Museo delle arti tipografiche

About the museum

The museum is housed in Palazzo Merolle-Felluca, on Corso Tulliano in Arpino, and is dedicated to the tradition of letterpress printing in the town. The core of the display consists of the machines, furniture and equipment of the Tipografia Editrice Fraioli, bought by the Municipality of Arpino to preserve the memory of this activity.

The route presents tools linked to every stage of movable-type printing, from typesetting to the casting of lead and the reproduction of images. Some panels illustrate the origins and development of the typographic art, the history of printing in Arpino and the story of the Fraioli family.

Highlights

• Treadle printing press
• Lead-melting crucible with press for the matrices
• Collection of lead movable type
• Printing plates (clichés) in copper and zinc, photoengravings and stamps
• Panels on the history of printing in Arpino and the Fraioli family

Permanent exhibition

• Tipografia Editrice Fraioli – Machinery, equipment and movable type of the historic printing house, with panels on the history of printing in Arpino.

Operated by

Comune di Arpino

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