There is nothing quite like seeing the real thing! The following are a few of the major museums which display equipment and/or images relating to the history of photography;
Bath, Avon: The Royal Photographic Society Museum
Since writing this work, the Royal Photographic Society has passed on the contents of its vast treasure to the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television in Bradford. In the hands of an organisation better equipped to display and store the equipment and works of art, it will at long last mean that the many items donated to the Society over many years will become unlocked, and more generally available to people who are interested in the history of photography.
Birmingham: The Reference Library
Bradford, Yorkshire: National Museum of Photography, Film and Television
This Museum also incoprporates the vast collection of the Royal Photographic Society.
Edinburgh: Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Edinburgh: Public Library
Guildford, Surrey: The Guildford Museum (pictures by Lewis Carroll)
London: The Victoria and Albert Museum
London: The Science Museum
London: MOMI (The Museum of the Moving Image)
London: The Imperial War Museum
London: Kingston-on-Thames Public Library
Manchester: The Northwest Museum of Science and Technology
Oxford: Museum of the History of Science
Lacock, Avon: The Fox Talbot Museum
Edinburgh: The Royal Scottish Museum
© Robert Leggat, 2001