Patrimony Days 2018 in St Loup
2018 Patrimony Days (or European Heritage Days) were held on the 15th and 16th of September.

In September 2002, during the National Heritage Days, Nicéphore Niépce’s house was first opened to the public.

Spéos Photography School, which finances the Niépce House, is committed to the protection of photographic heritage as well as to contemporary creation with a brand new project that will be launched in 2023 in Paris: Quai de la Photo. An art centre dedicated to photography on the Seine Located in the 13th arrondissement of Paris,…

The Photographic Studio and Lab of Fortuné Joseph Petiot-Groffier (1788-1855) This lab is the oldest existing we know of at present (thanks to the receipts, the chemicals can be dated back as far as 1840-41). From photography pioneers such as Niépce, Daguerre, Talbot or Bayard, no entire lab has been preserved, but individual ancient large…

The entire Petiot-Groffier lab in the House of Nicéphore Niépce on the occasion of the National Heritage Days. Conference-Debate-Exhibitions in Dubai at the Alliance Française:

The Niépce House will participate in the European Heritage Days which will be held on September 17th and 18th, 2022. You will be able to visit the place where the very first photo in the world was taken by the inventor of photography: Nicéphore Niépce. About the Niépce House Niépce’s house in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes is the…

The Maison Nicéphore Niépce Museum reopened its doors to the public on July 1st 2022, after a summer 2021 marked by the closing of the premises due to the Covid. Take advantage of the summer to visit this incredible French heritage and walk in the footsteps of Nicéphore Niépce, the inventor of photography! You will…
2 rue Nicéphore Niépce,
71240 Saint-Loup-de-Varennes
France
Phone: +33 (0)1 40 09 18 58
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The Nicéphore Niépce House is open each year from July 2nd to August 31st only, every day from 10am to 6pm (closed on Tuesdays).