Musée de la Photographie
Musée de la Photographie
4.5
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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Alberto-e-Simona
Saint-Martin-du-Vivier, France38 contributions
Feb 2025 • Couples
The museum (the largest in Europe on the subject) is located in a large and renovated structure on two floors. There is an extremely extensive permanent collection on the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries and multiple temporary exhibitions depending on the time of year. You will spend hours watching everything and it is absolutely worth it because there are also many works by famous authors. In addition there is a beautiful collection of cameras from various eras and a dedicated exhibition of children (but also accessible by adults) where you can explain many things about the origin and evolution of analog photography.
And it costs only 8 euros!
And it costs only 8 euros!
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Written February 21, 2025
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jm_george
Arlon, Belgium405 contributions
Dec 2023 • Couples
This is a must-see museum. First of all, the setting, this old cloister is brilliant and its use to present the collections... Then the price, really democratic. The staff is friendly and competent. The collections ? Really impeccable, and the presentation is very successful. The journey is not simple, but... we find our way there. The temporary exhibitions are great, the one relating to the war in Ukraine is particularly emotional. We will return there, because we were not able to follow the entire route of the permanent exhibition, nor visit the exterior.
Written December 15, 2023
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Ruth I
1 contribution
Feb 2022
A great discovery after years on my wish list. The detailed collections take you through a fascinating history of photography. I really recommend the guided tours, if you can join one, to hear the personal stories behind many of the works. Another nice surprise was the building itself - a sympathetic conversion of architectural heritage, and easily reached by public transport.
Written February 18, 2022
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Thank you for your positive comment.
Happy to read your visit was a good memory !
Best regards
Written May 10, 2022
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roozeyamina
Brussels, Belgium140 contributions
Aug 2024 • Couples
Bright museum and the photos are well highlighted, I saw pictures of a member of my family (Henri Cartier Bresson) . The Award of admission is more than democratic. I’m not a photographer so I don’t have an eye but I think it will please even the Scout.
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Enjoy Culture at a Small Award
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Written September 15, 2024
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Donald L
17 contributions
Jul 2023 • Friends
I was at the museum with friends on July 18th. The museum building itself, a restored convent, is beautiful. The collections, including the temporary exhibitions, are impressive. We were welcomed there with honest friendliness and a small problem I had with my MuseumPassMusées was sorted in a matter of minutes. A lovely fresh salad in the museum's cafeteria rounded off an excellent visit.
Written July 24, 2023
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Thank you for visiting us and your appreciation !
Written November 28, 2023
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AuroreBelot
Brussels, Belgium23 contributions
Mar 2015
Great museum with always really interesting exhibitions! The only negative point is its distance from Charleroi and how to go there. If you don't have a car, it sounds a bit as an expedition...
Written July 14, 2015
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Trainbleu
Brussels, Belgium40,252 contributions
Dec 2019
We visited the photography museum of Charleroi for the special exhibition on ‘Photography as a weapon of class struggle’ and soon realised we would have to come back to explore the permanent collection in full. The place is huge! We loved the setting: a neo-gothic red-brick former Carmelite Convent with white inside walls and an atmospheric cloister.
Several reviewers complain the museum is way out of town and difficult to reach. Everything is relative, of course, but it’s only about 4 km from the centre. As seasoned city trippers we had no difficulties finding it. Upon leaving the main railway station (Charleroi-Sud) we found the bus station on the left and bought a one-day pass (cheaper than a return ticket, we were told). In under 15 minutes busses 70, 71 and 170 (platform 13) leave you in front of the museum. Get off at ‘Place de Mont-sur-Marchienne’. Because not all buses take the same route on the way back to the centre we didn’t wait at the bus stop in front of the museum but walked to the next stop a few hundred meters in the direction of the centre where more busses pass. The only problem are possible transportation strikes.
We made a pit stop at the lovely museum café looking out over a garden at the back. It offers a number of reasonably priced light lunch options and sweet treats. We had a tasty soup with a freshly made omelette and couldn’t resist the fruit pie with cream.
