Musée de l'Image

Over het museum

The Musée de l'Image opened on May 3, 2003, on the Quai de Dogneville in Épinal, opposite the former Pellerin factory, founded in 1796 and now the Imagerie d'Épinal. The two sites complement each other: the Imagerie shows how the images were made, while the museum tells their history and culture and offers keys to reading them.

The contemporary building, which overlooks the Moselle, was designed by the agency Repérages Architecture. Its glass façade bears a large fresco of many small images, evoking a village festival. The museum is run by the City of Épinal.

The collections include more than 110,000 works of French and foreign popular imagery from the 16th century to today. In 2010 the City acquired the Henri George collection, of about 85,000 pieces, almost tripling the holdings; in 2019 it added more than 300 pieces from the Charles Pierre collection. The permanent exhibition tells the story of popular images, their engravers and printing centers, and their uses: to instruct, to entertain, to sell. The works are rotated regularly to protect them from light.

Hoogtepunten

• More than 110,000 popular images from the 16th century to today
• Permanent exhibition “Image, des images” on the history of popular imagery
• Engraved woodblock to touch and videos on how the images were made
• Modern building with a façade decorated with a fresco of images
• Opposite the former Pellerin factory, the Imagerie d'Épinal

Vaste collectie

• Image, des images – Permanent exhibition of 400 m² on the history of popular imagery: tales, representation codes, images of power and a route through contemporary art. The works are renewed every six months.

Opgericht

2003

Beheerder

Ville d'Épinal

Bezoekers per jaar

ca. 34.070

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Admission is free for job seekers and RSA recipients. The Museums-Pass-Musées is on sale at the museum's front desk.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift
• Aangepast toilet
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats
• Hulphonden welkom
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

The building is fully accessible to visitors with reduced mobility: exhibition rooms, the lobby and the toilets are adapted. The entrance is about 15 m from the car park, which has 3 reserved spaces. Folding seats and a non-motorized wheelchair are lent, and the rooms have seating.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour
• Doe- en voelstations
• Kinderwagenvriendelijk

A Game of the Goose for families with children aged 6 to 12 and a storytelling visit for the youngest are offered on certain Sundays. Single strollers may enter the rooms as long as they do not endanger the works.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The museum is a 2-minute walk from the Épinal port, about 15 minutes on foot from the station and 20 minutes from the historic center.

Service & horeca

• Garderobe

Free, unsupervised cloakroom: large bags, backpacks over 50 cm and double strollers can be left there.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

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