Museum für Druckkunst

In the location's words:

Founded in 1994, the Museum für Druckkunst combines a production workshop and a museum to present 500 years of printing history in a hands-on way. Around 100 functioning machines and presses from the field of printmaking convey historical type casting, typesetting, and printing processes in a unique workshop atmosphere. In addition to the numerous printing presses and machines, the heart of the collection is the fully functional type foundry, where one of the last active type founders in Germany can be watched at work. Traditional hand typesetting is maintained in the museum, as is machine typesetting, which was developed at the end of the 19th century. Visitors are familiarized with the "black art" in a lively manner, as experts explain and demonstrate the operational machines on a daily basis. With the support of the expert staff, visitors can set their own texts or print various motifs on platen presses. Artists have the opportunity to produce their own prints on the historic printing presses and machines. A workshop for wood engraving from around 1900, a fully equipped manual bindery and numerous knuckle-joint presses enrich and complete the collection. The collection of lead and wood type, dies and steel stamps of European and Oriental origin, which is unique in Germany, underlines the character of the museum as a special place of industrial culture in the field of tension between technology and art. Imprint: Foundation Workshop Museum for Printing Art Leipzig Nonnenstraße 38 D-04229 Leipzig This content has been machine translated.