| Address |
Herrnstrasse 80 63065 Offenbach am Main, 63065, am Main, Offenbach, Germany |
| Telephone |
00496980652164 |
| Website |
www.klingspormuseum.de |
| Admission/Fee |
Adults 2.50 € |
| Opening Hours |
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 1-6 pm, Wednesday 2-7 pm, Weekend 11 am – 6 pm |
| The Klingspor Museum is well known for a collection of some 80.000 items telling a whole story about typography, printing, manuscripts and the art of the book. It is based on the typefoundary Klingspor, run by Karl Klingspor and his brother Wilhelm. The firm intended to understand all forms of writing and type in strict neighbourhood to the visual arts. Excellent prints, especially the so called typeprobes, proof the wide range of artistic forms coming out of the conception of fonts. Thanks to Rudolf Koch the culture of calligraphy and the process of typography melted together. Koch launched wonderful books, manuscripts as well as printed editions. Thus there is a decent tradition which explains the Klingspor Museum as one of the international remarkable places of the printed book in the 20th century. Lots of workshop activities bring the matter of writing and bookmaking to people of all ages. |
