Within the framework of research on the origins of photography, one of Daguerre’s first views of Paris was presented: the very image that allowed him to get the official acknowledgement of the invention of the daguerreotype by the Académie des Sciences.
In September 2002, during the National Heritage Days, Nicéphore Niépce’s house was first opened to the public.
One of the first daguerreotypes of Paris made by Daguerre shown at Nicéphore Nièpce’s home during Patrimony Days, 2002.
Each two years since September 2002, we’ve been having the pleasure to welcome the students from the Advanced Residency Program in Photograph Conservation, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Getty Grant Program, under the auspices of the George Eastman House, Rochester, New York. The Advanced Residency Program in Photograph Conservation program…
Jean-Louis Marignier and Pierre-Yves Mahé regularly present the results of their research into Nicéphore Niépce at specialist events. The first public presentation of the restoration of the Maison Niépce took place at the Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie in July 2000.
2 rue Nicéphore Niépce,
71240 Saint-Loup-de-Varennes
France
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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).