Printing Museum, Tours, General Admission, travelling map, Typography, Printmaking, Letterpress, Graphic Design
Melbourne Museum of Printing
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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266 GEELONG ROAD, WEST FOOTSCRAY
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Location
266 Geelong Road, West Footscray. PLEASE DON'T WRITE TO THIS ADDRESS - SEE BELOW.
350 m south of West Footscray Station (in the inbound service road).
MAP :: WHERE IS MMOP NOW?
 
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"Last seen headin' West !"


 

Postal, telephone, email addresses :: further down the page.

OPENING TIMES

For General Public: details of days, times and prices are on our General Admission page.

Other programs, such as Access Studio, Graphic Students' Workshops and large-group visits, CAN BE BOOKED FOR ANY DAY.

Why did we move, and why is the collection still in jeopardy? Read this 2002 document.

Public Transport from Melbourne City:

Take a SYDENHAM TRAIN from any city station to West Footscray: travel time 12 min, walk 5 to 7 min.

At West Footscray, do not cross the train line to reach the Museum: you will need to cross the line when returning to Melbourne.

The large road-bridge that goes over the tracks is Geelong ROAD. Walk alongside it, do not cross it. The Museum is on the same side as the station. Cross Geelong STREET at the signals.

There is a car yard, an "iron foundry" then MMOP.

Bus Services in Western Melbourne

There are three bus routes that stop near MMOP. More detail from the Metlink website. Try the Bus stop info page.

Route 411 and 412 connect from the Laverton and Nth Altona areas and stop near the "Cafe" shown on our map. In the other direction, they connect from Footscray Bus interchange (Paisley St) and stop near Wales St, approximately opposite MMOP.

Route 472 connects from Williamstown, Newport, Yarraville areas and stops near West Footscray Station. In the other direction it connects from Moonee Ponds, Ascot Vale, Flemington, Nth Footscray areas, via Footscray centre, to a stop near West Footscray Station.

Car Travel

The Museum is located in Geelong Road, about 300 m past the 'hump bridge' that crosses the railway at West Footscray. It is located in the inbound service road. (Coming from the city) you pass by the Museum (on your right) and make a U-turn where the sign says 'Robbs Road and Graingers Road'. Go right across into the service road and drive back up Geelong Road.

All-day parking is usually available in Robbs Road or Graingers Road but not much in front of the Museum.

Consider public transport.

Postal address:
P.O. Box 555, Footscray, Victoria, Australia 3011

BY MAIL:
For Comments about this Web-site: Attention: Webmaster
For Enquiries about programs: Attention: Class Coordinator
For Enquiries about Volunteering: Attention: Volunteer Coordinator
For Australian Type Company: Attention: Manager, ATC
For General Enquiries: Attention: The Curator

Telephone: 9689 7555 - probably need to leave message.
PLEASE NOTE: our office is attended by our volunteers for limited hours.

Area Code (within Australia): (03)
(from overseas): +61 (3).

Fax: - no longer available.

E-mail: curator (at) mmop.org.au : see below for more addresses.
Please include your PHONE NUMBER and ADDRESS on all enquiries.

Names below are to be sent as name (at) mmop.org.au

   secondary :  high school programs
    tertiary :  university/TAFE/tertiary college programs
          pd :  professional development workshops
       tours :  groups over five people please book
   typesales :  founts of type, hot-metal typesetting, and other supplies
  collection :  offers of items, requests for info
   volunteer :  to register for work experience or volunteering
        shop :  souvenirs, type specimen packs
  newsletter :  (we don't have one yet!) to go on list
   webmaster :  website issues
   copyright :  permission to use our images or text
     curator :  all other matters

A LOOK INSIDE THE NEW MUSEUM AND LETTERPRESS STUDIO

See our special NEW-HOME page for some nice pix.
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