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An international printing heritage network

The AEPM shares knowledge, experience, initiatives, and resources in all fields of the graphic arts as they have been practised from the time of Gutenberg until the present day. Read more

Latest news

25 novembre 2025

Documenter le quotidien : enjeux et spécificités des fonds d’éphémères

La Bibliothèque nationale de France propose un rendez-vous régulier sur l’histoire du livre et son actualité. La demi-journée d’étude de cet automne 2025 porte sur les fonds d’éphémères (prospectus, tracts, etc.) et leurs enjeux de traitement et d’exploitation. Comment collecter et rendre visible ces imprimés de toutes sortes, diffusés à grande échelle mais volatiles ?

AEPM 2025 - annual conference of the Association of European Printing Museums

3-5 September 2025 | Winterbourne House, University of Birmingham, UK.

A brief history of printing and related museums worldwide

in the form of a timeline of the foundation dates of over three hundred printing and graphic heritage organisations from 1843 to the present day

Publications & conference proceedings

A variety of publications about printing and graphic heritage including profiles of printing museums, a selection of papers from previous AEPM conferences and a brief history of printing and related museums in the form of a timeline of the foundation dates of nearly two hundred printing and graphic heritage organisations worldwide.

Museum finder

Printing and related museums in Europe and worldwide

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Featured museum

Jens Jørgen Hansen, bogtrykker

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