Kulturhuef – Musée luxembourgeois de l'imprimerie et de la carte à jouer

About the museum

Kulturhuef was created in two former slaughterhouse buildings dating from 1902, which operated until 1975 and were afterwards used, among other things, as a scout hall and social housing. In 1994, the culture minister of the time approved a printing museum for Grevenmacher; from 1995 the buildings were renovated and extended under the architect Romain Schmitz. On June 29, 2000, the house opened with a museum, a cinema and a bistro.

The museum has two permanent exhibitions. “Gutenberg Revisited” (since July 2018) tells the story of printing from the 3rd millennium BC to today and displays historic machines on the ground floor, such as the Linotype and the Heidelberg Tiegel press. The second exhibition is devoted to Jean Dieudonné, who founded a dynasty of card makers in Grevenmacher in 1754; their workshops operated until 1880.

The collection includes large printing presses, wooden and metal type, around 15,000 printing blocks and more than 1,000 playing-card sets; most of the objects are on loan from the national museum MNAHA, and the rest come from donations. Courses and artist residencies mean the historic machines are still in use today.

Highlights

• Permanent exhibition “Gutenberg Revisited” with historic printing machines
• Exhibition on the Dieudonné dynasty of card makers
• Free admission to the museum
• Hands-on printing on a hand press, with motifs that change every month
• Former slaughterhouse with cinema and bistro under one roof

Permanent exhibitions

• Gutenberg Revisited – The history of printing from the 3rd millennium BC to today, with historic machines such as the Linotype and the Heidelberg Tiegel press on the ground floor.
• Spielkarten – Jean Dieudonné – The Dieudonné family of card makers, who produced cards in Grevenmacher from 1754, with printing plates, sheets, cards and tools.

Founded

2000

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Admission to the museum is free; only guided tours cost money. The cinema and the bistro have their own prices.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking
• Service dogs welcome
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The house carries the EUREWELCOME label. Wheelchair-accessible lifts serve all exhibition levels, and there are two public accessible parking spaces; the house is partly accessible for visually impaired visitors. Assistance dogs are welcome in the museum, cinema and bistro.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Activity booklet, scavenger hunt or kids’ audio guide
• Hands-on stations
• Kids’ birthday parties

For children there are workshops on old and new printing techniques, family tours, a children’s booklet and the companion booklet “Gutenberg & Dieudonné for Kids” (available in the shop). The theatrical tours are aimed at children aged 6 and up. Children’s birthday parties are offered.

Getting there & parking

By car via the A1 (Luxembourg–Trier), exit 14 “Mertert-Wasserbillig” towards Grevenmacher; the museum lies right in front of the roundabout.

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

Museum shop (Tuesday to Sunday, 14:00–18:00) with notebooks, postcards, type and printed works from the artist residencies. According to the website, the house’s bistro is temporarily closed.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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