The permanent exhibition is dedicated to one of the most momentous inventions in human history - the movable type printing press. Johannes Gutenberg, the "man of the millennium", set a media revolution in motion that paved the way for our information age.
On around 3,500 square meters of exhibition space, around 1,100 exhibits tell of the eventful history of book printing, its inventor Johannes Gutenberg and the exciting consequences of the first media revolution. In addition to outstanding book collections - including two famous Gutenberg Bibles ("B42") and fragments of the "B36" - the permanent exhibition invites visitors on a journey of discovery through the history of books, printing and writing.
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