The National Print Museum in Beggar's Bush,

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, collects, and exhibits a representative selection of

printing Printing is a process for mass reproducing text and images using a master form or template. The earliest non-paper products involving printing include cylinder seals and objects such as the Cyrus Cylinder and the Cylinders of Nabonidus. The ...

equipment, and samples of print, and fosters associated skills of the printing craft in Ireland. It was opened in 1996.

Mission and accreditation

The mission of the museum is to collect, document, preserve, exhibit, interpret and make accessible the material evidence of

craft, and fosters associated skills of the craft in Ireland. It aims to ensure that printers, historians, students and the general public can explore how printing developed and brought information, in all its forms, to the world. The museum is fully accredited under The Heritage Council’s Museum Standards Programme for Ireland.The Heritage Council’s Museum Standards Programme for Ireland

Collection and exhibits

The museum holds over 10,000 items including printing machinery, printing blocks, metal and wooden moveable type, ephemera, photographs, books, pamphlets and periodicals. On exhibit is a representative display of the equipment and artefacts of the rich centuries-old printing heritage, including a replica

Gutenberg press A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink. It marked a dramatic improvement on earlier printing methods in which the c ...

(on loan from

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TV series). There was also an original 1916 Proclamation (on loan until 2016) along with a machine (

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) similar to the one it was printed on.

Facilities

The museum has two floors, with a shop, a cafe at the rear, and a children's corner upstairs.

Activities

The National Print Museum's activities include guided tours, exhibitions, workshops, outreach, lectures and demonstration days. Workshops focus on print-related crafts such as calligraphy, actual printmaking, and batik.

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* {{authority control Museums established in 1996 National museums of the Republic of Ireland Industry museums Printing press museums Museums in Dublin (city) Art museums and galleries in the Republic of Ireland 1996 establishments in Ireland