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The International Printing Museum
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2 reviews for The International Printing Museum
I was attending an event at the International Printing Museum last week and was happily surprised at how interesting the museum was. Mark Barbour, the Executive Director, walked our group through all of printing's history and showed us a huge collection of machines, most of which he used to make souvenirs for our group. I took home a printed envelope from the first desktop printing machine, a remnant of the Civil War.
What made the event great was Mark Barbour. He is very entertaining. I completely understand why teachers bring their students to the museum. As a book publisher, I gained a lot of knowledge and a stronger appreciation for the art of making books. He, also, took our group into the warehouse to show off the off-set lithography machine. A huge treat!
Terrific little museum. Our guide, Gary, made the machines come alive. He told us stories of how and why they were invented, and then he operated them! We went home with a page of the Gutenberg bible that we helped print, a freshly printed broadsheet from an 1881 L.A. paper (featuring an acid-throwing anarchist), and an understanding of how cool a Linotype machine is. Seeing these metal marvels whirring and clicking was a revelation.