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British Printing Museum

The British Printing Museum is a comprehensive private museum collection of letterpress printing equipment with working press exhibits dating from 1860 up to the 1960s. Open to the public by prior arrangement and to industry and education groups for meetings, workshops and demonstrations. Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire.

Gutenberg Museum, Mainz Germany

One of the oldest printing museums in the world, the Gutenberg Museum invites you on a journey through four millennia of book, printing and written culture. From cuneiform to modern typography, from manuscript to press printing, from the reconstructed Gutenberg workshop and the two Gutenberg Bibles to the museum’s educational project space – the print shop – the permanent and special exhibitions offer a panorama of “black art”.

Museum Plantin Moretus, Antwerp

The original home and studio of the Plantin-Moretus publishing family offers you a unique historical experience. It is therefore a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The history of books, printing and entrepreneurial spirit can be heard in the creaking oak. Here you will find the oldest printing presses in the world, and much more.

Norwich Printing Museum

One of the few remaining working printing museums in the UK.

The museum was born from a collection of printing machinery, type and bindery equipment from the early days of Jarrold & Sons Ltd., which was first established in Suffolk in 1815.

Regular demonstrations and specialist courses.

Robert Smail's Printing Works

Robert Smail’s Printing Works is an operational letterpress printers and an important part of Scotland’s industrial heritage. The National Trust for Scotland purchased the printing works in 1986 and have kept it as a genuine working printers. The printing presses, some of which date back to the Victorian era, can be seen in action; shelves of type line the walls, revealing the changing fashions for typefaces; and 52 giant guardbooks showcase almost every item printed by the family firm.