{"id":10525,"date":"2024-05-08T14:12:49","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T12:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mundaneum.org\/?page_id=10525"},"modified":"2024-07-23T15:17:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T13:17:43","slug":"picture-collections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mundaneum.org\/en\/collections-and-resarch\/our-collections\/picture-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"Picture collections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>The Mundaneum houses thousands of posters, postcards, photographic glass plates and photographs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:19px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-small-rounded\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"634\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"8076\" src=\"https:\/\/mundaneum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ARC-MUND-AFF-J1-RUSSE-08.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mundaneum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ARC-MUND-AFF-J1-RUSSE-08.png 634w, https:\/\/mundaneum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ARC-MUND-AFF-J1-RUSSE-08-186x300.png 186w, https:\/\/mundaneum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ARC-MUND-AFF-J1-RUSSE-08-600x969.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-small-rounded\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"7475\" src=\"https:\/\/mundaneum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/8R7A1462-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Bobines de film conserv\u00e9es au Mundaneum\" class=\"wp-image-7475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mundaneum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/8R7A1462-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mundaneum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/8R7A1462-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mundaneum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/8R7A1462-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mundaneum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/8R7A1462-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mundaneum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/8R7A1462.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-small-rounded\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"8082\" src=\"https:\/\/mundaneum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ARC-MUND-AFF-R1-031.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mundaneum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ARC-MUND-AFF-R1-031.png 680w, https:\/\/mundaneum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ARC-MUND-AFF-R1-031-199x300.png 199w, https:\/\/mundaneum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/ARC-MUND-AFF-R1-031-600x904.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This collection was started by the International Institute of Photography (IIP) in 1905. The aim of the IIP was to create an encyclopaedia of images. The collections comprise photographs, postcards, posters, and glass plates \u2014 negatives of photographs or slides used in magic lanterns (devices widely used in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to project images). Along with a photography library, they form the heart of the picture collection held at the Mundaneum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its uniqueness lies in its diversity and the impressive number of assets it contains:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>35,000 cultural, political and social posters and even propaganda posters, mainly dating from the late 19th to early 20th century;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>200,000 postcards from the late 19th century to the 1970s depicting geographical areas, World Fairs and the World Wars;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>50,000 glass plates, negatives and glass slides, including the negatives of the Belgian photographer Norbert Ghisoland, which cover varied subjects, such as the polar expeditions, art history, geography, science and cottage industries;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>several thousand photographs illustrating the history of the Mundaneum, the lives of Otlet and La Fontaine, and various subjects through anonymous photographs and press agencies;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>files from the Universal Repository of Pictures (encyclopaedia of images); and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>microfiche and microfilm produced for the International Museum.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><ul class=\"wp-block-page-list\"><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/mundaneum.org\/en\/collections-and-resarch\/our-collections\/the-universal-bibliographic-repertory-rbu\/\">\u00a0The Universal Bibliographic Repertory (RBU)<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/mundaneum.org\/en\/collections-and-resarch\/our-collections\/archives-of-the-mundaneums-founders\/\">Archives of the Mundaneum&#8217;s founders<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/mundaneum.org\/en\/collections-and-resarch\/our-collections\/collections-linked-to-anarchism\/\">Collections linked to anarchism<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/mundaneum.org\/en\/collections-and-resarch\/our-collections\/collections-linked-to-feminism\/\">Collections linked to feminism<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/mundaneum.org\/en\/collections-and-resarch\/our-collections\/collections-linked-to-pacifism\/\">Collections linked to pacifism<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/mundaneum.org\/en\/collections-and-resarch\/our-collections\/autres-fonds-darchives\/\">Other archive collections<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/mundaneum.org\/en\/collections-and-resarch\/our-collections\/picture-collections\/\">Picture collections<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/mundaneum.org\/en\/collections-and-resarch\/our-collections\/the-international-newspaper-museum\/\">The International Newspaper Museum<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/mundaneum.org\/en\/collections-and-resarch\/our-collections\/the-universal-documentation-directory\/\">The Universal Documentation Directory<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mundaneum houses thousands of posters, postcards, photographic glass plates and photographs. 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