Hand-coloured photographic song slide, c.1905, Stephen Herbert Collection
Screen heritage, for us, means more than just the cinema or television. As the definition of screen heritage on this site puts it:
Screen heritage begins with the magic lantern in the 17th century and continues through to this day with our online culture.
So we are interested in [...]
Archive for October, 2007
The magical world of the magic lantern
Posted in Magic lanterns on October 3, 2007 | No Comments »
The material issue?
Posted in Museums, Television, Toys on October 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »
What do toys, cameras, board games, projectors and televisions have in common? Well, apart from our Survey, they are all made of plastic and comprise an important element of the collection held at the Museum of Design in Plastics (MoDIP) within the Arts Institute at Bournemouth. Amateur cine cameras, television receivers and projectors [...]
Hove Museum and Art Gallery
Posted in Museums on October 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Hove Museum and Art Gallery has an extensive collection of artefacts relating to early film. These include a Magic Lantern collection of around 7,000 magic lantern slides, magic lanterns and toy magic lanterns, an Optical Toy collection and the Barnes collection of moving-image apparatus and ephemera pertaining to the Brighton School of pioneering film-makers. [...]
