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

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

In July 2013, the Nicéphore Niépce House Museum — founded and exclusively financed by the Speos International Photography School since 1999 — was nominated “Maisons des illustres” by the French Ministry of Culture in the presence of high-ranked French government representatives. Thus, the place where the world’s first photo was taken has finally received national…

Partnership with the Institut Image of ENSAM in Chalon sur Saône where were presented: – a 3D video displaying the internal mechanism of the Pyreolophore – a creation by Hadrien Duhamel (see the video) – the birth of the first camera: where, how and when the “baguier d’Isidore” (a little jewel case) was transformed into…

Partnership between Maison Nicéphore Niépce and the Swiss Camera Museum at Vevey: – creation of a showcase dedicated to the work realized in the House of Nicéphore Niépce: – donation by Spéos/Maison Nicéphore Niépce of an important collection concerning the beginnings of digital photography (See the article on the ‘Journal de Saone et Loire’– in French):
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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).