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Panama City, Florida

Panama City Publishing Company Museum

Discover old-fashioned printing through hands-on exhibitions and publishing artifacts.
This colored wood engraving shows the pig-faced Miss Atkinson.
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Regency Londoners Were Obsessed With Pig-Faced Ladies

In 1815, the obsession with swine-ish, upper-class ladies reached a fever pitch.
Sarah Crocker August 6, 2024
Old Homosassa, Florida

Old Mill House Gallery & Printing Museum

Explore the history of printing in this unique museum owned by a longtime printer.
The first men to explore Antarctica tried to be tough by writting silly stories.
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Antarctic Explorers Wrote Cute, Funny Stories to Hide Dangerous Stunts

Eventually, even imagined mushroom fantasy lands could no longer mask the perils.
Allegra Rosenberg March 4, 2024
Paris, France

Le Tampographe Sardon

A letterpress workshop committed to the art of printing, with unique and creative designs.
Velha Goa, India

Gate of St. Paul's College

All that remains of a 16th-century Jesuit school is this carved, worn gate.
Beaver Island, Michigan

Mormon Print Shop Museum

Once the home of a local newspaper, this small museum preserves the history of Beaver Island, from its Indigenous inhabitants to the arrival of a self-proclaimed king.
A page from a mid-15th century Gutenberg Bible. Gutenberg's famous 42-line bible is known as the earliest book printed using mass-produced moveable metal type in Europe.
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What Do We Really Know About the History of the Printing Press?

To get the whole story, you'll need a particle accelerator.
Line Sidonie Talla Mafotsing September 16, 2022
Paolo Olbi in his workshop in the 17th- and 18th-century Palazzo Ca’ Zenobio in Venice.
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Keeping the Centuries-Old Tradition of Venetian Bookbinding Alive

Inspired by a 15th-century editor, Paolo Olbi pushes to keep this from being the last chapter.
Vittoria Traverso July 29, 2022
The Press Room
New York, New York

The Press Room

Home to a dizzying array of letterpress blocks with a rich history.
Close up of the Pantelegraph
Milan, Italy

Pantelegraph

Invented in the mid-19th century, this machine could send copied images via telegraph lines.
Permanent Exhibition
Porto, Portugal

Museu Nacional da Imprensa (National Press Museum)

This museum is home to one of the biggest collections of printing press technology—plus a river view.
Edward Everard's Printing Works
Bristol, England

Edward Everard's Printing Works

This Grade II Listed Building with an Art Nouveau façade once contained a unique print shop.
There are lots of stories about the provenance of the block letters—but it's hard to pin down the origins.
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The Puzzling Provenance of Historic Hebrew Type

It's hard to match the letters with their creators.
Karen Chernick April 9, 2021
The Pressroom and Mercantile at The Box SF.
San Francisco, California

The Box SF-Historic Pressroom and Mercantile

This antique shop specializes in the history of print and design.
'Printer's Devil'
York, England

'Printer's Devil'

A Reformation-era fiery figurehead once denoted this location as a print shop.
"Cats and Hibiscus" shows a standoff between two cats next to a thicket of the flowering plant (fuyō).
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A Great Wave of Hokusai Drawings Resurfaced at the British Museum

“This is definitely one of the greatest discoveries of Hokusai works in a long time."
Claire Voon September 17, 2020
The institute’s Heidelberg is a workhorse letterpress, essential for producing consistent, high-volume work.
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A California Type Foundry Is Keeping Vintage Printing Alive

“It’s a really neat feeling to help people be able to print from hot metal.”
Glenn Fleishman August 28, 2019