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Printing

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.

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.

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

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.

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'

'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).

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.

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

Gyotaku, the art that turns fishermen into artists.

How the Traditional Japanese Art of Fish Printing Inspired a Modern Art Form

Gyotaku was once a way to brag about the size of your catch.

Sabrina Imbler June 26, 2019

Ohrid, North Macedonia

National Workshop For Handmade Paper

See how paper's made the old-fashioned way.

Detail of the bridge.

Alcobendas, Spain

Castilla-La Mancha Park 3D-Printed Bridge

This technological marvel is one of the world's first 3D-printed bridges.

Multiple passes through the Risograph can create unique color combinations.

The Vintage Japanese Copy Machine Enjoying an Artistic Renaissance

Launched in the 1950s, the Risograph has been repurposed.

Evan Nicole Brown August 21, 2018

Some of the museum's diverse collection on display.

Turnhout, Belgium

National Museum of the Playing Card

Relics from as far back as the 16th century are on display in a city known for its playing card industry.

Rixing Type Foundry.

Taipei City, Taiwan

Rixing Type Foundry

Taiwan's last Chinese character letterpress preserves the dying art of Chinese character mold making.