Demonstration Day for National Heritage Week

Experience the Museum come to life as a volunteer panel of retired printers and compositors demonstrate our collection in action. From the Linotype composing machine, to the Heidelberg Platen printing press, to the Shaw Pen Ruling machine, witness the incredibly complex technologies that were used for centuries before our modern digital printers.

Highlighted this year is the Monotype Caster, a fantastic hot-metal casting machine which was used to create type for printing. See the caster in action and pull a print from cast Monotype. Hear all about the machine from our expert volunteers and how we have restored it to bring it back into use.

This is a free, drop-in event and no booking is necessary.

Accessibility
Demonstrations are conducted on the ground floor, where visitors will also find the Reception, Museum Shop, permanent exhibition, toilets, and Café. The ground floor is fully accessible to wheelchair users. Entry for wheelchairs is via the Café. The Museum welcomes guide and service dogs.

Intangible Cultural Heritage
This project received funding through a joint initiative by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport and the National Monuments Service to support practices inscribed on Ireland’s National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Ireland’s National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage is managed by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport and can be viewed at https://nationalinventoryich.ccs.gov.ie/ . The National Monuments Service is delighted to support this initiative that highlights the strong relationship between tangible and intangible heritage.