Exhibitions

Mutoscopes

July 1, 1972 – April 30, 1973

National Museum of American History
1300 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC

1st Floor, 3rd Floor

See on Map Floor Plan

'Peep Shows', the most popular form of moving picture entertainment in America at the turn of the century, provided a glimpse of what was considered 'naughty' down at the nickelodeon. See 3 mutoscopes, hand-cranked at a 5-cent charge.