AMERICAN BOOKBINDERS MUSEUM
856 FOLSOM STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94107 www.bookbindersmuseum.com

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Organizations Filed Purposes: PROVIDING TOURS, EXHIBITS, LECTURES AND HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES FOR SCHOLARS, MAKERS AND PASSIONATE BOOK-LOVERS, FURTHERING PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORY, ART AND CRAFT OF BOOKBINDING.

OUR MISSION IS TO TELL THE STORY OF THE BOOK; PRESERVING THE ART AND CRAFT OF WESTERN HAND BINDING THROUGH ITS 19TH CENTURY MECHANIZATION AND AUTOMATION.

THE AMERICAN BOOKBINDERS MUSEUM IS THE ONLY MUSEUM OF ITS KIND IN NORTH AMERICA. IT CELEBRATES AND EXPLORES THE HISTORY, CULTURE AND TOOLS OF BOOKBINDING FROM ITS EARLIEST FORMS THROUGH THE CHANGES AND INNOVATIONS OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. ONCE YOU VISIT THE AMERICAN BOOKBINDERS MUSEUM, YOU WILL NEVER LOOK AT A BOOK THE SAME WAY. OPEN TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, WE OFFER DOCENT-LED TOURS AT 11AM AND 2PM DAILY, PROVIDING A PERSONALIZED WAY TO EXPERIENCE THE HISTORY OF THE OBJECT WE CALL THE BOOK, AND SELF- GUIDED TOURS FROM 10M-4PM.

IN SUPPORT OF THE MUSEUM'S MISSION, WE OFFER AT LEAST FOUR TEMPORARY EXHIBITS ANNUALLY. PARTNERING WITH ARTISAN BOOKBINDERS, HISTORIANS AND COLLECTORS WE OFFER SPECIAL EXHIBITS OF RARE AND/OR FINE BOOKS AND BOOKBINDING OBJECTS. ABM IS COMMITTED TO BRINGING MULTIPLE SPECIAL EXHIBITS TO THE PUBLIC ANNUALLY. OUR ABILITY TO DO SO IS BASED ON FUNDING TO UNDERWRITE THESE SPECIAL EXHIBITS AND TEMPORARY LOANS FROM COLLECTORS, ARTISANS AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS. EXHIBIT THEMES RANGE FROM CONTEMPORARY ARTISANAL HAND-BOUND BINDINGS, HISTORICAL EVENTS AND SPECIFIC LITERARY GENRES THAT APPEAL TO BOOK LOVERS YOUNG AND OLD.

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