Museum Plantin-Moretus
Workshop: Master bookbinder
During a creative workshop at Museum Plantin-Moretus you will discover at first hand what makes printing, etching or bookbinding a proper craft.
Dutch, English, German, French
From 02/02/2021 11:00 pm (UTC) until 31/12/2030 10:59 pm (UTC)
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Select the number of participants per guided tour or the number of individual tickets needed.
Bookbinding used to be a separate trade. If you bought a book from the Plantin press, all you got was the printed pages. You then had to have them bound by a bookbinder. The nice thing about this was that you could determine how your own copy of the book would look. Rich people opted for leather covers with gold leaf, a coat of arms or their own emblem. Sometimes there was even a lock on the cover!
You get to do it yourself. You learn from an expert. You understand how a book was made.
Practical information:
- This workshop is suitable for groups of adults
- Maximum 12 persons per group
- Duration: 90 minutes
- The workshop will take place on the ground floor
- Your museum ticket is valid all day long, so you will be able to visit the rest of the Museum Plantin-Moretus
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