The conference proceedings of our international and interdisciplinary Million Pictures conference in August 2017 are currently (May 2018) edited by Sarah Dellmann and Frank Kessler. The edited volume A Million…

The issue #16 (2018) of Fonseca – Journal of Communication is titled “Arqueología de los media y placas de linterna mágica – Media archaeology and magic lantern slides”. Among the…

For all those holding collections of magic lantern slides and would like to provide access to them in a digital form are the recommendations elaborated by the A Million Pictures…

Newsletter #15 – May 2018

This illustrated step-by-step Lucerna Manual #1 – How to prepare digital images for Lucerna (PDF, 9 pages) explains how to prepare digital image files for upload to Lucerna – The…

The detailed Lucerna Manual #2 – How to catalogue slide sets and slides in Lucerna (PDF, 26 pages) combines background information and a step-by-step manual for cataloguing slide sets in…

Performance and re-enactment have been employed as a method of research in the history of science for several decades. The workshop Performing and Knowing – Experimental and Sensory Approaches organised…

Newsletter #14 – April 2018

Our Associated Partner EYE Film Institute Netherlands organised a lantern show. Lanternists Annet Duller and Wim Bos will give a perform the programme “De Toverlantaarn. Voorganger van de bioscoop” (The…

These discussion notes document the evaluation of experiences with the creative Re-Use projects and activities that were developed in the course of the A Million Pictures Project. We publish these…