PRINTING MUSEUMS -- Graphic Arts Get-aways

Also on display is a row of typesetting machines beginning with American inventor Ottmar Merganthaler's second band machine of 1885 and a Blower Linotype of 1890. Both were precursors of his Linotype machine, which revolutionized the printing industry.

Admission fees to many of these museums are minimal, if not free. Getting the next generation of printers interested in the graphic arts industry at an early age will help preserve the craft of printing for future generations—which is priceless.