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Impressive woodblocks

Woodblocks from the Plantin printing house

The Plantin-Moretus Museum keeps an extraordinary collection of 14,000 woodblocks. With these examples of true craftsmanship, book illustrations and other decorative elements were printed in the Plantin printing house.

Publication: Christophe Plantin's Correspondence

In the sixteenth century, Antwerp was an important humanist center. It was the ideal environment for printer, publisher and book seller Christophe Plantin. Through his letters he kept in touch with a variety of correspondents such as the scholar Justus Lipsius, the mapmaker Abraham Ortelius and the botanist Carolus Clusius.

Taking your class to the museum

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

Visiting the museum with a group

Guided tours, creative workshops, printing demonstrations and day programmes: come to the museum with your group and make the visit more lively or varied with our group options.

Measure Made

Do you have a group or class with special needs or questions? Do you have a special request or are you working on a project? We are happy to make an adapted program for you, tailored to your group.

What is there to do?

Fancy an unusual adventure? Visit the world’s best preserved printing press and soak up the intimate atmosphere there. Young and old, type freaks and bookworms alike will all enjoy the guided tours, exhibitions and workshops here.

Workshops

Printing or etching

During a creative workshop you will discover at first hand what makes printing or etching a proper craft.

Workshops

printing or etching

During a creative workshop you will discover at first hand what makes printing or etching a proper craft.

Workshop Master Printer

Workshop for schools and groups

Arrange letters in mirror image in a composing stick, make up a complete page and print it on a genuine press.

Workshop Master Etching Drypoint

Workshop for schools and groups

In the workshop you first view book illustrations, prints and drawings. Then you’ll learn how to make an drypoint etching as you get to work with plexiglass, ink and a centuries-old etching press.