Muzeum Drukarstwa w Warszawie

About the museum

The Printing Museum was established in 1980 as a branch of the Historical Museum of Warsaw (Muzeum Historyczne m.st. Warszawy), which since 2014 has been called the Warsaw Museum. From 1982 to 2010 it was housed in a tenement house at ul. Łucka 1/3/5, on the grounds of the former Norblin works. There it showed, among other things, a reconstructed eighteenth-century printing press and the furnishings of the study of the Warsaw publisher Salomon Lewental. After the property was sold, the collections were moved to a storage facility in Pruszków, and the museum office was moved to ul. Trębacka.

In 2015 the museum began operating in its new seat at ul. Ząbkowska 23/25 in Praga-Północ. The collections include historic objects of printing, publishing, graphic and bookbinding arts, as well as machines and devices used by former printers. The permanent exhibition is the Printing House (Oficyna Drukarska), where visitors learn techniques long out of use in printing.

During a visit you can see books, ephemera and metal printing tools, learn the principles of letterpress printing and then print a commemorative item yourself on a historic press. The museum also runs educational classes on the history of the book, printing, graphic techniques and bookmaking, aimed at age groups from kindergarten children to students. Some of the collections are available on the e-Kolekcje portal.

Highlights

• Printing House (Oficyna Drukarska) with historic machines and printing presses
• Opportunity to print a commemorative item yourself on a historic press
• Books, ephemera and metal printing tools
• Educational classes on the history of the book and graphic techniques
• Low admission fee and free Thursdays

Permanent exhibition

• Oficyna Drukarska – Permanent exhibition of historic objects of printing, publishing, graphic and bookbinding arts, and machines and devices of former printers; visitors can print for themselves.

Founded

1980

Operated by

Muzeum Warszawy

Admission & discounts

Free admission: Admission is free on Thursdays.

30% discount on individual tickets upon presentation of the Large Family Card, the Warszawiak Card or the Young Warszawiak Card.

Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: not available
• Accessible restroom: not available
• Accessible parking: not available
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

Three steps lead to the entrance; after prior phone contact (+48 22 620 60 42) a ramp for wheelchairs can be installed. The exhibition and the ticket desk are on one level, but the museum has no toilet adapted for people with disabilities. The ticket desk has an induction loop, and the access road to the museum is paved. The museum has no own parking spaces for people with disabilities; the nearest one is on the other side of the street at ul. Ząbkowska 18 and cannot be reserved.

Kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Hands-on stations

The museum runs educational classes for age groups from kindergarten children to students; visitors can print for themselves on the historic press.

Getting there & parking

Veturilo city bike station: Fabryka Wódek Koneser.

Amenities & dining

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Events & venue rental

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