A living history of craftsmanship
The Viborg Printing Museum is a working museum where visitors are not just passive observers – here, you can touch the equipment and participate in the work.
The museum comprises several workshops: hand typesetting, machine typesetting, type foundry, printing, bookbinding and a machine workshop for restoration and repair.
In the educational workshop, children and young people have the opportunity to try out the old techniques and participate in the printing process themselves.
History and background
The museum's origins date back to 1981, when three residents of Viborg acquired equipment from the defunct printing house ‘Vingaards Officin’ to create a graphic workshop in Viborg. The name Vingaards Officin historically referred to the printer Hans Vingaard, who printed Reformation writings in Viborg in 1529.
