A free exhibition opens on 2 July 2022 at the V & A Dundee, Sincerely, Valentines – From Postcards to Greetings Cards tells the story of Valentines, founded in Dundee in 1825 and quickly becoming one of Dundee’s largest employers. The exhibition features photographs, historic postcards, promotional company magazines, booklets and greetings cards from the […]
St Bride at 125
December 1, 2021
An exhibition celebrating the first 125 years of St Bride Library is running from December 1 2021–March 1 2022. The exhibition will provide a potted history of the St Bride Foundation, demonstrating the vital role of the library and highlighting the activities of the Foundation, including the purpose-built print school, sporting and social clubs. For […]
Exhibition on printing in London
February 15, 2020
An exhibition on the history of east London’s print industry opens at the Nunnery Gallery in Bow Road, London E3 on 17 January 2020. It will include historic photographs and printed items as well as print workers’ memories, told through a new collection of oral histories. Using archive and newly found material from companies, co-ops […]
Exhibition at Merchiston Campus Library
July 20, 2019
Part of the Trust’s exhibition on the heritage of the printing industry in Scotland is now on display in the library at Edinburgh Napier University’s Merchiston Campus. The display features images from the Edward Clark Collection which consists of around 5,000 items illustrating the development of the book from the 15th century.
Display in the Mitchell Library
June 12, 2019
The Trust’s display on the Glasgow printing industry is currently on show at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow, alongside an exhibition of items from the library’s own collections.
Printing exhibition in Glasgow
January 4, 2019
The Trust’s exhibition on the history of printing has been extended and will run for another week at the Lighthouse in Glasgow (until 11 January 2019). More than just books, highlights the range and variety of the printing industry in Glasgow, and was organised as part of the Trust’s celebrations of its 30th anniversary in 2018.
Trust exhibition opens in Glasgow
November 9, 2018
The Trust’s exhibition on printing in Glasgow, More than just books, is open from today at the Lighthouse in Glasgow. It has been organised to mark the 30th anniversary of its founding in 1988. The exhibition will run until 6 January 2019. For details of opening hours, please see the Lighthouse website.
Glasgow in Print exhibition
August 22, 2018
The opening night of the Glasgow in Print exhibition is on Thursday 2nd August, 6–8pm. The exhibition runs fomr August 3rd — September 30th 2018. More details on the Glasgow Print Studio website.
Print City, Dundee
May 19, 2017
Print City, a project by Print Festival Scotland will be hosted by Dundee Design Festival 2017. West Ward Works will once again be the home to the celebration of design from May 24 to 29 2017. For more details see the Print City website.
Exhibition of Bindings in Aberdeen
April 25, 2017
An exhibition of book bindings that belonged to people of note, many of them specially bound by hand. Cover stories: what bindings say about books is on at the Gallery in the Sir Duncan Rice Gallery, University of Aberdeen until the end of May 2017. For more information and details of opening hours etc see […]
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