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Museum of the printing press - Musée de l'imprimerie

13 Rue de la Poulaillerie, 69002 Lyon, France

"The museum of printing press with artifacts related to journalism from the time when journalists were still working with rudimentary technology such as handwriting, wooden typewriters, newspapers with flimsy paper and yellow… to revolutionary technology that changed the world, and up until now to extremely modern journalism.”

The printing press was a revolutionary technology that changed the world, and Lyon prides itself on being an important center of journalism from the 15th to the 16th centuries. This museum offers an in-depth overview. about history. The exhibits here explain graphic printing techniques as well as the cultural effects of printed books.

The museum has a rich internationally recognized heritage, including all material items related to the history of book printing, publishing, photography, graphic design. Some of the documents are also very special, among them: posters plastered on the door of François 1er in Amboise (As one of the agents of the religious wars) wooden carvings used to print the Lyon bible from the century 16th to 18th centuries poster of a fierce battle in the center of Paris (1732), printing press that collects documents related to the invention of photochemical processes in, patents placed on Place Bellecour in Lyon in July 1944 by Rhône-Alpes inventors René Higonnet and Louis Moyroud.

Fare :

Adult : 9 €

Address: 13 Rue de la Poulaillerie, 69002 Lyon, France

Opening hours: Daily 09:30-19:00 (closed on Mondays)

Reference page source: http://www.imprimerie.lyon.fr/imprimerie/

Phone: +33 4 78 37 65 98

Email: micg.lyon@gmail.com

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