George Eastman Museum

The George Eastman Museum is a photography and film museum in Rochester, United States, housed in a Georgian Revival mansion with galleries filled with cameras, prints, and cinema objects from several centuries. The rooms spread across the original residence and modern wings that together form archive and exhibition spaces.

The building served as a private home from the early 20th century and was transformed into a public museum after its occupant's death. The collections grew over the decades through donations and acquisitions of archives from around the world.

The museum takes its name from a Rochester industrialist who pioneered roll film for cameras. Visitors can explore how the residence and its extension buildings have become a place where photography is understood as cultural heritage.

A visit takes you through the mansion's living rooms and exhibition areas with rotating displays from the archives. The garden behind the building offers a chance to rest between viewings.

The archive rooms store negatives and films under controlled conditions that only specialists can enter for research purposes. Some film reels date back to the early days of cinema and are regularly digitized to preserve them for future generations.

Location: Rochester

Inception: 1947

Architects: J. Foster Warner

Official opening: 1949

Address: 900 East Avenue

Phone: +5852713361

Website: https://eastman.org

GPS coordinates: 43.15313,-77.57983

Latest update: December 5, 2025 22:27