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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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Featured Events

Still from The Seven Year Itch (1955)

Film Screenings | The Seven Year Itch

Wednesday, February 1, 2023, 7:30 p.m.

Still from A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness (1977)

Film Screenings | A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness

Thursday, February 2, 2023, 7:30 p.m.

Still from The Big Lebowski (1998)

Film Screenings | The Big Lebowski

Friday, February 3, 2023, 7:30 p.m.

Talks | In Focus: Past, Present and Future: A review of the South Asian film collections at George Eastman Museum

Saturday, February 4, 2023, 1 p.m.

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The Kodak Camera

From the Camera Obscura to the Revolutionary Kodak

Ongoing

Second Floor Galleries

Photograph of the Eastman Theater

One Hundred Years Ago: George Eastman in 1922

February 12, 2022–March 12, 2023

Historic Mansion

Photograph by Mark A. Freeman

Selections from the Collection

September 17, 2022–April 2023

Collection Gallery

Lawn Chair Catapult

Adam Ekberg: Minor Spectacles

January 14–August 6, 2023

Project Gallery

Painted original black and white film. Shows a surprised 19th c man holding flowers as an older man talks to a woman whose backs are turned.

A Bouquet of Stencil-Colored Films

January 10–March 26, 2023

Multipurpose Hall

EXPLORE GEM AT HOME

ALL CONTENT & ACTIVITIES

GE lounging

HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES

Craft supplies needed to create a phenakistoscope

VIDEO TUTORIALS & TALKS

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VIRTUAL TOURS

Mansion in 360

BROWSE OUR COLLECTION

Photographs lying on a table

DIGITIZED FILMS ONLINE

Still from Key to Beauty Film

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