http://typophile.com/node/13013 Comments for "Gutenberg Museum" en http://typophile.com/node/13013 <p><strong> <a href="/wiki/Indicies" class="wiki-create">Indicies</a> : <a href="/wiki/Museums" class="wiki">Museums</a> : Gutenberg Museum</strong></p> <p>The Gutenberg Museum is located in Mainz (near Frankfurt), Germany. The museum featuers a working replica of a Gutenberg press with demonstrations made regularly. I also houses a two-volume 42 line Gutenberg Bible and has a collection of historical handwritings, prints, presses and typesetting equipment.</p> <p>The museum also is home to the &#8220;Druckladen&#8221;, a letterpress workshop open to everyone interested. The muesum closely cooperates with the &#8220;Mainzer Minnipressen Archiv (MMPA), a collection of books from micro-publishers and -presses. The MMPA is organiser of the bi-annual &#8220;Minnipressen-Messe&#8221;, a trade fair for micro-publishers and -presses.</p> <p>Contact:<br /> Gutenberg-Museum<br /> Liebfrauenplatz 5<br /> 55116 Mainz<br /> Germany</p> <p>Phone: +49 (0) 6131 - 122640 - 42<br /> <a href="http://www.gutenberg.de/museum.htm" title="http://www.gutenberg.de/museum.htm">http://www.gutenberg.de/museum.htm</a></p> wiki Fri, 10 Jun 2005 07:01:59 -0700 mjh 13013 at http://typophile.com