Exhibition

The museum you can join in and touch

August 20, 2024 | 11:00 - 17:00 Uhr
A leather buffer is used by one hand to polish black block letters on a wooden table
A hand uses a large leather printing tool on a wooden printing press with set type
For over 40 years, the Basel Paper Mill has been located in the idyllic mill district of St. Alban, in a building where paper was produced for over 500 years. The permanent exhibition emphasises hands-on experience and exploration. Highlights include topics such as book printing in Basel, typographic design and copperplate engraving and lithography techniques. The rag cellar also conveys an authentic atmosphere, embedded in an exhibition on the history of paper production