Melbourne Museum of Printing

Australia's working and teaching museum of typography and printing located at Footscray, Victoria. Specialising in retention of traditional printing, both the equipment and the knowledge.


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Our current leaflet:

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Melbourne Museum of Printing
on Radio National, 14 Feb 2008

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Melbourne Museum of Printing
in "The Age" 13 Sept 2007

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visit the INTERNATIONAL PORTAL of PRINTING MUSEUMS

Location: 36 Moreland Street, Footscray, Victoria.
CONVENIENTLY LOCATED JUST MINUTES FROM MELBOURNE CITY, WELL SERVED BY TRAINS AND BUS SERVICES.

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MAP, TELEPHONE, E-MAIL

PUBLIC PROGRAMS
OPENING DAYS/HOURS, PRICES

TOURISTS, COMMUNITY GROUPS, GENERAL PUBLIC, ALL WELCOME !

SEE HOW PRINTING WAS DONE WITHOUT A COMPUTER.

PROGRAM INDEX
CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, ACCESS STUDIO, RESEARCH. COMP-ROOM RE-ENACTMENTS. SUPPORT FOR OTHER MUSEUMS.

COLLECTION INDEX
MACHINES, FOUNTS, ARTEFACTS, PRINTED WORKS, ARTWORK, NEGATIVES, PLATES, OFFICE EQUIPMENT, COMPUTERS

PICTURE GALLERIES INDEX
EACH THEMED GALLERY HAS TEN OR MORE IMAGES AND DETAILED EXPLANATIONS.

DOWNLOAD DOCUMENTS
BROWSE OR PRINT OUT DETAILS OF THE MUSEUM'S ESTABLISHMENT.

HOW TO USE OUR MATERIAL: COPYRIGHT NOTICE

GLOSSARY OF TYPE AND PRINTING
CLEAR DEFINITIONS OF HUNDREDS OF TERMS - ALPHABETIC AND THEMATIC BROWSING

VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE MUSEUM, ITS COLLECTIONS, ITS PROGRAMS

OUR TYPEFOUNDRY
WE STILL MAKE METAL TYPES FOR ARTISTS, ACADEMICS, ENTHUSIASTS AND OLD-TIMERS LIKE US!

LINOTYPE RE-ENACTMENTS
REMEMBER THE NEWSPAPER COMPOSING ROOM?

WE ARE PLANNING THE FIRST EVENT FOR 200x. JOIN IN! FORTY LINECASTERS COULD BE WORKING. WHO WILL OPERATE THEM?

Browse down for other ways to explore the Museum . . .

DID YOU KNOW? COMMON QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MUSEUM and OUR UNWANTED MOVE

VOLUNTEERING?
VERY REWARDING!

THESE SPECIAL INTEREST JUMP PAGES MAY MATCH YOUR THEME	What's your interest?
THESE SPECIAL INTEREST JUMP PAGES MAY MATCH YOUR THEME	Typography & Design__	D.T.P. or_ Word Proc	Book___ History__	Media &_ Editing__	Self____ Printing	Print___ Making_	Typo____ Glossary	Letterpress Freak____

EXPLORE THESE DIRECT LINKS TO KEY AREAS
WHAT WE HAVE OUR COLLECTION PAGES	WHAT WE OFFER OUR PROGRAM PAGES	WHO WE ARE PAGES ABOUT US
DIRECT LINKS TO KEY PAGES . . .
MACHINERY PAGES	STUDENT PROGRAMS	CONTACT US
FOUNT PAGES	YOU CAN USE OUR PRESSES!	OUR HISTORY
ARTEFACTS, HAND TOOLS	OPEN TO PUBLIC?	VOLUNTEERING
COLLECTION INDEX	PROGRAM INDEX	INDEX ABOUT US

AN OVERVIEW OF SOME ITEMS IN OUR COLLECTION INDEX:
MACHINERY PRINTING TYPESETTING OTHER FOUNTS HAND-SET TYPE LINE-CASTING MATS LINOTYPE LUDLOW TYPE-CASTING MATS MONOTYPE COMP MONOTYPE LARGE THOMPSON FOUNTS FOR PHOTOSETTING	NON-MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT STORAGE CABINETRY HAND TOOLS CONSUMABLES, MATERIALS ARTEFACTS SAVED TYPESET JOBS ENGRAVINGS STEREOTYPES ARTWORK, NEGATIVES LITHO PLATES FINISHED PRINT JOBS	LIBRARIES BOOKS AS ARTEFACTS BOOKS ABOUT PRINTING, TYPOGRAPHY, LANGUAGE BOOKS, POSTERS, PRINTED IN OUR ACCESS STUDIO BUSINESS RECORDS OF PRINTERS QUOTATIONS AND INVOICES FOR PRINTING GOODS PURCHASED, INVOICES RECEIVED SUPPLY CATALOGS (INK, PAPER, TYPE, MACHINERY) GENERAL BUSINESS DOCUMENTS ANCILLIARY COLLECTIONS COMPUTERS AND SOFTWARE OFFICE EQUIPMENT TELEPHONE SWITCHBOARDS

OTHER WAYS TO NAVIGATE (2) ____U_S_E___O_N_E___O_F___O_U_R___S_I_T_E___G_U_I_D_E_S_____
SITE MAP Once you know the language of printing, an easy way to navigate our many indexes and destinations.	VIRTUAL TOUR See our collections, programs and links. You can get off anywhere for a closer look!

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As at Nov 2007