Scotland’s Printing Heritage promotes interest in the history of the printing industry, which is one of Scotland’s oldest and works with institutions across Scotland to ensure that printing archives and artefacts are not lost. It is the public face of the Scottish Printing Archival Trust, formed in 1988 to conserve knowledge and examples of Scotland’s printing heritage.
Our publications on the history of the Scottish printing industry are all available through our online shop, including the Print Trail leaflets for Edinburgh and Glasgow, and the Rules for the printing shop.
Other activities have includes exhibitions (for example in the Glasgow Herald’s former printing works in 2018), guided walks and training workshops on traditional letterpress skills. We worked with National Museums Scotland to ensure that the 1904 Cossar Patent Flat Bed Web Newspaper Printing Machine from Crieff was not scrapped, and worked with the National Library of Scotland and Print Scotland to celebrate 500 years of printing in Scotland. You can find out more on the Projects page.
For more information about our work, email us, use the contact form or follow us on X/Twitter.
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Last updated 22 October 2024
SPRAT is grateful for support from The Watson Foundation