Love our collection of printing machinery, type and bindery equipment! 📄
We are currently closed to the public, but do get in touch if you would like to see anything from the collections, or arrange a workshop or lecture.
Norwich Printing Museum
One of the hand-moulds at the #norwichprintingmuseum. This is a French-style mould, made of steel with a brass "hopper mouth", probably made around 1800 for hand-casting type in the brevier size (roughly 8-point).
Our traditional desk-calendar for 2026 was the last thing we printed at the Museum before we moved out of Blickling Hall in October. Copies have now been creased and will be available through our website.
A new monograph, Stan Nelson on the Typefounder's Hand Mould, will be published by the Museum and Legacy Press in the summer. Large octavo. 296 pp. Cloth + dust-jacket. $75.00 or £55.00 (£45 before 1 July), post-free in the UK.
What's the story behind the Norwich Lesbian Line flyer? Find out on the #norwichprintingmuseum website ...
norwichprintingmuseum.co.uk/2025/10/what...
Read about "The wonderful adventures of Mrs [Mary] Seacole", the first black woman to publish her autobiography, and about her connections with Norwich ...
norwichprintingmuseum.co.uk/2025/11/adve...
Medieval women in bookbinding. Were there any? Yes there were. Find out more at the Norwich Printing Museum ...
norwichprintingmuseum.co.uk/2026/01/a-sh...
A wood-engraving of around 1873, showing a family printing with the Jabez Francis "parlour press". Only three original examples of this press are known to survive (two of them are at the Norwich Printing Museum).
TEXT & TEXTILE! is a new exhibition of work by artist Connie Flynn. During Connie's recent artist residency at the #norwichprintingmuseum, she explored the traditional process of letterpress, creating elements of her exhibited artworks.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/norfol...
Our keepsake from the Mannington Book Bash, printed on the Jabez Francis parlour press.
#manningtonbookbash #norwichprintingmuseum #bookfair #jabezfrancis
We will have a stall at the Mannington Book Bash this Saturday and Sunday. Come along and print a keepsake on one of our Jabez Francis parlour presses ...
www.manningtonbookbash.co.uk
Norwich Printing Museum
Norwich Printing Museum
Norwich Printing Museum
Norwich Printing Museum
Norwich Printing Museum
Norwich Printing Museum
Norwich Printing Museum
Norwich Printing Museum
Norwich Printing Museum
Norwich Printing Museum
Find out what a striking flyer can tell us about the connections between printing and LGBTQIA+ history...
