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An international printing heritage network

We share 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 about us

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29 octobre 2025 - 25 janvier 2026

Deux expositions au Signe: centre national du graphisme

Avant et après la lettre, affiches et leurs maquettes dans la collection Dutailly Les maquettes d’affiches dessinées à la main, ainsi que les épreuves dites « avant la lettre » revêtent par leur rareté un caractère d’exception dans la collection de Gustave Dutailly (1846 -1906). La coexistence des maquettes et des affiches finales présentées dans

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November 28, 2025 to February 22, 2026

I PRINT! Signets, brands, and printers’ marks since the time of Gutenberg

Mainz. From November 28, 2025, to February 22, 2026, the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz will present the first comprehensive exhibition …

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November 28, 2025 to September 27, 2026

CHEATING! Not fair, but brilliant

Nationaal Museum van de Speelkaart Exhibition : 28 November 2025 — 27 September 2026 Do you never turn over an …

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Posted November 24, 2025

Small litho press free to a good home – Urgent ! Very urgent !

This small litho press manufactured by D & J Grieg in Edinburgh will be going for scrap on 28 November. …

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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.

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Printing and related museums in Europe and worldwide

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