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Petition to Save the London Type Museum

Petition to Save the London Type Museum

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Started by Anonymous 20 years, 1 month ago
The London Type Museum is the most comprehensive type museum in the world. Its collections are vast, representing nearly all of the world\'s written languages in their historic printed form. It is a timeline in letters, a record of printed history from the earliest days through the present. It is also the last place where Monotype technicians continue to manually cut typefaces. Visitors to this unique working museum have been able to watch as type is cast, view presses in action and engage in hands-on workshops. The importance of the museum as an educational resource and source of inspiration for today\'s designers is immeasurable. These valuable collections are now in danger of being broken up and dispersed to the Science Museum and the V&A, where they will likely be placed in storage. This petition will be presented to the Trustees of the Type Museum as evidence that the public does not want to see this unique museum closed. Please show your support!

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Reached 500 supporters

June 14, 2007

June 12, 2007

The grind is exhausting but watching this list grow keeps me going. We need a final surge to reach five hundred signatures so the trustees finally acknowledge that history shouldn't be boxed up in storage.

Reached 100 supporters

May 30, 2007

6 Comments

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Giacomo Ferrieri
11 years ago Featured

Typography is a very important craftsmanship and art. It needs to be preserved and it is also important to have a public display of such an important aspect of man's culture & history.

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Giacomo Ferrieri
11 years ago Featured

Typography is a very important craftsmanship and art. It needs to be preserved and it is also important to have a public display of such an important aspect of man's culture & history.

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Simon Hill
20 years ago Featured

This place is a absolute gem. London would be losing so much history if this actually closes. Keep it open.

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Mark Roberts
20 years ago Featured

Typographic history cant just be shoved into a warehouse box at the V&A. It needs to stay accessible for people to actually see and learn from.

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Elena Day
20 years ago Featured

So sad to hear this is happening. The heritage here is totally irreplaceable.

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Sarah Liu
20 years ago Featured

PLEASE DONT CLOSE. i visit every time im in london. its so special seeing the presses actually working.

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