The Printing Museum — Attraction in Houston

One of my rare reviews without any photos. Capturing art is better in person anyway and this museum didn’t fail. As you might have guessed, there’s lots to read in the Printing Museum so come prepared. They have some interactive exhibits that you can walk around but not touch. It’s nice to get that close to history. Later in the museum they talk about how print is influenced through newspaper articles and the evolution of printing devices. You can even read framed revolution war clippings and see how the news was portrayed back then. I would like to state this whole museum is about print and probably won’t be interesting for kids not in grade school yet. I personally enjoyed it alone and spent roughly 2 hours pondering around different exhibits and framed...

This museum is a great treasure in the state of Texas. Whenever you visit Houston this should be a scheduled stop. This nonprofit organization has done so much to further printmaking and it’s history.

They have an active role in offering print education to the Houston community and to virtual students. They exhibit print artists at all levels. The staff is amazing and dedicated to building a positive space for artists to grow.

They have an amazing artist in residence program that gives artists studio space and time to develop their creative research. It is a wonderful treasure in Houston. I can’t wait for the new facility to be open regularly to the public like...

I recently visited the museum when it hosted the Twelfth Annual Houston Book Fair this past Saturday. I was very impressed by the space and its contents, it was nice to see how written communication has evolved over time from clay tablets to computers today! The real highlight of the museum are the working galleries with vintage equipment demonstrating the crafts of stone lithography, letterpress printing, papermaking, and bookbinding! Watching a linotype cast out entire lines of metal type to eventually form a column was a real treat in the age of the interwebz. Now I know where the term "to write a column"...