Discover the history(story) of your glasses! Located in Morez, cradle by worldwide spectacle trade, the Museum of the Glasses invites you to travel across the history(story) of the glasses. In 1796, of a nail the glasses in Morez were born. Discover top how of The jura mountains have the smartness and the know-how to develop a real industrial sector(network), today even recognised worldwide for its creativity and its quality. Through exhibitions(exposures) of the permanent space, enter the universe of the French opticians and their collections and discover how young designers imagine the glasses of future. The Museum of the Glasses shelters one of the most prestigious collections of glasses in world. The collection Essilor - Pierre Marly gathers(collects) about 2500 objects. For the XIIIth century, this collection will make you cross continents and exceptional rooms(parts,plays). Discover facing hand of Sarah Bernhardt, the glasses of Victory of France (girl of Louis XV), the famous settings slits of mark(brand) Courrèges but also telescopes of the explorers of the XVIIIth century. The Museum of the Glasses also initiates you to the functioning of the eye, organ of vision. Thanks to play manipulations, observe main disorders(confusions) of vision and watch not to fall into the trap of our tricks of the eye.
Access
Gare de Morez RN5 Aéroport internationale de Genève
Website
http://www.musee-lunette.com
Phone
03 84 33 39 30

Address
Place Jean Jaurès, 39400 Morez, Jura, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France