Camera and photography museums
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A list of camera and photography museums
Contents
- 1 Americas
- 2 Europe/Africa
- 3 Asia
- 4 Australia/Oceania
- 5 Other camera museum lists
- 6 Notes
Americas
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Argus Museum image by Voxphoto (Image rights) |
USA
- Camera Heritage Museum, 1 West Beverley St, Staunton, VA 24401
- Eastman Museum, 900 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14607
- Argus Museum, 535 West William Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan, open Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Hugh Mangum Photography Museum, West Point on the Eno, 5101 N Roxboro Rd, Durham, North Carolina
- New Mexico Museums
- Mexican Casasola Museum/Museo Casasola, 2251 Calle de Santiago in Old Misilla, NM.
- Independent view of the Mexican Revolution and the Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa world: Revolution 1910 Review with more than 120,000 negatives
- Texas Museums
- Casasola Museum/Museo Casasola, 617 Pancho Villa Street in El Paso, TX.
- Museo independiente,memoria colectiva activa.Después de 100 años del inicio de la Revolución Mexicana de 1910 esta fue convertida, por la historia oficial, en una película muda que ya nadie quiere ver o tratar de entender.El Museo Casasola/Casasola Museum exhibe más de 120,000 imágenes de sus colecciones,Cien Años de Realidad, pertenecientes a 4 generaciones de exelentes fotógrafos.
Mexico
- Museo de la Fotografía, Fototeca Nacional, Casasola s/n, Exconvento de San Francisco, Col. Centro, C.P. 42050. Pachuca, Hgo
Canada
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Museo Fotografico Simik image by Joey Harrison (Image rights) |
- Musée Populaire de la Photographie, 400, rue Heriot, Drummondville (Québec)
- Sherman Hines Museum of Photography, 205 Church Street, Liverpool, South Shore
Argentina
- Museo Fotográfico Simik, Av. Frederico Lacroze 3901, Buenos Aires
- Museo Fotográfico y Archivo Histórico "Adolfo Alexander", Buenos Aires
Brazil
- Museu da Fotografia de Curitiba, R. Presidente Carlos Cavalcanti, 533, Centro, Curitiba, CEP: 80020280
Europe/Africa
Austria
- WESTLICHT - Schauplatz für Fotografie a photography institution with gallery and camera exhibition; Westbahnstraße 40, 1070 Vienna
Belgium
- FotoMuseum, Antwerpen
- Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi
Czech Republic
- Narodni Muzeum Fotografie, Jindřichův Hradec
Denmark
- National Museum of Photography Copenhagen
- Danmarks Fotomueum Herning, currently (2020) temporary closed and waiting for a solution to open again.
Estonia
- Fotomuuseum (site in Estonian), a camera museum; Raekoja t. 4/6, Tallinn 10146
Germany
- Museum für Photographie, Helmstedter Str. 1, 38102 Braunschweig
- Museum für Fotografie, Jebenstrasse 2, Berlin
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Fotomuseum Uhingen image by Uwe Kulick (Image rights) |
Camera museums
- Deutsches Film- ,Foto- und Fernsehtechnik Museum, Weinstrasse 33, 67146 Deidesheim
- Kamera- und Foto-Museum, Raschwitzer Straße 11-13, 04416, Markkleeberg
- Deutsches Kameramuseum, Schulstraße 8, 91287 Plech (Camera collection Kurt Tauber!!!)
Small camera museums
- Photohistorisches Museum, Kirchstraße 2, 73066 Uhingen, opening times according to this list
- Zeiler Fotomuseum, Schulring 2, 97475 Zeil am Main
- Fotomuseum Görlitz, Löbauer Straße 7, 02826 Görlitz
- Dr. Robert Gerlich Museum, Burg 1, D-84489 Burghausen
- Kameramuseum des Kulturring Heuchelheim-Kinzenbach e.V., Wilhelmstr. 36, 35452 Heuchelheim-Kinzenbach, Tel. 0641-62394 (call necessary, no regular opening times)
Photographic film museum
- Industrie- und Filmmuseum Wolfen, Chemiepark Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Areal A, OT Wolfen, Bunsenstr. 4, 06766 Bitterfeld-Wolfen (former Agfa/Orwo factory)
Photography departments of technical museums
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Musée Niepce image by Geoff Harrisson (Image rights) |
- Technische Sammlungen, Junghansstraße 1-3 (Ernemann buildings), 01277 Dresden, collection Photographie und Kinematographie and exhibition Heinrich Ernemann. Fotoindustrie und Bilderwelten (exhibition opens 14. June 2007)
- Deutsches Museum, Museumsinsel 1, 80538 München, exhibition Foto+Film (opens 7. May 2007)
- Optisches Museum, Carl-Zeiss-Platz 12, 07743 Jena
- Deutsches Technikmuseum, Berlin (DTMB), Trebbiner Str. 9, 10963 Berlin-Kreuzberg (History of foto technology)
- Optik Industrie Museum Rathenow, Kulturzentrum Rathenow GmbH, Märkischer Platz 3, 14712 Rathenow
France
- Musée français de la photographie, 78, rue de Paris, 91570 Bièvres
- Musée Nicéphore Niépce, 28, Quai des Messageries, 71100 Chalon sur Saône
Greece
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Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire image by Tony Fisher (Image rights) |
Great Britain
- Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Abbey, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 2LG, England
Photography departments of technical museums
- Photography Department of the National Media Museum; Bradford, BD1 1NQ
Italy
- Museo Fotografia Contemporanea, Milano
- Musei Lodi, Cavenago d'Adda
Netherlands
- Fotografica Museum Zoetermeer (in Dutch), Van Aalstlaan 24, 2722 RL, Zoetermeer
- Cameramuseum Zierikzee (in Dutch), Visstraat 12, 4301CC Zierikzee Currently closed, they will be moving to other premises soon.
