Free, drop-in activity for families

St John’s Lane has been an important centre for printing for over 400 years and, from 1682 until the late 1700s, there was even a printing press in St John’s Gate. The most well-known publication to be printed in the Gate was the ‘Gentleman’s Magazine’ which, was the first ‘magazine’ in the world.

Examine some of the printing blocks in our collection before getting creative making your own stamps and print-inspired art work.

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