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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December 11, 2018 // AEPM webmaster

Printing heritage explored in theory and in practice …in Birmingham

La conférence annuelle de l’association des musées européens de l’imprimerie (AEPM) s’est tenue cette année à Winterbourne House & Garden, de l’université de Birmingham, organisée par le Centre for Printing History and Culture (CPHC). Les membres du conseil d’administration de l’AEPM chargés de coordonner l’événement se sont réuni(e)s presque tous les mois en visioconférence avec
December 11, 2018 // AEPM webmaster

Antique printing Press for a museum or collector?

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

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