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From the Camera Obscura to the Revolutionary Kodak
The first successful roll-film hand camera, the Kodak, was launched publicly in the summer of 1888.
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7:30 p.m.- A Most Wanted Man
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Featured Events

Child and parent in the Dryden Theatre

Free To All, Film Screenings, Special Events, Family Events | Rochester International Children's Film Festival

Thursday, December 28, 2023, 10:30 a.m.

Photograph by Gillian Laub

Gillian Laub: Southern Rites

June 30–December 31, 2023

Main Galleries

Portrait of a young person missing a shoe and is on crutches

Gregory Halpern: 19 winters / 7 springs

September 16, 2023–March 03, 2024

Project Gallery

Phenakistoscope disk by Shafia, 8th Grade, Rochester International Academy

Exploring Animation: Rochester International Academy Phenakistoscope Discovery Project

October 7, 2023–February 25, 2024

Gallery Obscura

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The Kodak Camera

From the Camera Obscura to the Revolutionary Kodak

Ongoing

Second Floor Galleries

Edward Steichen (American, b. Luxembourg, 1879–1973), Gloria Swanson, Gloria Swanson, 1924. Gelatin silver print

Selections from the Collection

September 30, 2023–Ongoing

Collection Gallery

Photograph by Gillian Laub

Gillian Laub: Southern Rites

June 30–December 31, 2023

Main Galleries

George Eastman and another man dressed in warm clothes outside in Alaska, George Eastman is leading a horse

One Hundred Years Ago: George Eastman in 1923

March 18, 2023–January 28, 2024

Historic Mansion

Phenakistoscope disk by Shafia, 8th Grade, Rochester International Academy

Exploring Animation: Rochester International Academy Phenakistoscope Discovery Project

October 7, 2023–February 25, 2024

Gallery Obscura

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GE lounging

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Craft supplies needed to create a phenakistoscope

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Mansion in 360

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Photographs lying on a table

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Still from Key to Beauty Film

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