Museumsdruckerei Hoya "Zwiebelfisch" e.V.
How to find us:
- Street
- Lindenallee 2
- Zip, City
- 27318 Hoya
- Country
- Germany
- Phone
- 04255 465
- Web
- https://www.museumsdruckerei-hoya.de/
- info@museumsdruckerei-hoya.de
Tue: closed
Wed: closed
Thu: closed
Fri: closed
Sat: closed
Sun: 14:00 – 17:00
kostenlos
Der Eintritt ist kostenlos, aber Spenden sind gern gesehen
Description
In the town of Hoya in the Lower Saxony district of Nienburg/Weser, the Museumsdruckerei Hoya documents the technical development of book printing and brings it to life.
Across approximately 150 square metres, historic printing presses and accessories are on display, illustrating the roughly 550-year history of hot-metal typesetting. Among the standout exhibits are a 1.5-tonne Linotype typesetting machine and a knee-lever press from 1866, which originates from Berlin and is considered the oldest printing machine. A six-kilogram printing cylinder recalls the last edition of the Weser-Kurier produced using hot-metal typesetting on 9 June 1984.
The museum printing workshop was housed from 1998 until the end of 2019 in a former parsonage at Kirchstraße 30, directly next to the Heimatmuseum Hoya. After a move to the Alten Molkerei (Lindenallee 2, Hoya), the new rooms have been open to the public again since September 2022.
In addition to preserving historic machines, educational work plays a central role: the museum works closely with school classes and carries out educational projects such as the book project "Marions Kieselsteine". The nickname Zwiebelfisch refers to the eponymous typographical error.
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Accessibility
Entrances and paths to the building
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Access stairless
Others
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Disabled toilet
