Musée de l'image, City museum in Épinal, France
The Musée de l'image is a municipal museum on the quai de Dogneville in Épinal, facing the Moselle and the former Pellerin print factory. Its contemporary building, inaugurated on 3 May 2003, was designed by Repérages Architecture (Adeline Rispal and Jean-Jacques Raynaud) with Jean-Luc Gérard and the Sigma engineering office, and covers 2,000 m². The glass facade is covered with a crowd of small images forming a "village festival" fresco; the north wing holds administration and the documentation centre, the south wing the reception, exhibition rooms and reserves.
The museum opened on 3 May 2003 in a 2,000 m² building by Repérages Architecture (Adeline Rispal and Jean-Jacques Raynaud) with Jean-Luc Gérard and the Sigma engineering office. It faces the Moselle opposite the Pellerin works, founded in 1796 and now the Imagerie d'Épinal, and together they form the Cité de l'Image. In June 2010 the city bought Henri George's private collection of about 85,000 pieces, tripling the holdings.
The museum's name refers to popular imagery, not to the Pellerin print works opposite. Its permanent room of 400 m² groups prints by function: to edify, play, instruct and sell. Because light damages the paper, the displayed sheets are rotated every six months.
The building is easily accessible and different areas are open to visitors with mobility concerns. It is best to check opening times in advance, as they vary throughout the week.
The museum was designed by Repérages Architecture (Adeline Rispal and Jean-Jacques Raynaud) with Jean-Luc Gérard and the Sigma engineering office. Its glass facade forms a "village festival", a huge fresco made of a crowd of small images. A passage links the museum to the Imagerie Pellerin, now used only by visitors with reduced mobility.
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