Like Mike, I thoroughly enjoyed my visit there a few years ago. Was great to meet up with Patrick Goosens in Antwerp as well and enjoy his hospitality in showing me around the Plantin Museum and his own material. To think I went all the way to Antwerp from Australia to view a Plantin bible only to find on my return home that there were two different editions with 100 miles of my home!
I am fortunate enough to live close to that museum, so I visit it every few years. Pictures from my latest visit can be found at https://www.prepressure.com/printing/museum/plantin-moretus-revisited – There are links to pages about a few other museums as well – the playing card museum in Turnhout and the stoneprinting museum in Valkenswaard are also worth a visit.
Like Mike, I thoroughly enjoyed my visit there a few years ago. Was great to meet up with Patrick Goosens in Antwerp as well and enjoy his hospitality in showing me around the Plantin Museum and his own material. To think I went all the way to Antwerp from Australia to view a Plantin bible only to find on my return home that there were two different editions with 100 miles of my home!
I am fortunate enough to live close to that museum, so I visit it every few years. Pictures from my latest visit can be found at https://www.prepressure.com/printing/museum/plantin-moretus-revisited – There are links to pages about a few other museums as well – the playing card museum in Turnhout and the stoneprinting museum in Valkenswaard are also worth a visit.