"If you're into photography it's a must do"
See Niépce's original camera and early daguerreotypes
Browse their excellent photography book library at the end
Step into the birthplace of photography. This small museum in Chalon-sur-Saône traces the art form from Niépce's 1826 heliograph to modern selfies, with ingenious displays and the actual camera that captured the world's first permanent photograph.
Recommended by:
"If you're into photography it's a must do"
See Niépce's original camera and early daguerreotypes
Browse their excellent photography book library at the end
Step into the birthplace of photography. This small museum in Chalon-sur-Saône traces the art form from Niépce's 1826 heliograph to modern selfies, with ingenious displays and the actual camera that captured the world's first permanent photograph.
Recommended by:
What are you into?
- Photography history
- Calm atmosphere
- Free entry
- Original Niépce camera
- Musée Nicéphore Niépce
- Chalon-sur-Saône