Museum Of Printing

What Museum Of Printing does

The Museum of Printing is a non-profit museum located in Haverhill, Massachusetts, founded in 1978, dedicated to preserving the history of printing and graphic arts. It maintains a permanent collection of more than one million artifacts, including printing presses, type, typography ephemera, and rare publications. The collection includes notable pieces such as a c. 1815 Adam Ramage iron hand press, the Schappler Typographic Ephemera Collection, and material from the Dr. Arthur Klein type collection, positioning the museum as one of the more specialized cultural repositories for printing heritage in the United States.

The institution is led by President and co-founder Frank Romano, supported by Director of Operations Mitchel Ahern and Assistant Director Peter Corriveau, with a staff of approximately seven employees supplemented by volunteers. In 2026 the organization added a newly created Museum Manager role, filled by Mindy Mitrano, signaling a transition toward more professionalized operations. Revenue is generated through a diversified mix of paid adult admissions (listed at $15), workshops, memberships, donations, foundation and government grants (including a Massachusetts Cultural Council grant in 2021), gift shop sales, and book publishing — most recently a volume on the History of the Linotype Company.

The museum serves the general public, school groups, artists, historians, and working printers, and it operates with foundation support from Monotype, the Beeton, Romano Family, Delmas, and Windgate foundations. In 2026 it received the ECCF Creative County Changemaker award, reinforcing its regional cultural profile. As a small, volunteer-supported institution, its business model is fundamentally grant- and donation-dependent, with earned revenue providing only a supplemental contribution to operations.

Name

Museum Of Printing

Legal name

Museum of Printing

Website

https://museumofprinting.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1966

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Museum of Printing is a non-profit museum in Haverhill, Massachusetts that preserves more than one million printing artifacts, offering admissions, workshops, tours, and publications to the general public, schools, artists, historians, and printers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cultural Heritage Museum

NAICS

Museums (712110), Books Printing (323117)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731)

akta.pro primary industry

History Museums (THAJADAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Digital Printing (Short-Run, Variable Data) (MPAJALAC)

Keywords

• Printing history museum
• Letterpress workshops
• Graphic arts education
• Typography preservation
• Book arts studio

Headquarters

HQ city

Haverhill

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. General Admission: Admission fees for museum visitors: $15 general, $10 children/seniors, free for military and Haverhill Library card holders, free for members
2. Workshop Fees: Fees charged for workshops such as Wood Type Poster with Letterpress, Papermaking, and other educational programs
3. Membership: Annual membership program offering free admission and other benefits to members
4. Gift Shop Sales: Sale of prints, gift items, books, and printing-related merchandise including work by Mark T. Fowler and publications by Frank Romano
5. Donations: Tax-deductible donations from supporters including individuals and foundations such as Monotype Fonts, Barbara & Gordon Beeton, Romano Family Foundation, Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, and Windgate Foundation
6. Grants: Funding from Massachusetts Cultural Council and local cultural councils (Georgetown, Groveland, Haverhill, Lawrence, Merrimac, Middleton, North Andover, West Newbury)
7. Book Sales: Sale of books and publications including 'History of the Linotype Company' ($65 members, $75 non-members, $93 including shipping)

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Museum of Printing is a nonprofit cultural institution that preserves and exhibits the history of printing, graphic arts, and typography. It operates a physical museum in Haverhill, Massachusetts with over one million artifacts and offers hands-on educational workshops (letterpress, papermaking, book arts), guided tours, lectures, demonstrations, and retail sales of publications and printing-related merchandise.

Product overview

The Museum of Printing is a nonprofit museum dedicated to preserving the history of printing, graphic arts, and typography. It operates as a single-site museum (not a software platform) offering educational workshops (letterpress, papermaking, book arts), guided tours, special lectures, and access to its collection of over one million printing artifacts including wood type, Linotype machines, and typographic ephemera. The museum also publishes books on printing history and provides research resources. Revenue comes from general admission ($15), workshop fees, memberships, and product sales.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Letterpress Workshops

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Massachusetts Cultural CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Programs supported in part by grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and local cultural councils (Georgetown, Groveland, Haverhill, Lawrence, Merrimac, Middleton, North Andover, West Newbury). The museum received a competitive Cultural Organization Economic Recovery Grant in 2021.
• Essex County Community Foundation (ECCF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerECCF selected Museum Manager Mindy Mitrano to be a 2026 ECCF Creative County Changemaker, recognizing her as part of an alliance driving community change inclusive of arts and culture.
• Franklin Cummings TechminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe museum acquired a 200-year-old Adam Ramage printing press (built circa 1815) from Franklin Cummings Tech, a two-year trade college in Boston that is moving to Roxbury.
• Haverhill LibraryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHaverhill Library card holders receive free admission to the museum thanks to a generous donation.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Letterform Archive: Nonprofit archive and museum in San Francisco dedicated to preserving typography, printing history, and graphic design. Operates a nearly identical model—collection, exhibitions, educational programs, and workshops—with overlapping subject matter (letterpress, typefaces, Linotype) and a comparable nonprofit funding structure.
• International Printing Museum: Printing museum in Carson, CA featuring antique presses, hands-on demonstrations, and educational programs spanning the history of printing. Operates a similar attraction model with comparable programming categories (tours, demos, workshops).
• Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum: Museum in Two Rivers, WI focused on wood type, letterpress, and printing history, with extensive type collections and educational workshops. Closely comparable niche focus on letterpress and wood type—the same specialty the Museum of Printing highlights in its workshop lineup.
• Cary Graphic Arts Collection: University-based collection and exhibition space at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute focused on the history of graphic communication, printing, and typography. Comparable archival mission and subject matter, with research and exhibit functions overlapping the Museum of Printing's collection-based operations.
• The Printing Museum: Nonprofit museum in Houston, TX dedicated to preserving printing history and letterpress, featuring antique presses, hands-on demonstrations, workshops, and an artifact collection. Directly comparable in mission, programming (workshops, demonstrations), and operational scale.

Emerging players

• Center for Book Arts: Nonprofit in New York dedicated to the art of the book, including letterpress, bookbinding, and papermaking workshops and exhibitions. Overlaps on the workshop and book-arts programming side but emphasizes contemporary artist practice rather than historical preservation.

Regional players

• Plantin-Moretus Museum: UNESCO World Heritage printing museum in Antwerp, Belgium focused on the history of printing and book production, featuring historic presses, type collections, and workshops. Directly comparable mission and exhibits but operates in a European geography and serves a different visitor base.

Broad incumbents

• Smithsonian National Museum of American History: Major national museum holding printing-related artifacts including Linotype machines and printing presses. Overlaps on subject matter but operates at vastly larger scale with a much broader mandate—relevant as a benchmark and potential lending/collaboration partner rather than direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MOPrinting
• YouTubeyoutube.com/watch?v=IOSgA3bNviU
• Facebookfacebook.com/177800298772
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/museum-of-printing
• Instagraminstagram.com/museumofprinting

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

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