INFORMATIONS

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    The Museum of Book Arts and Crafts (Michel Braibant Museum) welcomes you all year round for a fascinating journey through the history of writing, its birth, its supports, up to the rise of printing.

    LE MUSÉE

    Musée des Arts et Métiers du Livre – Montolieu

    Village du Livre et des Arts 
    39, rue de la Mairie
    11170 Montolieu

    To see

    • From pictograms to alphabets, cuneiform and ideographic writing

    • The history of various media: clay tablets of Sumerian accountants.

    • The papyrus of the Egyptian scribes the parchments of the copyist monks

    • The type founders

    • The hand presses to rotary presses

    • The techniques and tools of the bookbinder and engraver

    OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

    April 11 – November 10

    Monday to Friday 10am – 12pm / 2pm – 6pm

    Saturday / Sunday / holidays 2 – 6 pm

    November 11th – April 10th

     

    Every day 2pm – 5pm

    Closed on December 25, January 1 and May 1

    Handicap access: Ground floor of the museum

    Parking – quick drop off in front of the museum

    RATES

    Museum of Book Arts and Crafts

    Entrance fee :

    Full price for adults: 5€

    Reduced rate (6 to 16 years old, students, disabled persons): 3,50€.

    Free admission (under 6 years old, job seekers, accompanying persons o

    Guided tour (on reservation):

    Visit/lecture on the history of writing and the book Price: 10€.

    Means of payment accepted
    Cash, checks and credit cards