I’ve always felt that beautiful boxes should hold beautiful things, and that is the case for one small, graceful box stored in the Audio Visual Library at the Milwaukee Art Museum.
Made of a dark, lustrous wood and elegant enough to be exhibited on its own, the box immediately caught my eye when I first came upon it. With a squeal of excitement, I gently pulled off the lid and inside was a small collection of lovely glass lantern slides. The box and lantern slides spoke instantly of a century past when traveling slides shows were essential to a museum’s exhibition program.