Exhibits

Silent Films on Cayuga Lake: The Wharton Studio Story

Finger Lakes Film Trail Premieres 1st Exhibit!

Visit the Cayuga Museum of History and Art & Case Research Lab and view the multimedia exhibit “Silent Films on Cayuga Lake: The Wharton Studio Story,” curated by WSM and produced by Finger Lakes Film Trail, a regional tourism initiative launched by George Eastman Museum, Wharton Studio Museum and Cayuga Museum in 2018.

So much to see at the Cayuga Museum and Case Research Lab where in the 1920s Theodore Case synced sound to picture for the first time, giving birth to the talkies.

Sincere thanks to the wonderful staff at Cayuga Museum for hosting this installation; to Joe Lamarre/uncommonplace for his stellar exhibit design and to Roger Kimmel Smith for his evocative writing.

“Silent Films on Cayuga Lake” is on view through January 3, 2026. More details at cayugamuseum.org