Are you travelling around the nation and looking for somewhere fascinating to visit? Or are you a print aficionado? Either way, there is a large choice of print museums across the country and around the globe to visit. They display a variety of antique printing presses, type faces, ancient samples of printing, and the history of book binding. Here are a few examples of ones you can visit free:
Museum of Printing History - Huston, TX: Founded in 1979 by printers that each desired to preserve their large collections and share them with the community. Their mission is to promote, preserve, and share the knowledge of printed communication and art as the greatest contributors to the development of the civilized world and the continuing advancement of freedom and literacy.
Marshfield Sun Printing Museum - Coos Bay, OR: This museum is a turn-of-the-century newspaper and printing shop that offers displays of antique printing presses, newspapers, and other photograph related exhibits. It contains all the type cases and printing equipment originally used by The Marshfield Sun Newspaper. Walking from 1891 to 1944, this was, at the time, the oldest walking newspaper in Oregon published by editor.
Their exhibits tell the story of written communication, from Mesopotamian clay tablets, to the invention of movable type, to Johann Gutenberg's printing press. The history of The united states is displayed through newspapers from the American Revolution to the Civil War, as well as the history of printing in California. The museum also features working galleries with vintage equipment where visitors can see artist demonstrations of stone lithography, letterpress printing, paper making, and book binding. Classes are also offered. Hours of operation: 10am-5pm Tuesday through Saturday
The Hamilton Manufacturing Company, founded in 1880, was the largest wood type producer in the country when everything was letterpress printed and they also manufactured medical office furniture, light tables, and more. They are still in business today, making steel lab equipment. This is and a working museum, where people can come to learn to print and artists can use their printing presses to generate their works. Hours of operation: 12pm-5pm Tuesday through Friday
Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum - Rivers, WI: Dedicated to the preservation, study, production, and printing of wood type, this museum boasts a collection of one.5 million pieces of wood type along with other equipment needed for printing. Wood type has been used as early as 868 CE, where it was used like a stamp, and was still used when the printing press became popular because of its light weight and flexibility.
Museum of Printing History - Huston, TX: Founded in 1979 by printers that each desired to preserve their large collections and share them with the community. Their mission is to promote, preserve, and share the knowledge of printed communication and art as the greatest contributors to the development of the civilized world and the continuing advancement of freedom and literacy.
Marshfield Sun Printing Museum - Coos Bay, OR: This museum is a turn-of-the-century newspaper and printing shop that offers displays of antique printing presses, newspapers, and other photograph related exhibits. It contains all the type cases and printing equipment originally used by The Marshfield Sun Newspaper. Walking from 1891 to 1944, this was, at the time, the oldest walking newspaper in Oregon published by editor.
Their exhibits tell the story of written communication, from Mesopotamian clay tablets, to the invention of movable type, to Johann Gutenberg's printing press. The history of The united states is displayed through newspapers from the American Revolution to the Civil War, as well as the history of printing in California. The museum also features working galleries with vintage equipment where visitors can see artist demonstrations of stone lithography, letterpress printing, paper making, and book binding. Classes are also offered. Hours of operation: 10am-5pm Tuesday through Saturday
The Hamilton Manufacturing Company, founded in 1880, was the largest wood type producer in the country when everything was letterpress printed and they also manufactured medical office furniture, light tables, and more. They are still in business today, making steel lab equipment. This is and a working museum, where people can come to learn to print and artists can use their printing presses to generate their works. Hours of operation: 12pm-5pm Tuesday through Friday
Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum - Rivers, WI: Dedicated to the preservation, study, production, and printing of wood type, this museum boasts a collection of one.5 million pieces of wood type along with other equipment needed for printing. Wood type has been used as early as 868 CE, where it was used like a stamp, and was still used when the printing press became popular because of its light weight and flexibility.
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