En fotohistorie : Fra synsmaskiner til Instagram Preus museum samling

The museum offers both obscure objects to recount unusual histories, and well-known icons from the history of photography. Join us on an exciting journey all the way from pre-photographic periods via vision machines that were used for entertainment, to our contemporary image-sharing culture.

Many exhibitions have been produced since the museum was founded in 1995. Nevertheless large portions of the collection have not been shown, and the 20th anniversary celebration offers the museum a golden opportunity to bring forth numerous and little-known objects to tell additional and varied stories .



Photography's official year of inception is 1839, but the period before photography also involved "training" people to become subjective observers. The museum's large collection of "vision machines" (for example zoetropes, stereoscopes, kaleidoscopes, anamorphoscopes, and shadow theaters) provide enjoyable and exciting aha-experiences up to the present! Source: www.preusmuseum.no