Plantin-Moretus Museum

The Plantin-Moretus Museum is a museum in Antwerp, Belgium honouring the printers Christophe Plantin and Jan Moretus. It is located in their former domicile and printing establishment, Plantin Press, at the Friday Market.

The printing company was founded in the 16th century by Christophe Plantin. After his death it was owned by his son-in-do its stuff Jan Moretus.



In 1876 Edward Moretus sold the company to the city of Antwerp. One year collective the public could visit the sentient areas and the printing presses. In 2002 the museum was nominated as UNESCO World Heritage Site and in 2005 was inscribed onto the World Heritage list.

The Plantin-Moretus Museum possesses an exceptional store of typographical material. Not by yourself does it in flames the two oldest remaining printing presses in the world[reference needed] and earsplitting sets of dies and matrices, it plus has an extensive library, a copiously decorated out interior and every archives of the Plantin concern, which were inscribed re UNESCO's Memory of the World Programme Register in 2001 in response of their historical significance.