OPEN BY APPOINTMENT.

The Museum of Printing and Art Printing in Lodi was inaugurated in 2008 and dedicated to Andrea Schiavi. The Museum is located in the premises of the former Lodigraf printing house, active until the 1980s. Andrea Schiavi was the main visionary who created a real museum dedicated to the history of typographic and artistic printing through the centuries. In the exhibition space, visitors can admire the typical architecture of the old printing house and the perfectly preserved printing machinery and equipment. Visitors have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the craftsmanship and history of a civilization. The knowledge of this historic activity is conveyed in the spacious rooms set up for educational purposes, in order to discover the secrets of this ancient art that, over the centuries, has marked one of the most astonishing inventions of mankind. The museum houses one of the most important collections of printing machines and equipment in Europe. Starting from the ancient wooden type cases, complete with lead and wooden characters, to the cast iron presses and printing presses of the 19th century. We highlight the presence of the precious "Columbian" specimen, in cast iron and steel, built in London in 1859 and the only one in Italy. Also on display is a 1:5 scale model of a wooden press similar to the one used by Gutenberg for printing the Bible.