Melbourne Museum of Printing Open Day
Hey all,
Mark this in your calendar.
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SAVE THE MMoP
Open Day and Fundraiser
On Sunday May 17 2009 between 2 and 6pm, the museum will be open to the public.
This event will take place at the museums print workshop located at 36 Moreland St,
Footscray and will include live music, letterpress and typesetting demonstrations and a print
exhibition and fundraiser –with works created by some of Melbourne’s leading contemporary
artists and design studios, including Rose Nolan, Callum Morton, Jon Campbell, Alter,
3 Deep Design, Studio Round, Pip & Co, The Narrows and more.
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Melbourne Museum of Printing (MMOP) is a working museum of typography and printing.
Since 1993 the museums focus has been on the retention of traditional printing methods and
equipment. Initially established as the Australian Type Company – containing a comprehensive
collection of printing presses, typesetting machines, types and other print-related artefacts in
addition to its Monotype-based typecasting machines and matrix collection. In due course, it
became the last remaining typefoundry in Australia and should, by commercial norms, have
closed in the early 1990’s when proprietor Michael Isaachsen turned the whole collection into
a non-profit museum.
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LOCATION:
36 Moreland st, Footscray
VIC, Australia
36 Moreland st, Footscray
VIC, Australia
OPEN:
10am-6:00pm Wednesdays
2:00pm-6:00pm Thursdays, Sundays
CONTACT:
T 03-9689-7555
www.mmop.org.au
Blog:
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See you all there.
Cheers,
Barry.
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