Welcome to the AEPM

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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May 14, 2019 // AEPM

The history of books and printing in Korea

Rare Book School is pleased to announce a new course: The History of Books and Printing in Korea (H-160). Join renowned curator Beth McKillop of the Victoria and Albert Museum July 28–August 2 at the Harvard-Yenching Library for a survey of books in Korea since 700 CE, with contextual references to developments in China and…

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May 7, 2019 // AEPM

John Jarrold Printing Museum to be downsized, building to be demolished

April 16, 2019 // AEPM

Critical approaches to typography: an international summer school

AEPM conference 2019 – Passing on printing techniques to future generations

The AEPM’s next annual conference will be hosted by the Nationaal Museum van de Speelkaart in Turnhout, Belgium from the 23rd till the 25th May 2019. Read on...

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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Moulin Richard de Bas

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Publications

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.