World’s first camera on display in Beijing

Posted 24 April, 2007 in Exhibitions

The world’s first camera is currently on display in Capital Museum, Beijing, for an exhibition that presents the history of photography through Nicéphore Niépce museum collections.

It appears to be a sliding box camera, photo and more info (in Mandarin or Cantonese, I don’t know) at cctv.com

Via MAKE Blog

Comments

Glenn
April 24, 2007 at 10:07 am

Hey, very providential post. I’ll be in Beijing in a few weeks. I’ll report back if I get a chance to see this exhibit.

Nicolai Morrisson
April 24, 2007 at 10:45 am

Very cool, please do! And enjoy your trip!!

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