TAGS:Printing Museum, Packaging Museum, Movable Type, Wood Type, Monotype, Linotype, Typography, Signage, Labelling, Wide-Format, Printmaking, Letterpress, Visual Arts, VCD, Graphic Design
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WHAT DRIVES MMOP?Heritage, tangible and intangible MMOP IN BLOGS There are of course many links to this Museum on the web. A lot 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 page:BLOGS 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.
<< ΕΝJOY ΟUR ILLUSTRATED TOPICS FIRSTLY: The 13 thumbnails in the red box
* The Vandercook press, coloured ink on rollers SECONDLY: Just below the MINI-MENU:
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Reality check: MMOP is closed for now. But please keep in touch !
PLEASE READ THIS LONG, DETAILED PAGE N.B.: Pages about activities are ARCHIVAL ONLY.
Coming Sometime to this website : Coming Later On : : : : THE RECREATED MUSEUM OF PRINTING Online pages will be under construction, and you can still see many of the old pages via our menu levels, with hundreds of images of Museum objects and activities, both here and on well-known photo websites. More of them are from satisfied students and visitors than from our own resources. Also (below) you could read the views of other museums and experts, customer "feedback" and press coverage in newspapers and trade magazines. These will increase as we receive or discover more items -- and as they rediscover MMOP. Check Back! ARE YOU ONE WHO VISITED MMOP? DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN? WAS IT A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE FOR YOU . . . OR WAS IT NEW LEARNING? Please email feedback@mmop.org.au with your experience and suggestions. 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. As the type-founding trade was dying around 1975 Michael rebuilt it, (while working night shift at Telecom) keeping metal types available as "Australian Type Co". As more and more students and artists wanted to use type and presses, he began offering classes and around 1990 the emphasis changed to preservation and education, and the museum was formed. Although it seemed to be of benefit to "the industry", no help was offered to pay the rent or recruit and train some permanent staff. The Museum and its fabulous collection finally died in 2018 . . OR DID IT? Many with graphic interests (and many without) took part in our "hands-on" programs of typesetting and printing. Some returned to type-set, print and bind a hand-made edition of their own book. Others made cards and posters. Of course they had the chance to see and understand newer systems of printing. In future those newer systems will be part of this "hands on" education. MMOP HAS BEEN RECOGNISED AROUND THE WORLD . . . Industry Leaders, Museums, Academics, Civic LeadersSNIPPETS FROM OUR REFEREE PAGE
''This is a Working Museum of Typography and Printing'' ALSO PROVIDING INSIGHTS FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT CHOOSE A PRINT-RELATED CAREER LEADING CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE: [full statements, and more contributors, on Referee Page]George Gearside JP, (then) President of the popular
Penrith Museum of Printing. 
Patrick Thomas, graphic designer and lecturer of international repute. Patrick toured Australia in 2008 as AGDA International Speaker. Patrick laments the loss of traditional printing knowledge and equipment in Spain, his adopted country and says it has left "a huge gap" in Spanish design education and culture. In the picture, Museum Founder Michael Isaachsen receives a thank-you note from Patrick Thomas (right) who has just printed it by hand in the Museum's Access Studio. 
