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Printing demonstrations

During a printing demonstration, you will find out all about printing with lead type, how the letters are made and how to use them to make up sentences. You will see the typeset text being put on the press and printed off. Would you like to try typesetting and printing yourself? Then there is the workshop on ‘Casting and setting type and printing’.

Taking your class to the Museum

Active, fun, educational guided tours... Creative workshops on books and printing... Activities for students of all ages.

Listening Eyes in the Museum

The Museum has developed a set of cards that low-literate young people (and adults) can use to explore the Museum and its rich collections.

Press

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The archives

On 4 September 2001, UNESCO included the archives of the Officina Plantiniana in its “Memory of the World” list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity. This recognition by UNESCO internationally establishes that this business and family archive is vital for the cultural history of humanity. Besides this archive, the museum also preserves items from families that are related to the Moretus family in one way or another.

The archives

On 4 September 2001, UNESCO included the archives of the Officina Plantiniana in its “Memory of the World” list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity. This recognition by UNESCO internationally establishes that this business and family archive is vital for the cultural history of humanity. Besides this archive, the museum also preserves items from families that are related to the Moretus family in one way or another.

The archive of Charles Moretus-Plantin

In 1950, Count Charles Moretus-Plantin, the mayor of Stabroek, left his extensive collection of family documents to the Museum Plantin-Moretus. This substantial family fund of a younger branch of the Moretus family constitutes a separate fund in the old archives, namely the “Fonds graaf Charles Moretus-Plantin”.

Archives of related families

The Museum Plantin-Moretus also preserves the family and business archives of relatives of the Moretus family from the seventeenth and eighteenth century. The museum preserves the archives of the following families: Schilders, Bosschaert-De Groot, De Labistraete, De Vlieghere-du Mont-Van Wijck and De Neuf and documents of the Goos, Lunden, Geelhand, Wellens, Wolschaten and Verdussen families.

Plan your visit to the museum

Practical information concerning coronavirus

Practical information about opening hours, ticket sales, how to reach us and accessibility. And how can you enjoy a safe visit to the museum in these times.

Guide to the museum

Museum Plantin-Moretus is open! We will put the well-being of our visitors and employees first. We are taking take various precautions to offer you a pleasant and safe visit. You can read more about them here. We hope to welcome you soon.