Museum
Voir Tahiti: First photographs 1859–1870
An exhibition at the Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac of the earliest photographs of French Polynesia, which the museum acquired in 2023. It shows paper negatives made in 1859–1862 by naval surgeon Gustave Viaud, elder brother of Pierre Loti, and images by naval officer Paul Émile Miot.
- When
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September 29, 2026 – January 31, 2027
Exhibition on view
- Where
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Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
37 quai Branly, 75007 Paris · Invalides / Eiffel Tower
Directions - Artists
- Gustave Viaud and Paul Émile Miot
- Part of
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Paris Art Week 2026
Paris · Oct 19 – 25, 2026
From the organiser
The earliest photographs of French Polynesia, acquired by the museum in 2023: paper negatives made in 1859–1862 by naval surgeon Gustave Viaud (Pierre Loti's elder brother) and images by naval officer Paul Émile Miot.
Location
37 quai Branly, 75007 Paris
