Virtual Museum of Printing

Excited to introduce The Old School Press on our directory! They print and publish new texts in limited editions with specially commissioned illustrations, often from artists working in various media. Check out more here: vmop.org.uk/old-school-pre…

Can you guess what a Saxmayer is? Did you guess it right? It's an automatic rope-tying machine introduced to the UK in 1956. It was used by magazine and newspaper printers for the bundle tying process. Intrigued? Find out more in our latest blog! vmop.org.uk/blog/the-saxma…

We also have Robert Smail’s Printing Works on our directory. Managed by the National Trust for Scotland, it is the oldest working commercial letterpress printers in the UK, and a living museum of Victorian history. Find out more here: vmop.org.uk/robert-smails-…

Our directory also has individual printers, such as Richard Lawrence. Richard is a letterpress printer in Oxford who produces commercial items and collaborates with artists and designers. Check out here to learn about his 30+ years experience of printing! vmop.org.uk/richard-lawren…

Our directoy also hosts Otley Museum, which has a comprehensive collection of documents and photographs that tell the story of this Wharfedale community from prehistoric times to the twentieth century. Check it out at vmop.org.uk/otley-museum

Introducing Norwich Printing Museum today! It's one of the few UK remaining working printing museums. It features many items with craftsmen and women demonstrating historic printing industry techniques. Check our site for more info: vmop.org.uk/norwich-printi…

Who is a 'clicker', and what does it mean to 'Cut the line'? In our latest blog vmop.org.uk/blog/printers-…, on Printers' Lexicon, you can find the answer to these, and other technical printers' terms, which are probably very bewildering to the layperson!

Do you know that New North Press @NNPletterpress is also on our directory? Established in 1986, it still practice the craft of traditional printing, in the form it took for over 500 years. Check out more here: vmop.org.uk/amberley-1

We're also proud to host @MKMuseum on our directory! Dedicated to the history of Milton Keynes and the people who live there, the Museum has a Print Room with objects like a Columbian hand press, an Albion hand press, and more! Check here for more info: vmop.org.uk/milton-keynes-…

Next up in our directory is The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust! Founded in 1967, it is home to many working printing presses, including a Columbian press, a Cropper press, an Albion press and more! Find out more at vmop.org.uk/ironbridge-gor…

Did you know that we also have @UniRdg_Typo printing workshop in our directory? The workshop enables students and researchers to use and study an unusual and distinctive collection of historic printing presses. Check our site for more info: vmop.org.uk/historic-press…

Happy new year! In the first post of the new year, we'd like to highlight Grey's Printing Press from our directory. A print shop and stationers’ premises first established in the 1760s, it's now operated by the National Trust. Find out more at: vmop.org.uk/grays-printing…

Today we're presenting Ditchling Museum of Art & Craft from our directory! The Museum specialises in showcasing the artists and craftspeople who made Ditchling a creative hub in the twentieth century. Check here vmop.org.uk/ditchling-muse… for more on its links to printing history!

We're excited to have the Stationers' Company @stationerscomms Archive in our directory! The home of historic records date from 1554 to the present day, the archive has been consulted by scholars since the mid-eighteenth century. Learn more about it here: vmop.org.uk/stationers-com…

You've probably seen that the Cambridge University Library Historical Printing Room (@theUL) is on our directory. With an impressive collection, the Printing Room plays an important role in printing history education - check out here for more info! vmop.org.uk/blog/hpr-at-cul

What do a Phoenix press, a Heidelberg printing press, and Columbian printing Press have in common? They're all in the collection of @BradfordMuseums Bradford Industrial Museum! Find more about it in our directory: vmop.org.uk/bradford-indus…

We're really excited to have the Bodleian Bibliographical Press also on our directory! Since 1949, the Bodleian Library has maintained presses for the purpose of teaching practical printing. Check vmop.org.uk/bodleian-bibli… for more details.

What can the life and work of an 18th-century mercury, a (usually) female seller of news and ephemera, tell us? @helen189 examines female relationships and business networks through such a mercury, Elizabeth Nutt. Check out this blog tinyurl.com/42vkjdz8 for more!

Did you know that @BCLivingMuseum is also in our directory? The Print Shed, sited in the back garden of the 1960s Cast Iron House, is an important part of visitors' experience of the Museum, and you can find out more about it here: vmop.org.uk/black-country-…

We're really happy to have @BeckIsle-The Beck Isle Museum of Rural Life in our directory! The museum has a printing house that showcases early methods of printing and see a historic, hand-operated printing press in action. Check this link vmop.org.uk/beck-island-mu… for more details.