February 12, 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the photographer Janine Niépce, born February 12, 1921 in Meudon. A distant relative of the inventor of photography, Nicéphore Niépce, she was one of the first female photojournalists in France. Janine Niépce was born into a family of Burgundian winegrowers who converted to the…
2019 Patrimony Days (or European Heritage Days) were held on the 21st and 22nd of September.
2018 Patrimony Days (or European Heritage Days) were held on the 15th and 16th of September.
Pyréolophore: it’s the name of the first internal combustion engine in the world, invented by Nicéphore Niépce and his brother Claude. It will officially enter into Le Musée des Arts et Métiers on Thursday, September 27, 2018, at 7pm. The Niépce House and Spéos Photography school rectify the history of science, after many years of…
Every year, the “Haut Comité des commémorations nationales” presents to the Ministry of Culture and Communication a selection of about a hundred personalities, whose birthdays are celebrated in the name of the nation. This selection is presented in a publication that has become well-known among both amateurs and professionals within the domain of French history….
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…
Speos/Maison Nicéphore Niépce will be present at the Voies Off Festival for the 15th consecutive year. Since 1996, the Voies Off Festival has been supporting a vast range of contemporary creative practices by offering their authors a scene of international renown during the Rencontres Photographiques d’Arles. In parallel to the official program, the Voies Off…
The revised online edition of Niépce, correspondance et papiers is a compilation of over 700 documents from more than 50 archives spread all over the world.Footnotes give thousands of references; its index of names amounts to more than three thousand; equipped with a multi-criteria search engine. Historical bits and pieces are revealed, family secrets unveiled…
Initiated by the museum Maison Nicéphore Niépce, with the collaboration of Jean-Louis Bruley, Manuel Bonnet and the mairie de Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, the “Route de la Photo” — a series of photo spots — invites you to discover Burgundy following the footsteps of Nicéphore Niépce, the inventor of photography. To take a picture of the place linked…
In the attic of the photo museum Maison Nicéphore Niépce, Maurice Bonneviot — a notary — tells the story of the invention of photography via Niépce’s notarized letters and documents.
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The Nicéphore Niépce House is open each year from July 1st to August 24th only, every day from 10am to 6pm (closed on Tuesdays).