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Register in 2001 in recognition of their historical significance. At the end of September 2016, the museum reopened after a thorough renovation and with a new building (with reading room and paper heritage depot) opening onto Holy Ghost Street. The facade of this reading room refers to a letterbox.
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material. Not only does it house the two oldest surviving printing presses in the world and complete sets of dies and matrices, it also has an extensive library, a richly decorated interior and the entire archives of the Plantin business, which were inscribed on
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would later describe this research as helping to demonstrate "that the finest collection of printing types made in typography's golden age was in perfect condition (some muddle aside) Plantin's accounts and inventories which names the
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Bible with Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and Syriac texts was one of the most complex productions of the period. Plantin's is now suspected of being at least connected to members of heretical groups known as the
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The Golden Compasses: a history and evaluation of the printing and publishing activities of the Officina Plantiniana at Antwerp. Vol.2 The management of a printing and publishing house in Renaissance and
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The Golden Compasses: a history and evaluation of the printing and publishing activities of the Officina Plantiniana at Antwerp. Vol. 1, Christopher Plantin and the Moretuses: their lives and their world
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Dutch typography in the sixteenth century the collected works of Paul Valema Blouw
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Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
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Christopher Plantin and Engraved Book Illustrations in Sixteenth-Century Europe
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Drucker, Margaret Re ; essays by Johanna; Mosley, James (2003).
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Listing shared with six other countries, which includes Belgium's
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The Plantin–Moretus Museum possesses an exceptional collection of
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Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front)
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Four women ran the family-owned Plantin–Moretus printing house (
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some of the materials used by French type designer and printer
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Uchelen, edited by Ton Croiset van; Dijstelberge, P. (2013).
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Typographically speaking : the art of Matthew Carter
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and in 2005 was inscribed onto the World Heritage list.
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The printing company was founded in the 16th century by
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In 1876 Edward Moretus sold the company to the city of
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which focuses on the work of the 16th-century printers
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The Low Countries as a crossroads of religious beliefs
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After Plantin's death it was owned by his son-in-law
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Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs
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Plantin-Moretus Museum
UNESCO World Heritage Site

Location
Antwerp
Belgium
Criteria
1185
Session
www.museumplantinmoretus.be/en
Coordinates
51°13′6″N 4°23′52″E / 51.21833°N 4.39778°E / 51.21833; 4.39778
Plantin–Moretus Museum is located in Belgium
Dutch
Antwerp
Belgium
Christophe Plantin
Jan Moretus
Plantin Press
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Christophe Plantin
Plantin Polyglot
Familists

Jan Moretus
Plantin Press
Martina Plantin
Anna Goos
Anna Maria de Neuf
Maria Theresia Borrekens

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