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{{Short description|Heritage institution in Dublin, Ireland}}
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| native_name         = Músaem Náisiúnta Cló
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| established         = 1996
| location            = Garrison Chapel, [[Beggars Bush Barracks]], [[Dublin]], Ireland
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| chairperson         =Barry Lyons
| curator             = Seán Sills
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| owner               = National Print Museum Ltd.
| publictransit       = [[Grand Canal Dock railway station]]<br />Northumberland Road bus stop ([[Dublin Bus]] routes 4, 7, 8)
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The '''National Print Museum''' in Beggar's Bush, [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], collects, and exhibits a representative selection of [[printing]] equipment, and samples of print, and fosters associated skills of the printing craft in Ireland.  It was opened in 1996.

==Mission and accreditation==
The mission of the museum is to collect, document, preserve, exhibit, interpret and make accessible the material evidence of [[printing]] craft, and fosters associated skills of the craft in Ireland.  It aims to ensure that printers, historians, students and the general public can explore how printing developed and brought information, in all its forms, to the world.

The museum is fully accredited under [[Heritage Council (Ireland)|The Heritage Council]]’s Museum Standards Programme for Ireland.<ref>[http://www.heritagecouncil.ie/museums-archive/heritage-council-initiatives/museums-and-standards-programme/ The Heritage Council’s Museum Standards Programme for Ireland] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611001343/http://www.heritagecouncil.ie/museums-archive/heritage-council-initiatives/museums-and-standards-programme/ |date=2011-06-11 }}</ref>

==Collection and exhibits==
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[[File: National Print Museum (6499895093).jpg|250px|thumb|left| Exhibition in National Print Museum]]
The museum holds over 10,000 items including printing machinery, printing blocks, metal and wooden moveable type, ephemera, photographs, books, pamphlets and periodicals.

On exhibit is a representative display of the equipment and artefacts of the rich centuries-old printing heritage, including a replica [[Gutenberg press]] (on loan from ''[[The Tudors]]'' TV series).  There was also an original [[1916 Proclamation]] along with a machine ([[Wharfedale]]) similar to the one it was printed on.

==Facilities==
The museum has two floors, with a shop, a cafe at the rear, and a children's corner upstairs.

==Activities==
The National Print Museum's activities include guided tours, exhibitions, workshops, outreach, lectures and demonstration days.  Workshops focus on print-related crafts such as calligraphy, actual printmaking, and batik.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.nationalprintmuseum.ie}}

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[[Category:Museums established in 1996]]
[[Category:National museums of the Republic of Ireland]]
[[Category:Industry museums]]
[[Category:Printing press museums]]
[[Category:Museums in Dublin (city)]]
[[Category:Art museums and galleries in the Republic of Ireland]]
[[Category:1996 establishments in Ireland]]