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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

May 21, 2025 // AEPM webmaster

A founding masterpiece of modern typography reprinted for the first time

NKF: Piet Zwart’s avant-garde catalogue for Standard Cables (1927-1928) The fabulous Letterform Archive in San Francisco recently published the first-ever facsimile of this modernist masterpiece. Dutch designer Piet Zwart’s bold layouts, photomontage and playful typography transformed a humble cable catalogue into a landmark of the New Typography movement.⁠ Widely regarded as one of the twentieth

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May 20, 2025 // AEPM webmaster

Linogravure avec Al Anarkoreveur

May 19, 2025 // AEPM webmaster

Brecht Evens est pressé

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

Museum finder

Printing and related museums in Europe and worldwide

Want to find a printing museum or other printing heritage organisation near you, or to visit when travelling? Try our Museum Finder

Featured museum

Stichting lettergieten

netherlands

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.