Druckereimuseum Wildeshausen

About the museum

The museum is not a collected assemblage but a print shop founded in the 19th century and fully equipped. Until 1987, the Wildeshauser Zeitung was produced in its rooms on Bahnhofstraße; afterwards the workshop was preserved as a museum.

The exhibition traces the development of letterpress printing over roughly one hundred years up to the introduction of phototypesetting. Among the oldest pieces is a wooden screw press on which the weekly newspaper "Die Hunte" was printed until 1860; from a later period comes a Heidelberg cylinder press, which last printed the Wildeshauser Zeitung. There are also platen presses, a toggle-lever press, repro cameras and typesetting machines of the Linotype and Typograph types.

The hand-composing room holds numerous shelves of typefaces and type cases, the stereotyping room has melting pots and casting equipment, and a separate room is devoted to bookbinding. According to the town, all the machines are in working order. The building is a stop on the historic town walk; tours are arranged by the Verkehrsverein Wildeshausen.

Highlights

• Fully equipped newspaper print shop, in operation until 1987
• Wooden screw press on which "Die Hunte" was printed until 1860
• Heidelberg cylinder press
• Linotype and Typograph typesetting machines
• Hand-composing room, stereotyping and bookbinding

Founded

1859

Admission & discounts

Guided tour €55 per group; booking through the Verkehrsverein Wildeshausen.

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