The members of the Penrith Museum of Printing would like to wish all of our visitors, volunteers, sponsors and supporters a very happy and prosperous year ahead in 2010. 

To start 2010 off with something completely new, the members of the Museum are proud to announce the first edition of a quarterly newsletter entitled "The Final Proof". We hope that this newsletter will bring our members and supporters news and relevant information on the museum's collection as well articles on people and events.

In our first edition we have included an article from our founder, Alan Connell as well as some stories and news items from the past and present. This first edition has an article on our involvement in the NSW M&G's "Standards Programme" that we completed in 2009, as well an article on the restoration of a Model 5 Linotype (1905) by one of our dedicated members and lots more. Click the link below to download your pdf copy of "The Final Proof". We hope you enjoy it.

Click here to download a copy of "The Final Proof" pdf

Our typography (type-setting) courses continued to gain momentum during 2009 and now in 2010 we again look forward to offering these popular courses. See the "What's New" page now for new 2010 dates.

These courses and others we are developing are designed to give participants the opportunity to go back in time and learn how printing was done prior to the advent of computer based technologies.  See our "What's New" page for more details. 

See our "What's New" page for more details and photos  > go there. Class numbers are limited (4),  Instruction by Tradesmen, Work at your own pace, Use your own copy or ours, Learn to read "mirror image", Learn the type case layout. We promise you a great time at the type case.
If being involved in one of our Typography programmes is something that you think would be of interest to you, then please contact us for more details. See our "What's New" page for more details.

Museum Opening Times:

The museum is open to the public each Saturday for general viewing and demonstrations, between the hours of 10am and 2.00pm and on other days by appointment only.

Please note that the Museum is closed on all public holiday weekends.

See our "Group Tours" page if you would like to book a tour for your group.

The museum provides a much needed venue for this important collection of historic printing machinery and equipment that has seen service in a number of Australian print-shops for more than a century.

We hope you enjoy visiting our website and that you will take the time to come and visit the museum and view some of Australia's printing heritage in action.

Alan Connell  (Founder)