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Printing museum Nantes is a rewarding stop for art, history and curious minds. Locate it on the map, book a room nearby in a click, or add it to your travel list to build your itinerary.
About Printing museum Nantes
In Nantes, the Printing Museum is a fascinating living museum devoted to the history and craft of printing and the graphic arts, from Gutenberg's revolution to the modern age. Run with passion by former printers, it displays a remarkable collection of historic presses, type, engraving and bookbinding equipment, many still in working order, and offers live demonstrations that let visitors see — and hear — how books, newspapers and images were produced across the centuries. The clatter of the presses and the smell of ink bring this heritage vividly to life, and hands-on workshops allow visitors to try their hand at the craft. Fascinating, hands-on and full of character, the Printing Museum of Nantes offers a wonderful window onto the art that spread knowledge across the world, a rewarding and unusual cultural stop for curious visitors of all ages.