The house where Nicephore Niépce made the first photograph/heliograph in history is opened to visitors…



> Public Visits

Nicéphore Niépce's House will be opened from July 1st to September 19th 2010, everyday from 11am to 19pm.
Guided tours every hour, from 11am. Last tour at 6pm.
Exceptionally closed on July 13th and every monday and tuesday from August 23rd.

• Off-peak season opennings: flat rate of 150€ for a group of 1 to 25 persons
Feel free to contact us at 00 33 1 40 09 18 58 or  info@speos.fr  for futher information and to book a visit .

• Fees :
Adults : 6€ / Children : 3€ / Students : 4,5€

• For more details, please contact us at 03 85 94 84 60 or at info@speos.fr

• Address and access to the House

• Download our brochure


Nicephore Niépce's House and SPEOS, the project managers of the restoration, have given the exclusive rights to photograph this location to the agency Gamma. The benefits of this collaboration and the visits will be used to finance further investigations.
> Virtual Visit

SPEOS created a virtual visit of the house (with QuickTimeVR)*.
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> Niépce's House entrance
> South front
> Niépce made his first experiments from this room in 1816.
> Niépce took the famous "Point de vue du Gras" from this room (1st photograph in the world)
> Attic office (located between the two others attics)
> Great Attic, where Niépce used the East window.
> Small Attic, where Niépce used the South window for his shooting.
> St-Loup cemetery, located 200m from the House, where Niépce (left grave) rests with his wife Agnès Romero (right grave).

* Virutal visit created by Huy NGUYEN /SPEOS.