Case Research Lab
“Case Research Lab – Birthplace of talking movies in 1924. Theodore Case developed sound film and partnered with Fox Studios to create Movietone News. City of Auburn, NY 2004”
The Cayuga Museum/Case Research Lab
203 Genesee Street
Auburn, NY 13021
The Case Research Laboratory is where Theodore Case invented the process of putting sound on film in the early 1920′s. Visitors can tour the lab, see original equipment, and learn about this world-changing invention that came from a backyard laboratory in Auburn, NY.