LONG before the birth of the motion picture, audiences worldwide were entertained by magic lantern shows that brought popular stories, temperance tales and ghosts and ghouls to vivid life. Magic ...

Beginning in the early 1800s, British “lanternists” brought projections of painted or photographed images to life via sound effects, narration and various personal touches. These 3D slides and moving ...

“A sleeping man having a nightmare featuring a blue mare astride a giant turtle brandishing a sword and lobster” (~1855), magic lantern slide from Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, DC (courtesy ...

Netflix didn't exist during the Victorian era, of course, but people living during the 1800s and early 1900s had another way to binge-watch: the "magic lantern." According to new research, these early ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Hi, my name's Grace Coulter. I'm a curator at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra, and today I ...