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Magic Lantern Show at Clermont State Historic Site

Saturday, Jun 7th , 2025

7:30 am

Cost:

Free!

Contact Name:

Janeen Martin

Address:

Clermont State Historic Site
1 Clermont Ave.
Germantown, NY 12526

Phone:

(518) 537-4240

Website

https://parks.ny.gov/historic-sites/clermont/details.aspx

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From the late 17th century to the dawn of the 20th, the magic lantern transformed storytelling into an enlivened visual experience. By the late-Victorian era, the magic lantern was an important and ubiquitous visual medium. Eventually eclipsed by the coming of the movies, the wonders of this once-familiar entertainment are rarely experienced by the modern audiences.

Join magic lantern performers Dawn Elliott and Joel Schlemowitz as they bring this fascinating medium back to life at Clermont, presenting their award-winning magic lantern show. Using period-era glass slides, magic lantern projectors, music and narration, the program encompasses tales of Victorian-era anthropomorphic animals, animated images, nautical disasters, and circus antics. This is a rare opportunity to marvel at hand-colored images, dissolving views, and animated effect slides, showcasing the remarkable visual experience of bygone times.

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