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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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June 5, 2023 // aimsc

L’arte di stampare con la pietra

L’affascinante mondo della litografia Nel corso dei nostri incontri non potevamo certo trascurare l’invenzione della litografia che risale al 1796 – ad opera del tedesco Alois Senefelder – e che ha rivoluzionato il mondo della stampa. Protagonista indiscussa di questa tecnica, che sfrutta proprietà chimiche degli elementi in gioco, è la pietra calcarea levigata su cui viene disegnata

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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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Museum of typography

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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.

A brief history of printing and related museums worldwide

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