TAGS:Printing Museum, Packaging, Publishing, Movable Type, Wood Type, Monotype, Linotype, Typography, Signage, Labelling Book Printing by Hand, Printmaking, Letterpress, Visual Arts, VCD, Graphic Design, Illustrations, Business Cards
PRINTING OLD & NEW -- PUBLISHING OLD & NEW -- PACKAGING OLD & NEW -- PAPER INDUSTRY OLD & NEW . . and more
NOW GATHERING old & current examples of material, design and processes of this ever-changing industry.
Melbourne Museum of Printing
THE PAGE OF CARDS AND PICTURES
and other goodies borrowed from the Home Page
NEWSPAPER OFFICE "COMPOSING ROOM"
The Linotype Machine produces solid lines ("slugs") of metal type in response to typing on the keyboard. A major comp room could have up to 100 of these line-casters. This MMOP re-enactment had six. There were further machines if needed. Where and when it can be done, the Museum aims to present the "look and feel" of the printing workplace. In typical printing works there would be areas where multiple machines or workstands are set up: several typesetting cabinets, Linotypes, presses and other machines, storage racks, make-up benches. At MMOP we had areas like this set up in a realistic manner: this will be recreated when the Museum is rebuilt. This Linotype area was featured on one of our cards. In this image, a film crew is "shooting" a dramatic scene set in a newspaper office for ABC TV. |
Six operators and the copy-boy "on set at MMOP" for a commercial educational series.
MMOP also hired out print-related equipment as "props" for movie sets.
MMOP's original business cards, picture side and text side.
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WHAT DRIVES MMOP?Heritage, tangible and intangible 
[ MOUSE OVER EACH PICTURE ] From the invention of metal types, the hand-operated presses and hand binding of books, through so many great inventions (mostly since overtaken) to today's and tomorrow's technologies. MMOP IN BLOGS There are in fact numerous links to this Museum on the web. Many are from universities and historical organisations around the world, with a link and some commentary, sometimes just a few words. And there are also bloggers and flikr members who feature the Museum in some way. In turn, MMOP links back to them. These are our "Referee Links" Our "Referee Links" Page has lots of interesting links, from people who are interested in the graphic arts. So they are good reading. LOTS MORE GREAT INPUT on the Referee Links pageBLOGS show how visitors have appreciated their experience. All kinds of feedback . . . positive or negative, it's all good!! Several talented people have made VIDEO CLIPS. Flickr, Instagram and similar sites have been populated by lovers of MMOP. Please see the Referee Page for the actual letters received.
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* The Vandercook press, coloured ink on rollers SECONDLY: Just below the MINI-MENU:
* VIEW OF THE BUILDING (2011) many pix of contents PLEASE NOTE: | |||||||||
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THE PAGE OF CARDS AND PICTURES Reality check:
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ARE YOU ONE WHO VISITED MMOP?
WAS IT A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE FOR YOU . . .
OR WAS IT NEW LEARNING?
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Please email feedback@mmop.org.au with your experience and suggestions. Could we have done it better? How could we do better in future? Many thousands of general public, and thousands of students who might consider a career in printing, attended M.M.O.P. in the 25 years MMOP was open. Old Mick, the founder, is still with us, after some 40 years. Read MMOP history on the Home Page(s). Would you like to help?
Although the Museum's offerings were of benefit to "the industry", no help was offered to pay the rent or recruit and train some permanent staff. Mick says it could have become self supporting if it had received initial funding; and still could do so. The Museum and its fabulous collection finally died in 2018 |
MMOP HAS BEEN RECOGNISED
AROUND THE WORLD . . .
AROUND THE WORLD . . .
by Industry Leaders, Museums, Academics, Civic Leaders
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Our Home Page carries a feature of snippets from our REFEREE PAGE, quoting well-known designers, acedemics, museum leaders from around Australia and the world, including senior staff of The National Printing Heritage Trust (England), National Museum of Australia, The Science Museum London, Smithsonian Institution, St Bride Printing Library, London, several of whom had visited our Museum. Full story and lists on home page. [LINKS ARE BELOW (foot of page)]
''This is a Working Museum of Typography and Printing'' ALSO PROVIDING INSIGHTS FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT CHOOSE A PRINT-RELATED CAREER Schools, universities, designers and other visitors came from all states, and overseas, year after year.
