Public Printing Tour Canceled
The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United StatesThe 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.
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Public Printing Tour
The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United StatesBe 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 StatesBe 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 StatesThe 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 StatesBe 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 StatesIn 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 […]
Public Printing Tour
The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United StatesBe 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 StatesBe 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 […]
Letterpress Studio Practices
The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United StatesThis class will engage students with a hands-on approach to learning proper print shop practices in the museum's letterpress studio. Students will be taught proper care for type, tools, and presses, as well as their proper use. Moreover, the class will pull prints from various presses in the studio, while other presses will be demonstrated […]
Binding a Classic Hard Cover Book
The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston, TX, United StatesIn this introduction to bookbinding, students will learn the basics of materials (book board, book cloth, adhesives, paper) and techniques (folding paper, cutting, sewing, and applying adhesives). By the end of the class, students will have completed 1 or 2 flat-back, case-style bindings, covered in cloth and decorated paper. Cost: $140 (for both days and […]