Museum of Printing

28/05/2026

Can you help the Print Council of Australia?

24/05/2026

Up to $24k on offer

19/05/2026

Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum, originally founded by the Two Rivers Historical Society in the historic Hamilton Manufacturing Company buildings, preserves and interprets what is widely recognized as the world’s largest collection of wood type. Comprising more than 1.5 million pieces of wood type and thousands of original production patterns dating from the early nineteenth century through 1985, the collection documents more than a century of American industrial production, graphic communication, and printing technology.

The museum’s holdings represent more than 1,000 wood type styles and include production patterns associated with many of the major American wood type manufacturers consolidated by Hamilton Manufacturing Company during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

In recognition of International Museum Day, the collection highlights the essential role museums play in safeguarding cultural heritage, advancing education, and connecting communities through shared history. The museum’s working collections preserve both the physical artifacts of printing history, and also the knowledge, skills, and creative practices associated with wood type manufacture and letterpress printing.

Through exhibitions, demonstrations, classes, and active printing, the museum continues to make this history accessible and relevant, illustrating how printed communication shaped public life, commerce, education, and civic participation across generations.

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13/05/2026

FOR SALE
SURPLUS Printmaking Presses and Equipment

Australian Print Workshop is keen to find new homes for a range of surplus printmaking presses and studio equipment. This includes some beautiful etching and lithographic presses, as well as an antique relief proofing press. All items are pre-loved but in excellent working condition and are currently in a storage facility in southeastern Melbourne.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to take home one of these exquisite presses.

ALL REASONABLE OFFERS WILL BE CONSIDERED
We are accepting offers until 5pm, Friday 29 May 2026.

To request a PDF with details of all presses and equipment and/or to arrange a time to inspect these items please contact APW Senior Printer Martin King (Tuesday-Friday)

T: 03 9419 5466
E: [email protected]

28/04/2026

Ten years after creating one of Australia's most recognisable street art series, artist Peter Drew has relaunched his "Aussie" poster series.

STORY: https://ab.co/3QOhNgF

Drew started the "Aussie" series in 2016 as a way of challenging assumptions about Australia's national identity.