and preserves part of its characteristics. The frame's testimonial character derives from the fact that it was excerpted from a homogeneity.
![Lapidarium Lapidarium](/jart/prj3/filmmuseum/images/cache/5309a755b9504b9bb0fb9416cd631356/0xD1859B47543D287CA2236DB75A2169A9.jpeg)
![Lapidarium Lapidarium](/jart/prj3/filmmuseum/images/cache/395c62b41f2f432bdbb1e69710f7425b/0x2EF473A44902DBA59A6F0A7462476E30.jpeg)