In Strasbourg, the exhibition “Phantasmagoria, the Fantasy World of the Magic Lantern”. A “Phantasmagoria” was a ghoulish sub-genre of the magic-lantern show and thus a likely progenitor of spiritualist fakery. Closing on 8th February 2021, though, if it’s even open in the lockdowns. But some may wish to enquire if there’s a catalogue or the possibility of bringing it to their city as a touring show.

See also the new book, Grand Illusion: Phantasmagoria in Nineteenth-Century Opera.