Musée des Lunettes et Lorgnettes Pierre Marly

The Eyewear Museum
Musée de la lunette
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LocationPlace Jean Jaurès, 39400 Morez, France
Coordinates46°31′15″N 6°01′20″E / 46.520751°N 6.022346°E / 46.520751; 6.022346
TypeHistory of eyeglasses and lenses
FounderPierre Marly
Websitehttp://www.musee-lunette.fr/en

The Musée de la Lunette[1] is a museum of eyeglasses located in Morez (Jura - Franche-Comté), France.[2] It was formerly located in Paris, with the name Musée Pierre Marly - Lunettes et Lorgnettes.[3]

The museum was created by Pierre Marly, optician to crowned heads, public figures and celebrities. It contains almost 3,000 objects, ranging from spectacles dating from the 13th century to wooden Inuit snow goggles, with a permanent exhibition of lorgnettes, glasses, telescopes, and binoculars of all shapes and sizes. Items of interest include glasses made for cats and dogs, Maria Callas' contact lens, and glasses belonging to Princess Victoire of France (daughter of Louis XV), the Dalai Lama, Marlene Dietrich, Sammy Davis Jr., Elton John, and lorgnettes belonging to Sarah Bernhardt.

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  1. ^ "Legal notice". musee-lunette.fr. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
  2. ^ "Musée de la lunette (The Eyewear Museum)". musee-lunette.fr. Retrieved 2021-11-25. Located in Morez (Jura - Franche-Comté - France), birthplace of the global optics industry…
  3. ^ "Musée Pierre Marly - Lunettes et Lorgnettes". paris.org. Archived from the original on 2011-01-03.
  • Kristan Lawson and Anneli S. Rufus, Weird Europe: A Guide to Bizarre, Macabre, and Just Plain Weird Sights, Macmillan, 1999, page 67. ISBN 0-312-19873-6.