Unravelling the Secrets of Magic Lantern Slide Painting

MAGICA wins FCT funding!

November 29, 2021

The Project MAGICA (Magic Lantern – Study, Safeguard, Uses and Reuses in 19_th-Century Portugal) won with the maximum grade the financial support of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT-MCTES) (Project Reference: PTDC/ART-PER/1702/2021).

Lanterna Magica on air

July 1, 2020

The project Lanterna Magica was selected to be broadcast at the Antena 1 radio station on the program "90 Segundos de Ciência" and was on air on June 22_nd and 23_rd, 2020 (Episode 882) | To listen to this interview with Ângela Santos please click here.

Special Commendation Award

January 22, 2020

A Special Commendation Prize on Mervyn Heard Award (2019) by the Magic Lantern Society was awarded for the project Technology and Preservation of Painted Glass Slides for Projection with Magic Lanterns by Márcia Vilarigues, Ângela Santos, Vanessa Otero and Beatriz Rodrigues.