Conferences

Past conferences

Programmes of previous conferences

Previously on AEPM…

The AEPM’s conferences have been bringing people together to talk about printing heritage since 2006.

2023
Quo vadis? Printing discovering its future
Klingspor Museum / Haus der Stadtgeschichte, Offenbach am Main, Germany. Conference proceedingsPhoto gallery

2022
Why do we make printing museums?
Atelier-musée de l’imprimerie, Malesherbes, France. Conference proceedingsPhoto gallery

2021
Printing in Offenbach: the art of a craft and the craft in the art
Online conference organised by the Klingspor Museum and the Haus der Stadtgeschichte, Offenbach, Germany. Conference proceedings

2020
Postponed because of the Covid pandemic.

2019
Safeguarding intangible heritage
Nationaal Museum van de Speelkaart, Turnhout, Belgium. Conference proceedingsPhoto gallery

2018
After printing. Bookbinding as cultural heritage
Imprenta Municipal. Artes del libro, Madrid, Spain. Conference proceedingsPhoto gallery

2017
Making history: collections, collectors and the cultural role of printing museums
Museum of Typography in Chania, Crete, Greece. Conference proceedingsPhoto gallery

2016
From stone to chip. Alois Senefelder and the invention of lithography
Dutch museum of lithography, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. Conference proceedingsPhoto gallery

2015
The relevance of typographical collections for today’s designers
Tipoteca italiana, Cornuda, Italy. Photo gallery

2014
Exhibiting printing heritage
Gutenberg Museum, Mainz, Germany. Conference proceedings

2012
Challenges for the preservation, study and exhibition of typographical heritage materials
Lyons Printing Museum, France. Conference proceedings

2010
Collections of today: towards a critical evaluation of printing museums’ collections
Deutsches Zeitungsmuseum, Wadgassen, Germany.

2008 — Danmarks medienmuseet, Odense, Denmark

2006 — Plantin-Moretus Museum, Antwerp, Belgium