This is a website relating to and tracing the development of “The Great Coney Island Spectacularium,” an exhibition aiming to explore, celebrate, and evoke turn of the 20th Century Coney Island as the pinnacle of this kind of pre-cinematic immersive and spectacular amusement.
The blog and exhibition are both the collaborative project of Coney Island Museum Artist in Residence 2011 Joanna Ebenstein and Museum Director Aaron Beebe. The exhibition will launch on Friday, April 8, 2011 in the Coney Island Museum and run for approximately one year.
You can contact the makers of this website by clicking here.
Image above is drawn from the postcard collection of the Coney Island Museum.
