Three hundred years of printing history
This isn't a museum, this is a home. A house where nine generations lived and worked. The Plantin-Moretus family were revolutionary printers. The first atlas, regal bibles, cutting-edge scientific books: they were all printed under this roof. And the books are still here. As if the work day has only just ended. The living quarters have been preserved as well, creaking floor boards included. Browse centuries-old books, roll up your sleeves at the printing press or immerse yourself in gripping stories.
You are most welcome.
This was a home, a publishing company and a printing house. A bit of everything, really. And always bustling with activity, as it has been for nearly 500 years. There's the permanent exhibition of course, but on top of that, the museum puts on various activities. Temporary exhibitions and workshops, kids and family days and late-night openings. Find out more about our activities.
The oldest surviving printing press in the world? The most illustrious books to ever be published? Prints, drawings and paintings of household names in Flemish art history? Elegant living chambers and a garden to match them? It's impossible to pick an absolute highlight. But we tried anyway:
