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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ex Libris, post: 11185473, member: 14916&quot;]I visited quite a few book museums in my life. Some mediocre and some fantastic. Here are my best 3. Which would you recommend?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My Top 3. If you like old books, history these museums are fantastic:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantin%E2%80%93Moretus_Museum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantin%E2%80%93Moretus_Museum" rel="nofollow">Museum Plantin Moretus</a> (Antwerp Belgium).</p><p><br /></p><p>Museum about the 16th century Antwerp printer Christophe Plantin (1520-1589). The printing house called &quot;Officina Plantiniana&quot; was run by his descendants called Moretus until 1876. The last Moretus sold the buildings to the city of Antwerp and it became a museum from then. The old archives are still there and are UNESCO world heritage.</p><p>Many famous persons were printing their books here: Abraham Ortelius (first atlas), Justus Lipsius (humanist), Cornelis Killiaan (linguist), Peter Paul Rubens (painter)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]538249[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>2. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_library_of_Saint_Gall" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_library_of_Saint_Gall" rel="nofollow">abbey Library of Sankt Gallen</a> (Switzerland)</p><p><br /></p><p>This abbey is more than 1000 years old, but the library is from the 8th century. The library was redesigned in de 18th century. They have a massive wealth of 2100 manuscripts (8th-15th century) and 1650 incunabula (books printed before 1500).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]538250[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>3. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutenberg_Museum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutenberg_Museum" rel="nofollow">Gutenberg Museum Mainz</a> (Germany).</p><p><br /></p><p>Mainz is the cradle of the printing revolution in the western world. Gutenberg printed his first bible here around 1455. This is a must see when you are interested in de history of printing. A Gutenberg Bible, many other important books and several old book presses.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]538256[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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