Kingston Museum’s most prized possession was flown to America on Monday, March 22, in the safe hands of a curator.
Created by Kingstonian Eadweard Muybridge in 1879, the zoopraxiscope is considered to be the first ever moving image projector and was one of nearly 3,000 items bequeathed to the museum when he died.
It will form part of a major exhibition on the photographer’s work at the Corcoran Gallery, Washington.
Curator Peta Cook accompanied the valuable artefact to ensure it arrived safely and was re-assembled correctly.
She said: “A lot of Muybridge’s groundbreaking work took place in the United States, so a lot of people do not realise that he was born, and died, in Kingston.
“I am extremely proud to be part of this momentous occasion, overseeing the return, albeit temporarily, of this historic device to its original home for the first time in more than a century.”
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