How to keep the printing history alive and relevant? Certainly one important way is through education, as our amazing contributor the Bodleian Bibliographical Press does. The teaching programme offers learning sessions, using technologies from 15th - 21st century.

Great to see our Historical Printing Room featured by Virtual Museum of Printing.

We share mission of education & research with our contributors. One example is Cambridge University Library Historical Printing Room. It originated from a decision to set up a bibliographical teaching press, and the Library has a significant collection of archival resources & printing artefacts.

BMoP Sneak Peek S01E02: Introducing today our content contributor Gary's Printing Press National Trust NI at the heart of Strabane, once a famous printing town in Ulster! 👈 An eighteenth-century gem that continues to help us learn about printing.

BMoP Sneak Peek S01E03: Ironbridge Gorge Museums are also onboard! 😍The fascinating displays in their Blists Hill print shop will give you a good idea about what to expect on our digital platform. (Courtesy of The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust)

BMoP Sneak Peek S01E01: We're thrilled to have Winterbourne HG as our content contributor 👏. Winterbourne is home to several 19th century printing presses, which are still in action today.

The theme of #InternationalMuseumDay 2024 is Museums for Education and Research. VMoP is proud to support this mission through our work, but we can't do it without our wonderful supporters and contributors. Want to play your part? We'd love to hear from you!

Ditchling was at the heart of a revolution in lettering beginning of 20th C, and we’re lucky to have Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft as our contributor. One of the collection stars is the Stanhope printing press, which represents the very beginning of the St Dominic’s Press.

BMoP Sneak Peek S01E04: With St. Bride's Foundation St Bride Foundation as our contributor 👏, we can't wait to show some of their treasures of printing and typography on our platform! (Image credit: St. Bride's Foundation)

C19 printing history is connected with the industrialisation of the British Isles, as our contributor Bradford Industrial Museum nicely demonstrates. Some of its collection highlights include: Monotype machine; Linotype model 78; and Meteor Automatic stop-cylinder printing press.

Seeing letterpress at work is such an important part of printing heritage!

Still looking for contributions to our blog! Passionate about printing history & culture? Keen to inspire interest in print collections in the British Isles? We'd love to have your blog on our website, to be launched soon! See details 👇or follow the link: tinyurl.com/4nrkkkmn

What an interesting work on a significant part of British printing history

What a great way to keep the printing heritage alive

That was closed when we visited - must go back again!

Things of beauty!

This is really cool 👉

A piece like this helps bring printing history to life.

This looks mesmerising 😍