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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

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December 4, 2024 // AEPM webmaster

A new book about the collections of the Type Archive

Type Archived, by Richard Ardagh, is a new book about the collections of the Type Archive in London, which was forced to close in 2023. The tools and machinery of traditional typefounding and machine typesetting are richly illustrated in chapters organised by material: iron, steel, copper, brass, bronze, lead, tin and antimony, and paper. Founded

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December 2, 2024 // AEPM webmaster

The Gutenberg Museum’s Bibles online

October 2, 2024 // AEPM webmaster

Upcoming events at the St Bride Foundation

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

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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.