Musée Nicéphore Niépce 1
Photography Exhibition
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Musée Nicéphore Niépce

Opens Wednesday at 9:30 AM

Chalon-sur-Saône

📸"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.

Photography history
Calm atmosphere
Free entry
Original Niépce camera