Contact details
Enquiries (Tel)
:
020 7735 0055
General information (Fax)
:
020 7735 0039
General information/bookings
:
enquiries@typemuseum.org
Website
:
www.typemuseum.org
Closed
The Type Museum closed to the public in May 2006.
Collections description
Objects of international significance including collections of Monotype, Stephenson Blake and DeLittle. The working museum forms an enduring record of technological and aesthetic developments in printing and typography since the sixteenth century. It is the only facility left with the working machinery and expertise to demonstrate the manufacture of punches and matrices as well as representing the evolution of language in almost every written culture in the world.
Key artists and exhibits
Monotype Corporation
;
Merrion Monotype Trust
;
Stephenson Blake
;
Robert DeLittle
;
Stephen Austin
;
William Clowes
;
London Polyglot Bible
;
American Declaration of Independence
;
Wharfedale Press
;
Columbian Press
General Education
Education facilities available
Member of staff available with responsibility for education
Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
Facilities
Library with public access
Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)
Research facilities for academics
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