The Printing Museum galleries and studios are open BY APPOINTMENT ONLY, Tuesday through Friday, 10am - 4pm..

Learn more

Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

Today

Public Printing Tour

The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United States

Be a Printer for a Day! Join a Public Printing Tour. Join TPM Artist-in-Residence Charles Criner on a hands-on tour of printing history. During your guided tour, you will learn of early forms of printing, participate in the hands-on printing of a leaf of the Gutenberg Bible pulled from a replica press, print a copy […]

Public Printing Tour

The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United States

Be a Printer for a Day! Join a Public Printing Tour. Join TPM Artist-in-Residence Charles Criner on a hands-on tour of printing history. During your guided tour, you will learn of early forms of printing, participate in the hands-on printing of a leaf of the Gutenberg Bible pulled from a replica press, print a copy […]

Turning Pages: A Bookish Open House

The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United States

The Printing Museum will open its doors for a free event where visitors can explore the art of the book during mini-workshops on traditional hand paper making, paste paper, stone lithography printing, letterpress printing and book binding. Throughout the day, Museum staff and Board members will share their favorite books, including public readings of their […]

Museum Closes at 3:30 p.m.

The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United States

The Printing Museum will close at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 27, 2015, to allow staff to set up for the kick-off party for our annual fundraiser, The Gutenberg Dinner. We will re-open at 10 a.m. on Friday, August 28, 2015.

Public Printing Tour Canceled

The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United States

The 2 p.m. Public Printing Tours has been canceled for Saturday, August 29, 2015. We will resume the tours on Wednesday, September 2, 2015, at 10 a.m.

Public Printing Tour

The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United States

Be a Printer for a Day! Join a Public Printing Tour. Join TPM Artist-in-Residence Charles Criner on a hands-on tour of printing history. During your guided tour, you will learn of early forms of printing, participate in the hands-on printing of a leaf of the Gutenberg Bible pulled from a replica press, print a copy […]

Public Printing Tour

The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United States

Be a Printer for a Day! Join a Public Printing Tour. Join TPM Artist-in-Residence Charles Criner on a hands-on tour of printing history. During your guided tour, you will learn of early forms of printing, participate in the hands-on printing of a leaf of the Gutenberg Bible pulled from a replica press, print a copy […]

Labor Day – Museum Closed

The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United States

The Printing Museum will be closed on Monday, September 7, 2015, to observe Labor Day. We will re-open on Tuesday, September 8, 2015, at 10 a.m.

Public Printing Tour

The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United States

Be a Printer for a Day! Join a Public Printing Tour. Join TPM Artist-in-Residence Charles Criner on a hands-on tour of printing history. During your guided tour, you will learn of early forms of printing, participate in the hands-on printing of a leaf of the Gutenberg Bible pulled from a replica press, print a copy […]

Slip Cases

The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United States

In this class, students will make a slip case out of sturdy book board, with a lined interior, and with an applied cover of book cloth.  Measuring for proper overlaps, application of adhesive, and application of bookcloth will be addressed. Students will learn the sequence of cuts and paste-downs necessary to create neat and well-tailored […]