Video & Photography


Bound for Glory: America in Color, 1939-1943

Witness vivid scenes and dramatic portraits of life in America without ever leaving your seat! This amazing exhibit shows early color photographs of America during the Great Depression and the first part of World War II. Click the "Online Exhibition" link to view the photographs.

Canon Camera Museum

Do you enjoy taking photographs or making videos? If so, you would enjoy taking a virtual tour of the Canon Camera Museum. Here you can explore the History Hall, the Camera Hall, the Design Hall, and the Technology Hall to discover more about Canon cameras and how they are made.

Enterprising Images: Michigan Historical Museum

What kind of home would you have lived in during the 1880s? Enterprising Images is an exhibit about photography and a family of African American photographers who lived in York, Pennsylvania, and East Saginaw, Michigan. Explore developments in American life, African American communities, photography, and more. Visit the site to start viewing this exhibit!

Photography Student Tour

Do you like to take pictures? Take a virtual tour to learn about the art of photography. You can even learn how to make a camera of your own! Navigate through the site to learn how the combination of light, mirrors, and film create photos. Make sure to visit the online photography museums and galleries while you are at it!

The American Museum of Photography: Guided Tour

Follow the links on this page to explore the collections of this virtual photography museum. View daguerreotypes, modernist photographs, architectural photographs, and more. Learn more about color photography and trick photography. Then see what you can do with a camera!

Green Screen Adventures

Do you dream of making documentaries or being a news anchor? Do you want to do something to improve the environment? Would you like to see your stories and poems dramatized? Watch and learn from students who are producing their own television show, and find out how to submit your own work!