Preserving not only the machines and artefacts of printing but also the knowledg, the Melbourne Museum of Printing is an recreating the workplace environment to encourage senior craftsmen to pass on their skills and younger designers and printers.

Directed mainly for teachers and students of Graphic Design, Typography, Writing & Editing, Book Arts, Printmaking, Librarianship and Publishing, you have at your disposal many courses to understand the historical development of typesetting and printing.

For turists is more interesting to see the archival material relating to the printing industry of the 20th century and the customers it served, which Includes "standing jobs", blocks , stereotypes and documents relating to these jobs.