Museum of Printing

The Museum of Printing in Haverhill preserves the history of printing, graphic arts, typography, and the technologies used to reproduce and distribute information. Its collections span hand presses, letterpress equipment, type and typecasting, Linotype and Monotype systems, phototypesetting, offset-era tools, typewriters, and office-communication machines. The museum is especially notable for its extensive phototypesetting collection and its large archive of typographic material.

Visitors can examine working machinery, watch demonstrations, explore galleries devoted to the changing craft and industry of print, and attend workshops or special programs. The experience connects mechanical invention with publishing, design, literacy, advertising, and everyday communication. Its combination of large industrial equipment, rare artifacts, and hands-on interpretation makes the museum useful both to general visitors and to specialists in printing and design history.