The photographic collections of the Heritage and Photography Library

Name: Les collections photographiques de la Médiathèque du patrimoine et de la photographie
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Fort de Saint-Cyr - Archives photographiques

From the preservation of the archives and photographic collections to the preservation of the site, the heritage is sustainable at Fort Saint-Cyr. Follow the guide!

17 et 18 septembre 2022Passé

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01 30 85 68 74

Fort de Saint-Cyr, tunnel - Anne Garde, Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque du patrimoine et de la photographie

You will get a glimpse of the architecture of the military fort built after the war of 1870, between 1874 and 1879, and built in the early 1980s to house state-owned photographic collections.
The general view of the site is completed by the tunnel leading to the caponier, the turret housing the machinery, and... the hives!
The collections currently held in the fort’s buildings, which were first commissioned by the state in 1851, now consist of several million objects: original negatives (on glass plates, paper or soft film), contact sheets, projection plates, prints, as well as photo archives. You will thus discover the skills and means used by the MPP for their conservation, study and valorization. This year, the exceptional exhibition of banners designed by Viollet-le-Duc for the Notre-Dame Cathedral.
Visits at 10am, 11h15, 14h15, 15h30; duration: 1h30

À propos du lieu

Fort de Saint-Cyr - Archives photographiques

Route du fort de Saint-Cyr 78180 Montigny-le-Bretonneux

Yvelines
Île-de-France

A remarkable element of 19th-century military architecture, the fort was built in 1875 to protect the city of Paris. The site has been assigned to the Ministry of Culture since 1982\. The buildings now house the Photographic Archives of the Media Library of Architecture and Heritage (Directorate-General of Heritage) and are used for the storage and conservation of photographs - soft negatives or glass plates, positive for projection, prints... - and archives.