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This could be a trivia question, but I'm asking it as a serious inquiry. Does anyone know which museum first collected photographs? I'm not looking for the first that exhibited photographs (although that might be interesting as well), but rather which museum first acquired a photograph as either an art form or a scientific object in their collection.
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I have the answer to the question that I didn't ask: which museum held the first photography exhibition? The V & A claims that distinction. http://goo.gl/QA9YFT Now hopefully someone can answer my original question.
In terms of exhibition, BPH ran this some time ago: http://britishphotohistory.ning.com/profiles/blogs/1845-the-world-s... with Frankfurt's Städel Museum claiming the first photography exhibition in 1845.
Thank you, Michael. I'd searched here under "first exhibition" but I did not see that particular post. I appreciate your bringing it to my attention. Apparently the people at V & A have not see it either.
I have a strong feeling that the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford may hold that honour. Contact archivist Tony Simcock. I'm sure he'd be happy to tell you.
The one in Chalon?
--Dick Sullivan
I think the Royal Scottish Academy may have exhibited photographs early (David Octavius Hill was a member) and their collection morphed with the National Galleries of Scotland although not sure exactly when photographs became part of their collection. Might be worth contacting them.
Victoria and Albert Museum's photography collection
National Science and Media Museum
RPS Journal 1853-2012 online and searchable
Photographic History Research Centre, Leicester
Birkbeck History and Theory of Photography Research Centre
William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné
British Photography. The Hyman Collection
The Press Photo History Project Mapping the photo agencies and photographers of Fleet Street and the UK
The correspondence of William Henry Fox Talbot
Historic England Archive
UAL Photography and Photography and the Archive Research Centre
Royal Photographic Society's Historical Group
www.londonstereo.com London Stereoscopic Company / T. R. Williams
www.earlyphotography.co.uk British camera makers and companies
Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock.
National Portrait Gallery, London
http://www.freewebs.com/jb3d/
Alfred Seaman and the Photographic Convention
Frederick Scott Archer
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