Musée français de la photographie
The Musée français de la Photographie is a museum that was opened in 1964 and is dedicated to photography and is located in the French commune of Bièvres near Paris . It bears the Musée de France award .
history
In 1949, Jean Fage and his son André founded the Photo-club du Val de Bièvres together with other photography enthusiasts to share their knowledge of photography.
From 1950, Jean and André Fage began to acquire and collect objects and photographs in order to bring the history of photography closer to club members. With that collection, the first photography museum was opened in 1964 in the municipality of Bièvres.
In 1966, a monument to Nadar , the first person to take an aerial photo in 1858, is inaugurated.
In 1968 the museum was recognized by the French Ministry of Culture.
In 1972, thanks to government support, the museum moved into new, larger rooms, where the museum is still located today. The museum also has a small park.
Collections
With over 20,000 exhibits, a million photographs, a library and a large pool of technical records, it is one of the most important museums in Europe dedicated to photography. It tells the technical as well as the social history of photography. Part of the collection can be viewed on the Internet.
- Selected objects from the museum
Web links
Coordinates: 48 ° 45 ′ 46.7 " N , 2 ° 13 ′ 31.8" E