Museums - Musée Nicéphore Niépce
Musée Nicéphore Niépce
Quai des Messageries 28
71100 Châlon-sur-Saône
France
+33 03 85 48 41 98
+33 03 85 48 63 20
 | September – June: Wednesday – Monday, 9h30 – 11h45 / 14h00 – 17h45; July – August: Wednesday –Monday, 10h00 – 18h00 Museum hours are subject to change. Please contact museum before visiting to confirm the information listed is correct. |
The Musée Niépce is one of the oldest museums devoted to photography and its history. Since 1861, it has assembled images, personal possessions, and the world’s first cameras used by Nicéphore Niépce, the inventor of photography. The museum’s collections include nearly 6,000 devices and optical objects and more than 2 million images. Among them are several hundred photographs relating to ethnography and exploration.