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Here you can find examples of the most important tools and machines in the museum.

some instruments illustrating the evolution of the printing process in the centuries have been set on the central panel.

Four side panels show the original signs/plates of ancient printing machines factories (XIX and XX centuries).

In the small showcase the most precious item is a volume printed in the XVIth century (also known as "cinquecentina").

Among curiosities, you can admire a wooden model of the Gutenberg press on a scale of 1:5 and other small-sized printing machines dating back to the XIXth century.