The MAS collection is rich in colourful glass plates, toy lanterns and two professional lanterns, originating from different donators. The majority of the lantern slides are commercial products from German, English and French producers such as Plank, Carpenter and Westley, Carrette and Lapierre. The lantern slides, partly hand-painted, depict popular topics such as fairy tales and fairground scenes, as well as religious, geographical and natural themes.
Lantern slides from te MAS collection, Antwerp, inventory numbers VM.2008.327.031 (phantasmagoria) and VM.2008.327 (circus and fairground).