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Letterpress Business Cards

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

Learn the basics of setting type by hand and letterpress printing using the table-top platen press, still widely available on the market. Learn the california job case, set type, use a pica ruler and composing stick, mix ink, ink the press and print. Each student will set and print his or her own business card. […]

$105

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 […]

Memorial Day – Museum Closed

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

The Museum will be closed on Monday, May 30, 2016, in observance of Memorial Day. We will re-open on Tuesday, May 31, 2016, at 10 a.m.

Montrose Print Market: Summer Edition

Saint Arnold Brewing Company 2000 Lyons Avenue, Houston, TX, United States

The 'Summer Edition' is now the 'Downtown Edition!' As we begin the recovery effort after the fire last week, we are moving the Print Market to a new date and location. Thanks to the generosity of St. Arnold Brewery, The Montrose Print Market will move to Sunday, June 5, 2016, from 2 p.m. to 7 […]

CANCELED The TPM Listening Tour

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

Throughout 2016, The TPM Listening Tour will gather together groups of Museum Board members, staff, volunteers, supporters, Museum Members, and the general public, to informal, small group conversations with the Museum’s executive director, Mark Osborne. Beginning Saturday, May 14, at 10 a.m., The Listening Tour conversations will take place at The Printing Museum in its […]

Summer Book Arts Studio Session 1

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

From making the paper to binding the book, students will participate in the hands-on and historical art of bookmaking at the Printing Museum’s Summer Book Arts Studio. On each successive day of the Studio, participants will create an element of the finished book. Cost: $150 (includes materials) Please note that Museum Members receive 10% off […]

$150

Summer Book Arts Studio Session 2

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

From making the paper to binding the book, students will participate in the hands-on and historical art of bookmaking at the Printing Museum’s Summer Book Arts Studio. On each successive day of the Studio, participants will create an element of the finished book. Cost: $150 (includes materials) Please note that Museum Members receive 10% off […]

$150

Independence Day – Museum Closed

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

The Museum will closed Monday, July 4, 2016, in observance of Independence Day. We will re-open on Tuesday, July 5, 2016, at 10 a.m.

Summer Book Arts Studio Session 3

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

From making the paper to binding the book, students will participate in the hands-on and historical art of bookmaking at the Printing Museum’s Summer Book Arts Studio. On each successive day of the Studio, participants will create an element of the finished book. Cost: $150 (includes materials) Please note that Museum Members receive 10% off […]

$150

Summer Book Arts Studio Session 4

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

From making the paper to binding the book, students will participate in the hands-on and historical art of bookmaking at the Printing Museum’s Summer Book Arts Studio. On each successive day of the Studio, participants will create an element of the finished book. Cost: $150 (includes materials) Please note that Museum Members receive 10% off […]

$150