(Photos from Primate Studio Blog; used with permission)

Purpose and Vision:
The Book Arts Institute (BAI) at the International Printing Museum (IPM) is a working center for the study and use of traditional and modern printing techniques, book arts, typography and printing-related arts. The Museum houses one of the nation’s largest collection on historical printing presses and equipment as well as a 7,000-volume library covering all facets of printing history, type design, papermaking and book arts.

The Book Arts Institute is comprised of:

• The primary Teaching Lab for classes equipped with tables, supplies, gold-foil stampers, antique book presses and more.

• The Type Lab where letterpress classes and book arts tours are held. The Lab has dozens of cases of wood and lead type, two Vandercooks, a tabletop proofing press and all support material for all levels of letterpress printing.

• The BAI Library

• The BAI Gallery with changing exhibitions

• Adjacent to the BAI is the back warehouse where Chandler & Price letterpress classes are taught and Linotype demonstrations are conducted (below).

(Photos from Primate Studio Blog)