How were books and newspapers printed in the early twentieth century? How did the printing house work, where posters, business cards, advertising leaflets were created?

The exhibition “The Old Printing House”, opening in the Museum of Printing on the embankment of the Moika River, will reveal the structure of printing production and the role of St. Petersburg as a publishing center. At the end of the XIX century St. Petersburg was a concentration of printing houses. Collected works of classics, scientific works, art albums were printed here. Large publishers participated in industrial exhibitions, created educational institutions, and developed the printing business. One of the surviving examples of a private printing house is the building on Volynsky Lane. Built in 1905 on Alexei Suvorin's funds, it functioned as a full-fledged printing complex. The exhibition allows you to look inside and understand how the work of the workshops was organized. The exhibition also includes printing presses, typesetting presses, and cutting machines.