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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

Latest news

17 novembre 2025

Presse à arrêt de cylindre à donner

[Paliseul, Belgique] Je dois vider un atelier de mon père dans lequel séjourne depuis 80 ans une presse exceptionnelle produite en peu d’exemplaires car cette presse est arrivée en production quelques années avant de voir les premières automatisations de marges du papier. Presse double-colombier à arrêt de cylindre, encrage déjà automatique, partie bois et fonte.

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...? Try our Museum Finder