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The American Bookbinders Museum
The American Bookbinders Museum explores and celebrates the craft, culture, and tools of bookbinding.
Join us tomorrow at the Children's Creativity Museum for the Creativity Festival! We are excited to be creating LEGO prints with all those who come.
For 250 years, America has been called the "land of the free," but who has that freedom truly been extended to? While the First Amendment guarantees free speech, not all voices have been heard. America’s history of censorship dates to back before 1776. Books have been banned, burned, and censored to control ideas. This special exhibit opens May 16th and examines that history and why they were banned. ![]()
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We're teaming up with the San Francisco Public Library for a Banned Book Club! Each month we'll read and discuss a fiction or non fiction book which has been banned in the United States. Stay tuned, details to come soon.
Today is National Donate a Book Day! Donate a Book Day promotes improving access to books by donating books to libraries and museums. Have a book or collection you want to share with future generations? Donate it to the museum! The ABM provides for the long-term preservation, security, and accessibility of its collection and follows museum preservation best practices and procedures. Support the ABM's mission to provide long-term access to the art and craft of bookbinding by sharing your book or collection.![]()
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Animal Farm by George Orwell, Published by St. James Park Press, Donated to ABM by Howard Kistler
Whether you’re a writer, painter, sculptor, or binder, ABM understands that great work takes time. Handmade books are crafted not just for the sake of the final product–but to strengthen the experience of creation. Even after the story is published, the painting hung, the sculpture erected, or the book bound, Slow Art Day urges us to take our time experiencing the product. ![]()
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Next time you visit the museum take the time to examine each book looking at its hinges, endbands, and marbled edges carefully.Who knows what you’ll discover when you allow yourself to slow down and see the details hidden in plain sight.![]()
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April 10th is National Bookmobile Day! Bookmobiles are traveling libraries that carry books to our rural and urban communities lacking library access. The movement started in the early 20th century by way of horse-and-carriage, and perseveres into today’s digital age. Sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and many libraries across the nation. ![]()
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