Here is our super rare “Indian” Mutoscope.
Very heavy, well over 100 kgs, cast iron viewer all original and in working condition.
This one is protected in its custom made display cabinet but we are pleased to say the we do have other Mutoscopes arrange around the museum that our visitors can use!
A very important new acquisition, a floor standing Zograscope made in America around 1800. Probably a unique piece we do not know of another example in the world, neither in museums nor private collections.
Our latest acquisition, the parlor Kinetoscope, a very rare and important optical toy invented by Thomas Edison and patented on the 24th August 1897 . The number of surviving examples of this toy version of Edison invention can be counted on the fingers of one hand so we are very fortunate to be able to display one in our museum. Our example comes with 5 films which is also exceptional, unlike the Kinetoscopes displayed in public halls this home version works with films printed on paper rather than celluloid.
You can discover a film introducing the Dubai Moving Image Museum by clicking on The Film under recent posts or by scrolling down this page
Here is our French triple magic lantern displayed with a number of French slip slides and a wonderful box of large French astronomical slides.
A very important item
This is the Lumiere Kinora, a clockwork flick viewer patented by the Lumiere brothers in 1896. The Lumiere brothers gave the first successful commercial screening of a movie and this item is an important link between all the optical toys exhibited in the museum and the Movies.
One of the highlight of the museum!
One of the most beautiful and one of the rarest 19th century toy magic lantern, the Lantern of the Orient or 1001 Nights, made in Germany around 1860.
The collection is in various locations throughout the world, this week the triple magic lantern arrived, it is also known as a triunial lantern
The Triunial Magic Lantern
A triunial lantern allows for smooth transformation during a projection, ours was made in England around 1890.
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