temporary exhibition

Letterpress printing, which was invented by Johannes Gutenberg in the 15th century, drove the information revolution and fundamentally changed the way we communicate. No other invention can be compared to printing in terms of its impact on the world.

With the advance of digital media, the culture and technology of letterpress printing are rapidly being lost. The City of Mainz and the Gutenberg Museum launched the Mainzer Impuls to draw attention to the imminent loss of these important craft techniques.

The Printing Museum, Tokyo, endorses this statement, and to promote the project in Japan, hosts the Mainzer Impuls Exhibition. The exhibition explains how Gutenberg contributed to the development of letterpress printing in the West, and introduces the Gutenberg Museum, the initiator of the Mainzer Impuls.

"Mainzer Impuls" Gutenberg Museum ( external URL link  )