The Geronima Gales gallery at MuVIM (Valencian Museum of Illustration and Modernity) has installed a replica of the Gutenberg press courtesy of the Printing Museum Senate of Valencia. For more information : http://www.muvim.es/va/content/espai-gutenberg (in Spanish). An English-language brochure is available in PDF format courtesy Valencia’s Diputacion here: Brochure Gutemberg Eng https://senadomuseoimprenta.org.es/
Kraus guillotine (serial number 164404) originally acquired from the Hotterbeekx printing printing company in Maaseik (Belgium) by the artisan bookbinder Rik Vanholen who donated it in the 1980s to the library of Maaseik which has displayed it since as a showpiece in its entrance hall. The library is now being being refurbished and unfortunately will…
The Science Museum Group has completed a major project to relocate the Monotype Collection, which illustrates the mechanical typesetting method that dominated the world in the twentieth century. The Monotype Collection contains more than two million individual items, including a comprehensive archive, around a hundred machines, patterns and matrices, and over four thousand drawers of…
Two residencies for 2025 TYPA has hosted over 100 artists so far and continue to offer a dynamic and varied residency program. Our 2025 Open Call is now open. The deadline for the applications is 31th of August 2024. In 2025, we can offer two types of residencies: TYPA residency and Nordic-Baltic residency. TYPA residency…
Ausstellung, Klingspor Museum, Offenbach, Deutschland For a long time, the history of type design and typography was presented from a purely male perspective. Now, research in the field of type design is increasingly focussing on the women who were already active in type production at the beginning of the 20th century without really becoming visible.…
The making of printers’ type Monday 2 September 2024 To be held in the Museum and in one of the galleries in Blickling Hall, this is a day for the type connoisseur, the printing historian, and anyone interested in the long history of type from ancient China, Japan and Korea, through early Mainz printing and…
We need more people trained to use and maintain typesetting machines. Typa in Tartu, Estonia, Grafiska Museet Helsingborg, and the Friends of the Fjeld-Ljom Press Museum in Røros, Norway, are joining forces in a new project – connecting interested individuals to collaborate on the recruitment and training in the operation of typesetting machines. We will apply…
Il 17 giugno 2024 l’Assemblea dei Soci di AIMSC (Associazione Italiana dei Musei della Stampa e della Carta) ha deliberato le nomine degli 11 membri del Consiglio Direttivo, che a loro volta nella stessa giornata, hanno eletto all’unanimità come Presidente Nella Poggi Parigi e come Vicepresidenti Luigi Campanella e Tiziano Galuppo. Con questa delibera il Consiglio Direttivo – che ha il…
Each year the museum looks forward to showcasing new and exciting work being done in letterpress printing. 2024 is the 9th year of the New Impressions exhibition, an international, juried exhibition to showcase exploration and creativity with letterpress printing techniques. New Impressions 2024 attracted 192 diverse submissions from over 90 artists in 8 countries—including Brazil, Spain,…
Would you like to learn more about letterpress during one year? Do you want to learn to set type and to print on a proofing press? Sign up for our one-year course ‘Typesetting’. This course is part of the three-year project ‘Long live the Black Arts’ that was developed by Drukwerkplaats Atelier t in…
On May 25, as is tradition, the Association of Friends of the Printing Museum held its annual Chapter at the Monastery of Santa María de El Puig, headquarters of the Valencia’s Printing Museum, in which the most important event is the appointment of the new Senators, in recognition of a lifetime dedicated to printing, the…
The Virtual Museum of Printing (VMoP) now has an online presence. The Virtual Museum of Printing (VMoP) is an online museum collective organised under the aegis of the Printing Historical Society and the National Printing Heritage Committee (NPHC). Its aim is to bring together the printing-historical resources of the British Isles in a single website.…
NEW! This year it will be possible to follow online, as they happen, the talks given at the AEPM’s annual conference on Friday 24 and Saturday 25 May, for the modest sum of 15 euros. Details and sign up here: AEPM 2024 online with Eventbrite —
Printing museums and the arts of survival 23-25 May at the TYPA Centre, Tartu, Estonia The conference is approaching and May is just around the corner! We are looking forward to welcoming you to the annual AEPM conference in the TYPA Centre in Tartu, Estonia. We’re very pleased to be able to announce that new…
Wayzgoose 2024: call for presenters/instructors Share your innovative ideas with the world at the annual Hamilton Wayzgoose conference! Submit your proposal to be considered for this exciting event. We’re looking for 20-minute speaking topics and full-day, hands-on workshops. The deadline for presenter/instructor applications is May 1st. Based on last year’s high volume of excellent proposals,…
Francesco Sensoli con Beppe Cantele e Giorgio Cedolin partecipano a questo appuntamento che ha lo scopo di esplorare l’eredità di Jan Tschichold nel campo della progettazione grafica. L’incontro online via Zoom si concentrerà sugli aspetti tecnici della progettazione editoriale, come la gabbia testo, i margini e il rapporto formato pagina/area del testo, esaminando come le…
Call for participation As many will already know, the Monotype collections of the Type Archive, which closed in 2022, are now held by the Science Museum Group (which includes the Science Museum in South Kensington, London). Two years on, the Science Museum Group has commissioned Cultural Associates Oxford to explore the next chapter for the…
The AEPM’s Timeline of printing and related museums has been updated and considerably enriched Since 2015 the AEPM has been compiling a chronology of museums and other organisations which have actively contributed to the preservation, display and mediation of printing and graphic heritage since the middle of the 19th century. Many of these organisations are…
The Musée National Adrien Dubouché in Limoges owns a large Voirin lithographic press. This machine was donated in the 1990s by a porcelain manufacturer who had used it to print transfers. Unlike other machines, it was not included in the museum’s inventory, nor was it integrated into the visitor itinerary during the renovation of the…
On March 1, 2024, Yoeri Meessen took over as director of House of the Book (The Hague, Netherlands). Yoeri Meessen (1981) has extensive experience in the cultural sector and has a national and international network. He worked at the Melly Art Institute (Rotterdam) and in recent years at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam). At Boijmans,…
