On Saturday, I ventured into Norwich for Heritage Open Day (and to celebrate finishing my masters with some pimms!) I enjoyed a quick walk around the Regimental Museum on its last day of opening. I then headed to the John Jarrold Printing Museum. I had seen this museum in previous years Heritage Open Day guides and wanted to visit. Well this year I was finally able to. Although, slightly out of the main city the short walk to this museum is well worth it. We were not the only visitors to venture here either as the museum was very busy. The process of printing has always fascinated me, the traditional type and the careful use of ink and paper.
What makes this museum particularly charming is that all the machines are used and worked by volunteers. Many who were printers using these machines in their working life. What was clear is that these volunteers are dedicated to these printing processes and really enjoyed showing us how they worked. I couldn't help but wonder what will happen to this museum in the future. Without the volunteers keeping the machines and printing processses alive, it will lose its uniqueness and appeal. They give the museums its charm, and they are what has made me fall in love with this museum!
How can those of us working in the museum sector encapture this?
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