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Melbourne Museum of Printing |
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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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DISASTER HAS STRUCK !! SAD, BAD, NEWS
M.M.O.P. OPERATIONS ARE SUSPENDED
due to failure to attract support.
Please see our Planning Page for details and updates . . . or
Please email to offer ideas about attracting support
ideas@mmop.org.au
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Heritage of Printing, Publishing, Packaging, Paper
Industrial Heritage - Business Heritage - Intangible Heritage
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VISIT THE
CONTACT PAGE
LOCATION
266 GEELONG ROAD,
West Footscray, Victoria.
JUST MINUTES FROM THE CITY, WELL SERVED BY TRAINS AND BUSES.
MAP, TELEPHONE, E-MAIL |
PUBLIC PROGRAM
VISITING WITHOUT APPOINTMENT :: IF OVER 5 IN YOUR GROUP,
PLEASE ADVISE.
[DAYS, PRICES, DETAILS]
GROUP TOURS
ARE PART OF THE PUBLIC PROGRAM, and can be booked for any day.
GRAPHIC DESIGN TOURS
ARE NOT PART OF THIS PROGRAM. SEE "OTHER PROGRAMS".
VOLUNTEER NOW TO HELP WITH PROGRAMS.
EMAIL MMOP TO HELP ON OPEN DAYS
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OTHER PROGRAMS
CLICK HERE FOR FULL DETAILS
- GRAPHIC STUDENTS' WORKSHOP
- THE ROOTS OF PRINTING (P.D.) WORKSHOP
- GRAPHIC DESIGN TOUR
- GENERAL INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING
- LETTERPRESS STUDIO (when qualified)
- RESEARCH ACCESS (and that's not all.)
THESE ARE AVAILABLE ANY DAY
BY APPOINTMENT.
EMAIL YOUR INTEREST (PHONE NUMBER PLEASE!)
OR CALL (03)9689 7555.
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OUR COLLECTIONS
CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS
- MACHINES OF MANY KINDS
- FOUNTS (FONTS) OF MANY KINDS
- ARTEFACTS AND DOCUMENTS:
- LETTERPRESS ITEMS
- OFFSET LITHO ITEMS
- LIBRARIES
- BUSINESS DOCUMENTS
- COMPUTERS AND COMMUNICATIONS
ALSO SEE TABLE NEAR BOTTOM OF PAGE
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PICTURE GALLERIES
EACH THEMED GALLERY HAS TEN OR MORE IMAGES AND DETAILED EXPLANATIONS. |
DOWNLOAD OUR DOCUMENTS
BROWSE OR PRINT OUT DETAILS OF THE MUSEUM'S ESTABLISHMENT. |
GLOSSARY OF TYPE AND PRINTING
CLEAR DEFINITIONS OF HUNDREDS OF TERMS - ALPHABETIC AND
THEMATIC BROWSING |
VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE MUSEUM, ITS COLLECTIONS, ITS PROGRAMS
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HOW TO USE OUR MATERIAL: COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
OUR TYPEFOUNDRY
WE STILL MAKE METAL TYPES FOR
OTHER MUSEUMS, ARTISTS, ACADEMICS, ENTHUSIASTS AND OLD-TIMERS LIKE US!
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LINOTYPE RE-ENACTMENTS
REMEMBER THE NEWSPAPER COMPOSING ROOM?
WE WERE PLANNING SOME GREAT EVENTS, BUT MUCH OF OUR EQUIPMENT
HAS BEEN DESTROYED. SO THE COMP ROOM MAY BE JUST A MEMORY! FORTY LINECASTERS
COULD HAVE BEEN WORKING. WE MIGHT DO IT ON A SMALLER SCALE SOME TIME. WHO
WILL OPERATE THE LINOS, LUDLOWS AND PRESSES?
WHAT ABOUT YOU? |
DID YOU KNOW?
COMMON QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MUSEUM and
OUR MANY UNWANTED MOVES |
MORE INFORMATION
EMAIL MMOP TO HELP ON OPEN DAYS
EMAIL MMOP TO ENQUIRE ABOUT VOLUNTEERING
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| AN OVERVIEW OF SOME ITEMS IN OUR
COLLECTION INDEX: |
- MACHINERY
- PRINTING
- TYPESETTING
- OTHER
- FOUNTS
- HAND-SET TYPE
- LINE-CASTING MATS
- TYPE-CASTING MATS
- MONOTYPE COMP
- MONOTYPE LARGE
- THOMPSON
- FOUNTS FOR PHOTOSETTING
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- NON-MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT
- STORAGE CABINETRY
- HAND TOOLS
- CONSUMABLES, MATERIALS
- ARTEFACTS
- SAVED TYPESET JOBS
- ENGRAVINGS
- STEREOTYPES
- ARTWORK, NEGATIVES
- LITHO PLATES
- FINISHED PRINT JOBS
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- 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
- TELEGRAPHY, TELEPHONY ITEMS
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