Tours of the typefoundry, pressroom, bindery, and gallery

Public demonstration tours of the historic printing and bookmaking facilities of Arion Press and the typefoundry of M & H Type are held Thursday afternoons at 3:00 and last approximately one hour. Tours of the production facility are conducted by craftspeople trained in typecasting, hand composition, letterpress printing, and bookbinding. There is a charge of $7.00 per person and reservations are required. The tours are sponsored by the Grabhorn Institute. For reservations call the Grabhorn Institute at (415) 668-2548 or e-mail grabhorn@arionpress.com.

School group touring the bindery.

School classes and groups of children 10 and over are welcomed to see how books are made from start to finish in the old fashioned way. Special arrangements for classes and alumni groups are also available.

Tour group in the typefoundry.

Publisher Andrew Hoyem with a possible future apprentice.

Andrew Hoyem with a tour group in the gallery.

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