Musee de l'Image

About

The Musée de l'Image | ville d'Épinal is an amazing museum where prints "tell us about" ourselves and our history... Nowadays, the town of Épinal is well known all over Europe for its traditional prints. The town's printmakers were originally makers of playing cards and decorative coloured paper. Although they started producing prints on paper in the 18th century, it was the printmakers Pinot and Pellerin who built Épinal's reputation in the 19th century. In the Museum, the 400m² permanent exhibition galleries present a wide choice of popular prints from the 17th century to the present day, and the major engravers and main centers in the print industry... It explains the aims of different prints: to enlighten, entertain and teach the public, to sell the prints... From religious prints to short moral stories for young children, via propaganda, paper theaters, folios and pictures of soldiers, satirical prints, advertisements... Popular prints covered all these subjects and more.

At a glance

• Typical visit: about 1 hour 30 minutes