Arts Library
The Magic Lantern!
From Victorian Vision To Modern Media
Through December 11
The magic lantern played an important role in visual education and entertainment for centuries. Introduced soon after the mid-seventeenth century, it became a staple of the curiosity cabinets of savants and was brought to the "common people" by itinerant showmen. In the nineteenth century the magic lantern show developed into a specialized profession and big business, and countless magic lanterns and slides were produced both for professional and domestic use.
Featuring magic lanterns, lantern slides, and other related objects from the extensive private collection of UCLA Design | Media Arts Professor Erkki Huhtamo, this exhibit demonstrates how the magic lantern show, typical of the Victorian era, opened ways for modern society and culture as well.
Powell Library Rotunda
Forty Years of Breaking Ground: UCLA Asian American Studies
Through December 11
Organized in collaboration with the Asian American Studies Center and the Department of Asian American Studies, this exhibit celebrates forty years of Asian American studies at UCLA.
