07/07/2025
The Printing Museum
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Regarding the largest collection of working letterpress machinery & equipment in NZ & Australia. In search of a home.
The objectives of The Printing Museum are:
●to preserve the nation's letterpress printing heritage and to present it in a way which is attractive, entertaining and instructive.
●to encourage enthusiasm for the trade of letterpress by showing how it developed worldwide and was eventually used to widen knowledge in early New Zealand and form the beginning of our country's own "communication revoluti
07/07/2025
09/11/2024
Letterpress saves the day. Using Linotype and Vandercook to overprint synthetic wrist bands for Basketball court access.
03/11/2024
A very early quality export to Australia from New Zealand. From Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1371, 24 March 1923, Page 3
01/11/2024
A lot of crude in them old Albion’s.
12/09/2024
Shiny goodness in the back corner awaiting call to action.
11/03/2024
Michael achieving cleaver kerning on both sides. The final fitting will be really cool.
22/02/2023
The Times, she keeps on rolling on.
21/02/2023
2 recent donations sorted and packed in our custom made Linotype Matrix Boxes. Thanks to Peter Randall for the woodwork.
23/12/2022
Never realised this third party Linotype and Intertype supplier was in New Zealand. Part of a cool box of ephemera from Motat.
22/12/2022
Thanks to Donald for saving these for 40+ years. Great donation and in been stored in good conditions, minimal rusty. Thanks again. TPM.
24/11/2022
Nice to see the hand written skills are still around. Nearly every store used to have a greeting on their window at Christmas time.
11/11/2022
Any ideas for use of these. Were amongst a lot of 2 colour Christmas mats. No name on point mark.
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Location
Address
262 Thorndon Quay
Wellington
6011
Opening Hours
| Wednesday | 6pm - 9pm |
| Sunday | 1pm - 5pm |