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,…
1. Course in the identification of photomechanical prints Organised by Hildegard Homberger Krefelder Str. 17, 10555 Berlin, Germany T+49-30-3912503 h.homburger@t-online.de In cooperation with IADA (International Association of Book and Paper Conservators) https://iada-home.org/events/identification-of-photomechanical-prints-2/ Lecturer: Hildegard Homburger Participants: max 8 Location 10555 Berlin, Germany Language English Dates: Berlin, 27.-28. June 2024 Language German Dates: Berlin, 20.-21. June…
On 28 October 2020, the Printing Historical Society approved a proposal, presented by the National Printing Heritage Committee (NPHC), for a web-based virtual Virtual Museum of Printing (VMP). The website has made good progress since and the first phase of the development will be live and visible to the public soon. The site will launch…
New exhibition at the National Print Museum, Dublin A joint exhibition between An Post and the National Print Museum, until 3 May 2024 Curator, Stephen Ferguson Miniature Masterpieces explores the role of stamps in charting the evolution of Irish cultural identity over the last century. Dedicated to the history, design and production of these miniature…
Full details of the AEPM’s 2024 annual conference are now online The conference is taking place this year in Estonia and is being hosted by the effervescent TYPA centre in the lively university city of Tartu, European Capital of Culture in 2024. Our hosts have taken as the theme: Printing museums and the arts of…
Liis Ring: The tangible present Exhibition is being shown until 3 March 2024 in the Balcony Gallery, open Wed-Sun 12.00 – 18.00. Entry is free. The tangible present is an exhibition about a healing process and a restoration through the practice of being present. It is both an atonement, a gapfiller and a bridge between…
Printing Museum Tokyo Exhibition of world book design 2022-23 9 December 2023 – 3 March 2024 An exhibition of books that won the book design competition, Best book design from all over the world in April 2023 and the Japan Book Design Awards, as well a books that won national competitions in Germany, the Netherlands,…
The theme of the contest is: Racism – Xenophobia In the land of Zeus Xenios, on the island of the protector of strangers already since the ancient times, this year’s international poster contest is scheduled to take place, bearing the title “Racism – Xenophobia”, emphasising once again a burning issue for the whole world. Entries…
Poster House 119 W. 23rd Street, New York, NY 10011, USA September 28, 2023–February 25, 2024 ‘The great question of the 1970s is shall we surrender to our surroundings or shall we make our peace with nature and begin to make reparations for the damage we have done to our air, to our land and…
The Worldwide hand press database is now online! Have you ever wanted to find a museum with a collection of hand presses to visit? Or get in touch with someone who has the same hand press as you have in your museum, collection or workshop in order to exchange information? Are you studying pre- or…
[Petition text in German, English, French and Italian. See below.] The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is planning to ban the use of metallic lead and its alloys in the EU. This would have fatal consequences for artistic and artisanal work, historic crafts and the preservation of cultural heritage in all fields. Whether traditional musical instruments,…
