The Penrith Museum of Printing committee would like to wish all of our members, friends and supporters a very happy new year for 2012. 

We think we have got off to a good start for the year as we recently came into possession of a number of different fonts of old wooden type. The museum was contacted in late 2011 by a person who was wondering if we would be interested in having some old printing equipment and a bag or two of wooden type that had been laying dormant in a garage for around 20 years. 

A quick look at the supplied photos showed a large proofing press that appeared to be in reasonable condition and certainly a piece of equipment that we thought would not only add to our collection but also be very useful for taking larger proofs than is now possible on our small hand operated proofing press.  

Moving the press out of its stored location took a fair degree of effort but with no damage to the press or us we managed to get it separated in two sections and onto our trailer. It was then back to Penrith where the press stayed on the trailer for a week till we had more people available to squeeze it into one of our now 'overflowing' storage area.  

The wooden type fonts have been a wonderful addition to our expanding collection and were used for the first time this last Sunday to good effect in the first of this years Poster courses. 

If you would like to get involved in the world of letterpress then we would certainly welcome your involvement to lend us a hand. No experience required, just a love of letterpress and some time is all that is needed.

The latest edition of the our newsletter, 'The Final Proof' is now available for PDF download, so please click on this link January 2012 Newsletter.pdf  

Happy reading.

Stephen Brique
President

Typography 1 Courses.

New dates for our popular Typography course for 2012 are now available on our "What's New" page. Be quick as the courses are filling quick. Stay tuned for two more courses that are in the pipeline and almost ready. More information coming shortly.

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 set text, Learn to read "mirror image", Learn the type-case layout. We promise you a great time at the type- case.
If being involved in our Typography programme 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.

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.

Stephen Brique 
President