PRINTING MUSEUMS -- Graphic Arts Get-aways

The Friends were dedicated to founding a printing museum devoted to the graphic arts that would be a legacy for future generations, says Gardner LePoer, executive director.

"Printing history has been poorly documented," LePoer contends. "We hope to alter that."

To help preserve the history of printing, The Museum of Printing collection includes examples of most of the different types of letterpresses made in the 19th and 20th centuries, including both platen and cylinder design presses.