Cayuga Museum of History and Art

Theodore Case developed the first successful sound-on-film technology in Auburn in the 1920s, and the lab where he did it is part of this museum complex.

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The sound-on-film work that Theodore Case completed in Auburn in 1926 was the foundational technology for synchronized sound in cinema. His collaboration with Lee de Forest produced the Phonofilm system; his subsequent work with Fox Film produced Movietone, the system that made the transition from silent to sound film commercially viable worldwide. The Case Research Lab, a purpose-built facility adjacent to the Cayuga Museum on Genesee Street, is preserved with its original equipment. Open Tuesday through Saturday; the museum also covers the full arc of Auburn's reform history and holds materials related to the Harriet Tubman years at 180 South Street.

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203 Genesee Street, Auburn, New York, United States, 13021

kirsten@cayugamuseum.org

315-253-8051

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Culture & Heritage

Region

Finger Lakes Region

County

Cayuga County

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Cayuga Lake

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Finger Lakes Heritage Pass

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Historic Site