Please see the home page or the Referee Page for more, and the actual letters and statements. THEN THERE IS THE PAGE OF LINKS to BLOGS, opinions, images and a few videos offered by our referees. Go to the "Referee Links" page (off the Referee Page). There are many links to this Museum on the web. A lot are from universities and historical organisations around the world. And there are also bloggers and flikr (etc) members who feature the Museum in some way. Lots of interesting links are from people who are in the graphic arts and know about MMOP. Visitors' videos and blogs show how they have appreciated their experience. All kinds of feedback! They are good reading. In turn, MMOP links back to many of them. These are our "Referee Links" and they also are featured on our "Referee Links" page (off the Referee Page). Flickr, Instagram and similar sites have been populated by lovers of MMOP. ALSO PROVIDING INSIGHTS FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT CHOOSE A PRINT-RELATED CAREER Learn and Enjoy !GLOSSARY OF TYPE AND PRINTING
PRACTICAL EDUCATIONThree visitors at "The Roots of Printing Workshop" | ||||||||||||||
PLEASE CONSIDER CONTRIBUTING YOUR IDEAS, AND GIVING MMOP A HAND TO REBUILD FROM OUR DISASTERYOUR STORIES? PICTURES? IDEAS? IDEAS ABOUT THE MUSEUM, THE FUTURE ON-LINE MUSEUM, these pages, or to any aspect of MMOP development. Your comments don't have to be "in sweet agreement" with these plans. YOU COULD ALSO TELL US THE AVAILABILITY OF SUITABLE EXHIBITS FOR THE FUTURE REBUILD. modern? old? ancient? equipment? supplies? manuals? cabinetry? documents? stories? Examples or proofs of printing, typesetting (ancient or modern) packaging, rollers, publishing? .. PLEASE DO NOT DISCARD. If you are or were a publisher, or user of print, who were your printers? Can you offer examples of your printed purchases? IMPORTANTLY, who could offer some storage space for a year or two while we await a long-term home? Who could help with tranport of items acquired by the Museum? EQUALLY IMPORTANT, What if MMOP fails to get that new home? What will happen to my donated items? If MMOP cannot proceed, its assets will be offered to other museums, libraries or collectors. Nothing will be wasted. For example machinery and tools, formes and plates, examples of documents, type founts and cabinets, typesetters, special hand-tools, spacing strips ["leads, reglets and furniture"], bindery items, etc. Presses (of any kind and age), plates, engravings, stereotypes, made-up pages, marked-up proofs, photographs, catalogues, examples of finished work, employment documents? Your own print-related documents, business cards, invoices, advertising would be great. If you are/were a printer, how about a floor plan (past, present or future) of your workplace detailing your machinery etc.? And a statement about your firm's history? What about a few pix of yourself and colleagues and your equipment? It will all be treasured. Please get others to do the same. MORE IDEAS ON THIS SUBJECT HALFWAY DOWN OUR HOME PAGE. 
NEWSPAPER PRESS, PLEASE?Could anyone find and donate a ROTARY NEWS PRESS (somewhere in the world) using curved stereotype plates? This process played a major role, printing millions of papers each day for over 100 years. It was eventually overtaken by lithographic processes.
Stereotype plates being mounted Our founder learnt about those systems in the 1950s, from age 13, at News Limited in Adelaide, where he became a regular visitor. He learnt about hot-metal type composing, stereotype platemaking and web-press operation (although he was never allowed to touch anything). He also found out that News Ltd had a trade typesetting service "Adelaide Art Engravers & Typography" and used them to supply Linotype and Ludlow type setting as well as engravings (blocks) for his own little printing business "South Brighton Printery" (1955 to 1967).
** Before you respond ** you may like to learn about the Museum and its
Please make first contact through rebuild@mmop.org.au. SO, WHERE ARE WE AT, RIGHT NOW?
OVER ITS MOST PRODUCTIVE YEARS the Museum attracted and served thousands of secondary and tertiary students (design and book related) with their teachers from many parts of Australia; hundreds of graphic designers wanting unique hands-on understanding, and dozens of productive artists and book printers, several from overseas. MMOP also hosted events for other organisations, offering their clients a unique experience. The realistic environment is probably what attracted at least a dozen film makers to use MMOP as a location (or borrow items for props) for episodes ranging from educational to crime-drama. TIME NOW TO FLESH OUT THE MMOP STORY
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