Muybridge Collection

Kingston's Muybridge Collection

Muybridge bequeathed his equipment and prints to Kingston Museum when he died in 1904.  This section tells you more about the Collection.

Research and enquiries

If you have a question about Muybridge and his works we may be able to help you.

Kingston Museum Shop

Here you can buy Muybridge related items and gifts including the recently published book, 'Eadweard Muybridge: The Kingston Museum Bequest', and learn how to order copies of Eadweard Muybridge's slides and other images.

Machinery and Equipment

Eadweard Muybridge had two zoopraxiscope mechanisms and a Biumial Lantern. Please read this chapter to find out more.

Zoopraxiscope discs

A large number of discs are held at Kingston Museum with images of animals, birds and humans in motion. You can view the catalogue of either the 12"  or the 16" discs.

Animal locomotion prints

Muybridge produced numerous Animal locomotion prints. Comprehensive details are included in this chapter.

Lantern Slides

The Lantern "slides" consists of over 2000 images on glass. To view some of these slides, please see this  chapter.  

The San Francisco Panorama

Kingston Museum has in it's possesion a copy of Muybridge's 1878 Panorama of this famous city.; an invaluable glimpse of what San Francisco looked like before the earthquake and fire of 1906.  

General bequested material

As well as the moving image and slide material, Muybridge bequeathed other material to Kingston which is of much interest.  Find out more from this chapter.

Related information and links

If you are interested in learning more about moving images or wish to look at other museum collections, please see our 'related information and links' section for useful contacts.

Gallery of Work

Please see this section to view an index of all of the photos and images shown on this site.