Ferienveranstaltung: Depotgeflüster für Kinder

Have you ever seen a printing press, scoop screens, typesetting and stitching machines or watermark screen rollers up close? During a guided tour of the stacks of the Cultural History Collection of the German Book and Writing Museum of the German National Library, everyone can get to know many unusual objects. Join us on the guided tour "Depotgeflüster" (Depot Whispers) to explore our stacks for technical collections. The five-metre-high room houses a variety of machines and equipment used in paper production, bookbinding and typesetting and printing technology. In addition to machines weighing several tons, we also display inkwells and filigree nibs.

Join us on a journey of discovery through the history of media: you will learn a lot about the development of writing and graphic techniques using cuneiform tablets, Chinese stamps and historical printing presses. We explain how various machines work and explain paper production processes and different printing techniques. During the one-hour tour, you will get to know our exciting collection and explore rooms that are otherwise only accessible to our employees.

Information and contact

Venue: Museum foyer, German Book and Writing Museum of the German National Library in Leipzig

Costs: Free admission

Duration: approx. 60 minutes

Age: from 8 years

Registration: No registration required

Checkroom information: You will need one or two euro coins to lock bags and rucksacks in the lockers.

Accessibility: The rooms in which the event takes place are wheelchair accessible.

Contact: dbsm-info@dnb.de