With our Belgian Museum Pass we paid an extra 3.5 euros to visit the special exhibitions and the permanent collection. Otherwise the entrance fee is 7 euros, but there are several reduced rates. Very affordable for a museum where you may happily spend a few hours.
Several reviewers complain the museum is way out of town and difficult to reach. Everything is relative, of course, but it’s only about 4 km from the centre. As seasoned city trippers we had no difficulties finding it. Upon leaving the main railway station (Charleroi-Sud) we found the bus station on the left and bought a one-day pass (cheaper than a return ticket, we were told). In under 15 minutes busses 70, 71 and 170 (platform 13) leave you in front of the museum. Get off at ‘Place de Mont-sur-Marchienne’. Because not all buses take the same route on the way back to the centre we didn’t wait at the bus stop in front of the museum but walked to the next stop a few hundred meters in the direction of the centre where more busses pass. The only problem are possible transportation strikes.
We made a pit stop at the lovely museum café looking out over a garden at the back. It offers a number of reasonably priced light lunch options and sweet treats. We had a tasty soup with a freshly made omelette and couldn’t resist the fruit pie with cream.
With our Belgian Museum Pass we paid an extra 3.5 euros to visit the special exhibitions and the permanent collection. Otherwise the entrance fee is 7 euros, but there are several reduced rates. Very affordable for a museum where you may happily spend a few hours.
Written December 12, 2019
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Cimmerianbloke
Rixensart, Belgium506 contributions
Mar 2018 • Friends
I had the opportunity to visit the museum with my photography teacher and class, we had a great overview given by a guide, the museum displays all the great names of the medium; Sander, Cameron, Capa, Doisneau, Adams, and a dozens more. A good chunk of the museum is devoted to Belgian photographers and temporary exhibitions. The building itself is worth a look, entry fee is decent and you can buy a 15€ pass for a whole year and thus have access to all temporary exhibitions held during 12 months. IMO, the best way to visit is to read about photography history before visiting to fully enjoy the images during your time at the museum.
Written March 25, 2018
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LnTetraline
Nivelles, Belgium6 contributions
Oct 2017 • Family
To me, the Charleroi’s Museum if photography is one of the mist to see places in walloonia, the vision of the management, the quality of the exhibitions that bridge charleroi to the world without forgetting a local anchoring makes it a place i regularly (2-3 times a year) visit when i am in Belgium. And if you dont like photography but live architecture, you’ ll enjoy the site, a former convent!! Ling life to the museum of Charleroi!
Written October 2, 2017
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annp2706
Brussels, Belgium10 contributions
May 2017 • Couples
This place is not really up to being worth visit. Too messy and not up to what it could be. I had a feeling of " is that all there is? " Some good ideas but no real dedication to the art of photography.
Written September 26, 2017
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How to get there from Charleroi Did station/bus station?
Written December 5, 2019
Musée de la Photographie Charleroi
Charleroi, Belgium
Nous avons connu de gros problèmes pour récupérer notre compte Tripadvisor et prenons seulement connaissance de votre question.
Nous espérons que vous avez pu trouver les informations pour accéder au Musée. Les voici, le cas échéant :
Trains et bus à proximité
Gare de Charleroi-Central, bus 70, 71 ou 170 (descendre à Place des Essarts de Mont-sur-Marchienne).
Written November 28, 2023
Musée de la Photographie Charleroi
Charleroi, Belgium
Nous avons connu de gros problèmes pour récupérer notre compte Tripadvisor et prenons seulement connaissance de votre question.
Nous espérons que vous avez pu trouver les informations depuis. Le musée est accessible aux enfants. Nous vous conseillons, si vous ne l'avez paps encore vu, le Parcours découverte (interactif et ludique) qui fera le bonheur de votre enfant.
Written November 28, 2023
Après le 22 avrilil les expositions vont changer? Merci beaucoup
Written April 14, 2018
Quanto tempo ci vuole per visitarlo tutto?
How long does it take to visit it?
Written April 27, 2017
ik lees hier dat er zondagen zijn dat het gratis is , is dit zo ....
Written August 8, 2015
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