The Museum has the capability to recreate a major printing industry facility of the hot metal era and even earlier than that. In this picture gallery the Museum shows some of the hardware being assembled for a future re-enactment event.

The aim is to enable people with experience or interest in letterpress to write, typeset and print a newspaper, once every year or two. The first event is now pencilled in for late 2007.

ENLARGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION Discussion of re-enactment program Overview of a bunch of Linotypes and Intertypes in the Museum's store, representing about half of the collection.

ENLARGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION A closer view, along one of the aisles.

ENLARGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION Another view of the Linotypes. Waiting to re-enact!

ENLARGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION A page trolley on which heavy newspaper pages can be assembled and moved around the room.

ENLARGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION Detail of a Linotype with the front panel open.

ENLARGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION Detail of the camshaft and motor at the rear of a Linotype

ENLARGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION A Linotype that's not going to make it: casualty of moving

ENLARGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION This Ronai hand-operated press was built in Sydney around 1960 and will be part of the re-enactment

ENLARGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION Explanation of typesetting on the Ludlow. A Ludlow Typograph, ready for service

ENLARGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION Explanation of leads and rules. An Elrod Strip Caster produces strips of spacing and rules

ENLARGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION Explanation of Monotype system. Monotype composition caster, one of many.

ENLARGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION A Monotype keybutton bank, one of two needed for operation of a keyboard.