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Gutenberg Museum Mainz

At a glance

The opening of the "Gutenberg Museum MOVED" exhibition
Scholl memorial at the start

The themes of the exhibition

Ground floor:

  1. Prelude: "Scholl Memorial" and printing station for media card
  2. Prologue: Gutenberg's life and work with city model
  3. The Gutenberg Museum – a look at media history: comparison of modern media with objects from the Gutenberg Museum collection in six thematic areas: "Describing the world," "Passing the time," "Shaping opinion," "Unfolding splendor," "Creating knowledge," "Cultivating image," media use then and now, Columbia Press, selfie station
  4. Treasury: Gutenberg Bibles, books from Gutenberg's time, manuscripts, book production, wall projection of the Gutenberg Bibles

Staircase: 

  1. Picture journey: Illustrations on the history of the Gutenberg Museum.

First and second floors:

  1. Printing technology: printing demonstrations and cinema, book production, paper manufacturing, bookbinding
  2. Print shop: museum education department
  3. Special exhibition area 

Room plan

Room plan of the permanent exhibitionPDF-File2,22 MB

Explanations and notes

Picture credits

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