OUR MISSION or PURPOSE

Since the Society's founding 1977 by Joe and Alice Koch, it has worked to fulfill the following formal purposes:

1. To establish an organization of persons and entities interested in the collection, possession, conservation, restoration, and maintenance of Magic Lanterns, Lantern Slides and related material.
2. To encourage member persons and entities to share their knowledge of the Magic Lantern, Lantern Slides and related material with any interested persons or entities.
3. To coordinate research, catalogue material and disseminate all information about the history, uses, and development of the Magic Lantern and Lantern Slides.
4. To promote exhibition and shows of Magic Lantern Equipment, Lantern Slides and the known methods of use in as historically accurate a manner as possible.

YOUR TURN!

We hope you'll join us in pursuit of these objectives! For more immediate information on the magic lantern, visit our Links page.

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