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Museum of Writing and Printing
Muzeum Piśmiennictwa i Drukarstwa Address:
 Toruń-Grębocin, ul. Szkolna 31 (31 Szkolna Street)Opening hours: Mon - Sat: 9am - 4pm | Sun: closed Admission fees: Mon - Fri: 13 PLN, Sat: 16 PLN Booking guides, entrance tickets, further details: Toruński Serwis Turystyczny (Toruń Tourist Service), tel. (+48) 66 00 61 352, e-mail: info@turystyka.torun.pl  The Museum of Writing and Printing has been located in a medieval little church founded by the Teutonic Order at the turn of the 14th century. In the 16th century the church passed into the administration of the Evangelical community. In the 1920s the church was deprived of its sacral function. In 1930 was entered into the register of monuments as a Grade I listed building. After World War II, the church fell into ruin. Only in the 1960s and 1970s, there were attempts to located a communal library in the building of the church. However, the work started at the beginning of the 1980s and it was stopped half in its way. As a result, the monument was seriously vandalized.
The Museum is also the seat of the Art Temple Foundation. Together, they form a center devoted to history and art. The seat of the Foundation is to become a place where history combines with the present day.
i  The Museum holds manual trainings and shows in three topic sections: History and workshops in the area of literature. The literature department includes the history of paper and parchment development and techniques of writing and illuminating of incunabula as well as the skill of writing with a quill.
History of European and Asian printing. In the printing section, the history and techniques of printing as well as printing equipment are discussed. The certificate of stay at the Museum is also printed there.
History of European and Asian paper industry. The paper section includes the issues in the history of paper industry. The visitors can also produce their own handmade paper there.
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