What do .918 Club members do?

We celebrate letterpress printing!

The purpose of the .918 Club is to:

  • Bring together the volunteers of the Heritage Center Museum Print Shop to share ideas and suggestions concerning the educational demonstrations at the Museum Print Shop
  • Meet monthly to provide a gathering place for people with an interest in letterpress printing
  • Schedule volunteers to operate the Print Shop
  • Provide a place for anyone interested in learning about letterpress printing and/or developing the skills to become a volunteer in the Museum Print Shop.
  • Educate the public about the history of printing.
  • Provide a working job shop fulfilling the needs of the Heritage Center of Lancaster County, Inc.

Currently over 35 members strong, the .918 club includes men and women with widely varying experience with letterpress printing. We demonstrate printing in America circa 1920 in the Print Shop at the Heritage Center Museum in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Maintaining a vintage letterpress shop is a lot of work! We plan, design, and print jobs for the Museum; collect discarded and donated equipment, then clean and repair it. When we have some free time, we like to visit other print shops and other sites of interest of the group.

Become a member

Do you know something about letterpress? Printing history? Interested in the classic methods of printing? Why not join us at our next meeting. We meet at 7:00PM on the fourth Wednesday of every month at the Heritage Center Museum, at 5 W King Street in Lancaster, PA.

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