German Museum of Books and Writing
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 The 2011 annex designed by Stuttgart architect Gabriele Glöckler | |
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Former name | Deutsches Buchgewerbe-Museum |
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| Established | 29 October 1884 |
| Location | Leipzig, Germany |
| Founder | Carl Berendt Lorck |
| Website | dnb |
The German Museum of Books and Writing (German: Deutsches Buch- und Schriftmuseum (DBSM)) in Leipzig, Germany, founded in 1884 as Deutsches Buchgewerbe-Museum, is the world's oldest museum of its kind, dedicated to collecting and preserving objects and documents as well as literature connected with the history of books, including paper, printing techniques, the art of illustration, and bookbinding. The museum is housed in a modern €60 million annex to the German National Library in Leipzig built in 2011.[1][2]
In 1886, the museum acquired the entire book collection of
war booty and transferred to the Russian State Library in Moscow, where it remains today.[5]
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References
- ISBN 978-3-447-03648-1.
- ^ Bulletin de l'UNESCO á l'intention des bibliothéques. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 1977.
- ^ "German Museum of Books and Writing "Signs - Books - Networks"". Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ISBN 978-3-11-023238-7.
- ^ "Buch- und Schriftkultur: Das Geisterhaus - Kultur - Tagesspiegel". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). Retrieved 10 April 2016.
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