Permanent exhibition
The permanent exhibition takes place on 5 floors. Thematic, it retraces the history of photographers and photography through the evolution of cameras and media. From the camera obscura to the magic lantern or other optical recreations, to the digital image, discover this amazing collection of cameras and laboratory equipment, flashes and other lighting as well as studio furniture from the origins to the present day.
Origins
The origins of photography
Photography was first dreamed of and then invented. Discover how, from the shadows of a cave, we managed to make an imprint appear on a support and then we managed to fix it to preserve it.
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Magic lanterns
Magic lanterns
Pictures have always fascinated man, and always stimulated his imagination... Follow the development of these show boxes !
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Studio
A model of a photography studio
A model of a photography studio from the end of the XIXth century.
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The plate era
The plate era
Inventions at the end of the 19th century led to mass manufacturing of plates, which had become much more sensitive to light.
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Century of the film
The century of the film
The appearance of film on a flexible base in the 1880s was to radically transform photography.
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Digital Revolution
The Digital Revolution
Digital photography, so recent, already has a history as readily forgotten as its development was meteoric. Is it actually justifiable to talk about a digital revolution?
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