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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June 19, 2025 // AEPM webmaster

An introduction to The Hot Type Network

Preserving hot-metal typecasting and composition A message from Franz Hennies of the Hot Type Network I would like to introduce The Hot Type Network to you. You might have already seen some of our activities, e.g. on Instagram. It is a European community initiated by three museums — the Grafiska Museet in Helsingborg, Sweden; the…

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June 15, 2025 // AEPM webmaster

Courses on the identification of prints

June 4, 2025 // AEPM webmaster

The Musée de l’imprimerie in Lyon is changing…

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.

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