Martin Stanley, lecturer in Printmaking at the National Art School in Sydney. Tobias Frere-Jones, renowned typographer and graphic designer, who visited MMOP. Russell Kennedy, senior lecturer (then) at Monash University Graphic Design and a leader in international graphic design organisations. Andrew Kean, design lecturer at Swinburne University. Warren Taylor, graphic artist, teacher, curator of 'The Narrows' Art Gallery: ''The hand-made element is really interesting. There's so much printed matter that's mass-produced, it really stands out,'' he said. Jim Reid, Secretary of the (then) Printing Division, AMWU (printing trade union) said: ''It is also relevant that the museum plans to recreate the workplace atmosphere, with not just a machine or two but the large numbers of machines and other items which would have been found in typical workplaces.'' Dr Stephen Foster, (then) General Manager(Collections), National Museum of Australia. in 2002 Ian Butterworth, Engineering Manager, (then at) Maribyrnong City Council: ''There were a number of impressive posters and other works actually printed in the Museum by visiting artists. Some of these had been commissioned by Council'' Councillor Bill Horrocks, Mayor of the City of Maribyrnong in 2002: ''(Mr Isaachsen) has been the only person in Melbourne to save and protect the last of these items of printing heritage'' he said. DETAIL OF THESE AND OTHER REFEREES Please see 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: some are just a few words and a link. And there are also bloggers and flikr (etc) members who feature the Museum in some way. In turn, MMOP links back to them. These are our "Referee Links" and they also are featured on our "Referee Links" page (off the Referee Page). Lots of interesting links, from people who are interested 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. Flickr, Instagram and similar sites have been populated by lovers of MMOP. Learn and Enjoy !GLOSSARY OF TYPE AND PRINTINGUNIQUE TO MMOP — OUR OWN RESEARCH!CLEAR DEFINITIONS OF HUNDREDS OF TERMS
— ALPHABETIC AND THEMATIC BROWSINGComprehensive : Those terms that can be a NOUN, ADJECTIVE or VERB are defined separately if needed.You can find it at:
MMOP's Glossary
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PLEASE CONSIDER CONTRIBUTING YOUR IDEAS YOUR STORIES? PICTURES? IDEAS? EDITING AND SYSTEM SKILLS? YOU COULD ALSO TELL US THE AVAILABILITY OF SUITABLE EXHIBITS FOR THE FUTURE REBUILD. 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 a printer, how about a floor plan of your workplace detailing your machinery etc.? What about a few pix of yourself and colleagues and your equipment? It will all be treasured. EVEN IF MMOP DOES NOT FULLY RESUME, any documentary items will be curated and passed to other museums or archives. Future generations will regard the 21st century as "the old days". They will appreciate anything you can place in Australia's repository of printing MMOP. DOCUMENTS INCLUDING PERSONS' NAMES: please discuss with the Museum about options for special treatment of such documents. For example, only an edited copy is accessible by the public; only registered researchers can see the original. Our curators will handle them according to your request. Future generations will treasure your original paper-work (or digital docs) relating to what you printed and how you worked. PLEASE DO NOT permanently cover any details. Printing, yes, but the "related industries" are also important, such as Publishing, Packaging, Paper Trade: what about labelling? signage? advertising? all involving design skills and typography. Each of these industries has its own significant history. MMOP's duty is to conserve, curate and display them all. Now we must start again while examples can still be found. Please don't discard that "old stuff" including routine documents that show how business was done. We had thousands of them ... most were thrown out by our loving landlord. ANY IDEAS ABOUT STORAGE SPACE? This will be needed as people offer items for the collection, until a "new home" can be secured. Some former MMOP items will be returned and we need to accept them. Finding s suitable long-term home for MMOP may take quite some time. We don't want to knock back machinery, artefacts and documents that may become available (and a few already in unsuitable storage). If in the end there are surplus, or our project fails, these items can be offered to other museums. Ol Mick says he was worried by people, well-meaning, saying that he collected too much - virtually everything he could get. He points out that he could not know which items were the best or most meaningful. There was only one chance to save the material of the "old industry". In time we could choose the most relevant and offer the rest to other museums and libraries. And ONLY THEN consider rejecting anything. NB: further comment and explanation of "taking everything available" is found on the "rebuild page". NEWSPAPER PRINTING 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 photo-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 it 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.
