Penrith Museum of Printing gears up for show

The Penrith Museum of Printing is preparing for a bumper weekend when the annual Penrith Show is held on August 24 and 25.

The museum operates thanks to a dedicated team of volunteers that ensure the museum, located in the Penrith Showgrounds, is open each weekend so that visitors can see how printing was done in the olden days using traditional methods.

The hard working volunteers have been busy re-organising the museum’s substantial collection of presses which include a a fully restored Colombian which printed The Carcour Chronicle, a weekly newspaper in New South Wales from 1863 to 1943, and are ready to show the operational exhibits on show weekend.

The museum is open every weekend from 10am and houses fully operational letterpress printing presses and equipment from the 1840s to the 1970s including Model 5 and 8 Linotypes, Chandler and Price, Arab, Heidelberg platen, Miehle and many Adana presses.

It also features a substantial collection of hand-set type and Ludlow fonts as well as an extensive collection of antique wooden display type.

The museum which seeks to preserve the past for the future is open Saturdays and Sundays from 10am and other days by appointment. It is fully staffed by volunteers so any support for the museum is greatly appreciated.

For more information visit: https://www.printingmuseum.org.au/

 

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