MOUNT HOLLY – Take a step back in time and marvel at the beauty and atmosphere of 19th century entertainment during Burlington County’s Art of the Magic Lantern performance festival and exhibit.

Regarded as magic in the 1650s, this device was refined into the more scientific sounding sciopticon by the mid-1800s. The Pettibone Peacock Sciopticon is a simple device when you compare it to ...

Burlington County will host a Magic Lantern Festival this summer and invites folks to come explore the 19th-century device that brought stories to life through projected images, live narration, and ...

PANAJI, India (Reuters Life!) - Long before the lights, cameras and the action came to Bollywood, a family armed with a "magic lantern" breathed life into stories from Hindu mythology to audiences ...