DISASTER STRUCK 5+ YEARS AGO !! The "General Admission Program" for casual visitation could not be reliably offered, or advertised, and only ran two days a week. It could never reach its potential without some regular staffing during the start-up years but there was no funding for recruitment and training. Likewise, the educational and professional programs, although successful, were limited for lack of human resources, and were insufficient in volume to cover the fixed expenses. ALTHOUGH A NUMBER OF INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE in industry and various authorities had sounded positive about funding, to stabilise the museum, it never happened. The funds would have covered the cost of recruiting and training a small team of full-time staff. In turn, that would have enabled MMOP to offer its services seven days a week, including an attractive "general admission" program. Unfortunately, this lack of staff confined operations to "pilot mode" and led to getting a long way behind in the rental, until the Landlord felt that he could wait no longer. Sad to say, he locked out the Museum people and after some time, organised an auction whereby most metallic items were sold, many bought by scrap dealers. MMOP is grateful that some key items were bought by other museums, and some could be returned when MMOP re-starts ! O N E L A S T C H A N C E !The support needed to re-start until break-even could be less than what the founders have outlaid (and finally lost) over the years. SOME KEY ITEMS MAY BE RETURNED. OTHERS ARE STORED IN OFF-SITE LOCATIONS, READY TO RETURN. FURTHER ITEMS HAVE BEEN OFFERED: OTHER NEEDED ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE. The Re-started MMOP will allow visitors to see the impressive range of industries related to printing, with the assistance of the many "industry organisations" that could add important (fascinating) detail to the Museum. Many younger folk will gain insight into careers in our industries. Taking advantage of the Museum's great location, or a suitable 3000 sq.m new location, there is potential to bring hundreds of people per day to learn about printing, publishing, packaging and related crafts, and also explore the region. And hopefully there will be a display hall for to exhibitions and permanent displays of those related industries. Please see our Rebuilding Page for details, options, a 3000 sq.m FLOOR PLAN, updates and a chain of links to various interesting pages and especially the REFEREE PAGE (letters from academics and leaders of museums and industry). >> WHAT IF I BELIEVE THE MUSEUM IS IMPORTANT and wish it well, but I cannot offer financial support? << Many people of goodwill cannot offer the substantial funding that will re-start and rebuild the Museum. But your words of support will be seen by those who could help. "Why is the Museum important? And to whom?" >>After learning all you can about the Museum, its history and its possibilities, please email a paragraph or more about its value to the various communities it can serve. You could start by reading most of this website -- be sure to read the words of our "referees". Also your own feedback will be appreciated if you attended MMOP at any time. Send your views or questions, and suggestions, to rebuild@mmop.org.au. PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR PHONE NUMBER and we can have a chat! [ End of this TORTUOUS HISTORY material ! ! ] NOW SEE MOST OF THE ORIGINAL WEBSITE
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A R C H I V A L MINI-MENU : : more items down the page
THIS IS HOW MMOP WORKED FOR THOUSANDS OF VISITORS 1992 to 2017
| ALL PROGRAMS || SCHOOL PROGRAM || LETTERPRESS PROGRAM || VISITOR PROGRAM | VOLUNTEERS PROGRAM
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WHERE WERE WE? Address, map, phone, email ||
PRINT IN OUR LETTERPRESS STUDIO ||
OUR OWN METAL TYPEFOUNDRY
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MMOP ON FACEBOOK ||
OUR PRINTING GLOSSARY ||
OUR COLLECTIONS ||
PICTURE GALLERIES
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CLICK HERE for details AND PIX of the NEW MUSEUM [2011]. Discover opportunities. (as it was and may again be) |
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CLICK HERE to view our popular LEAFLETS: STILL AVAILABLE as a pack of 12 or 24 prints (6x4 gloss), and other options, to support MMOP Re-Start. EMAIL sales@mmop.org.au |
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THE SHOWROOM PAGE See what happens in the main entrance CLICK IMAGE |
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Melbourne Museum of Printing CLICK IMAGE |
>>> SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE DETAILS <<<
[ PAGES SHOW HOW MMOP WILL AGAIN OPERATE AFTER RE-START ]
{YOU can contribute to "How MMOP will be structured and operate!"}
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VISIT THE CONTACT PAGE [FORMER LOCATION] [IT WAS GREAT] In Geelong Road, West Footscray, Victoria. IT WAS JUST MINUTES FROM THE CITY, WELL SERVED BY TRAINS AND BUSES. 
MAP, TELEPHONE, E-MAIL |
FORMER PUBLIC PROGRAM VISITING WITHOUT APPOINTMENT :: IF OVER 4 IN YOUR GROUP, PLEASE ADVISE. [DAYS, PRICES, DETAILS] GROUP TOURS WERE PART OF THE PUBLIC PROGRAM, and could be booked for any day. GRAPHIC DESIGN TOURS ARE NOT PART OF THIS PROGRAM. SEE "OTHER PROGRAMS". EMAIL MMOP give us your ideas or just a chat. |
OTHER PROGRAMS "USTA BEE" CLICK HERE FOR FULL DETAILS
MAY BE A SLIGHT DELAY? |
OUR COLLECTIONS CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS
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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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! ROWS OF 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 | |
>>> Browse down for other ways to explore the Museum . . . archivally <<<
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WHAT WE OFFER OUR PROGRAM PAGES |
WHO WE ARE PAGES ABOUT US |
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| MACHINERY PAGES | STUDENT PROGRAMS | CONTACT US |
| FOUNT / FONT PAGES | YOU CAN USE OUR PRESSES! | OUR HISTORY |
| ARTEFACTS, HAND TOOLS | OPEN TO PUBLIC? | VOLUNTEERING |
| COLLECTION INDEX | PROGRAM INDEX | INDEX ABOUT US |
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