Poland
- Muzeum Historii Fotografii (Photography History Museum), Józefitów 16, 30-045 Kraków
Portugal
- Museu da imagem, Braga
- Casa Estúdio Carlos Relvas, Lg. D. Manuel I, 2150-128 Golegã
Russia
- The Russian museum of Photography, 9а Piskunova Str., Nizhny Novgorod
Spain
- Photomuseum, Zarautz (Basque Country)
Slovakia
- Jozefa Maximiliána Petzval Museum, Petzvalova 30, 059 01 Spišská Belá
Sweden
- Fotografiska Museet, Stockholm
South Africa
- Bensusan Museum of Photography, MuseuMAfricA, 121 Bree Street, Newtown, Johannesburg
Asia
Thailand
- Museum of Imaging Technology in Chulalongkorn-University
Japan
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Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo Japan image by KazumaK (Image rights) |
- Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Yebisu Garden Place, 1-13-3 Mita Meguro-ku Tokyo 153-0062 Japan
- Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, 3545-1222 Kiyosato, Takane-cho, Hokuto-shi Yamanashi 407-0301 Japan
Museums about photographer
- Shotaro Akiyama Photo Art Museum, concentrating on photographs by Shotaro Akiyama, 4-18-9 Aoyama Minato-ku Tokyo 107-0062 Japan
- Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography Nara City, concentrating on photographs by Irie Taikichi, 600-1 Takabatake-cho Nara-shi Nara 630-8301 Japan
- Shoji Ueda Museum of photography, concentrating on photographs by Ueda Shōji, 353-3 Sumura Houki-cho Saihaku-gun Tottori 689-4107 Japan
- Shiro Shirahata Photo Gallery, concentrating on works by Shirahata Shirō, 486 Narada Hayakawa-cho Yamanashi 409-2701 Japan
- Ken Domon Museum of Photography, concentrating on works by Ken Domon, 2-13 Iimoriyama Sakata-shi Yamagata 998-0055 Japan
- JCII Photo Salon, see below (JCII Camera Museum), JCII Ichiban-cho Bldg., Ichiban-chō 25, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0082 Japan
Camera museums
- JCII Camera Museum, JCII Ichiban-cho Bldg. Ichiban-chō 25 Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 102-0082 Japan
- Nikon Museum, Building C 2F Shinagawa Intercity 2-15-3 Kounan Minato-ku Tokyo 108-6290 Japan
- Olympus Museum, Olympus Corporation Ishikawa Facility 2951 Ishikawa-machi Hachioji-shi Tokyo 192-8507 Japan (by appointment only)
- Camera Museum Shashin-House (no website), 101-2 Obuka Motegi-machi Haga-gun Tochigi 321-3707 Japan (A camera museum, including non-PENTAX cameras, by former PENTAX employees)[1][2]
- Fukuoka Camera Museum, 559 Fukuoka-shin Fukuoka-machi Takaoka-shi Toyama 939-0117 Japan (Note that it is not in Fukuoka Prefecture, but in Toyama Prefecture.)
Korea
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Lishui Photography Museum of China image by Bill Lehane (Image rights) |
Israel
China
Turkey
Australia/Oceania
Australia
- Australian Centre for Photography, 72 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010
Other camera museum lists
- international photography museum list of International Center of Photography (archived)
- Camera-wiki.org link list, online museums
- 4 Japanese Photography Museums, article of Photobibliothek Switzerland
- selection of Photography Museums and Collections (archived)
Notes
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