The Magic Lantern Society

Founded in 1977 "The Society aims to foster and enjoy the spirit of friendship and enthusiasm between members." Some of the objectives are to exchange knowledge, to revive and sustain the art of magic lantern projection and to arrange slide presentations

You want to know about the Magic Lantern?
If you are going to click only one link this is the one!
In Dutch AND in English

The Projection Box

" The Projection Box is committed to publishing new research and archive documents in the subjects of pre-cinema, early film and optical recreations."

The Bill Douglas Collection

"Housing the Bill Douglas and Peter Jewell Collection, the Bill Douglas Center forms the most comprehensive resource for the historical study of popular culture of any British university."

Magic Lantern Castle Museum

Good Home page with a brief history of the Lantern and detailed information about the museum.
Jack Judson; CEO, Director, Curator, Historian (technology), Owner. Past President,
The Magic Lantern Society, U.S. and Canada.

Professor Heard's Magic Lantern Shows

The combined purpose of this humble site is to promote the work of 'Professor' Mervyn Heard (international lantern showman, philosopher and people's friend)

Füsslin Verlag

A German publisher of good reference books on optical toys and the precinema. In German only.