Patrimony Days 2019 in St Loup

2019 Patrimony Days (or European Heritage Days) were held on the 21st and 22nd of September.








2019 Patrimony Days (or European Heritage Days) were held on the 21st and 22nd of September.








Musée Maison Nicéphore Niépce is a member of the European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH) since December, 2023.

During the National Heritage Days 2003, the visitors were invited to discover in the garden, opposite to the house, a range of plants that are illustrating some of Niépce’s botanical research (cf. other inventions).The yellow color of isatis tinctoria (“dyer’s woad”) illuminates the flower garden. Jean-Louis Marignier and Michèle Lourseau collected their blossoms after bloom…

This exhibition takes visitors back to the origins of photography, a revolutionary invention that changed the way we perceive and document the world.

The most important mass of documents ever collected about Niépce The book online The Niépce’s House proudly presents the book Niépce, Correspondance et papiers, by Manuel Bonnet and Jean-Louis Marignier, a set of the most important documents ever collected on Niépce. Mainly written to relatives and close friends, these letters are better than a lab…

A bit of family history… Among the Niépce family, Nicéphore is well-known, as is Abel Niépce of Saint Victor, who was born at Saint-Cyr and became the military governor at the Palais du Louvre. He first followed Nicéphore’s photographic work and then invented the first process on glass (Albumine).Last but not least, there is David…

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:
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).