Community Corner
Ben Franklin's Colonial Printing Shop
Join us for a fun family event when the Printing Museum on Wheels makes stops at the Civic Center and Marin City Libraries, Saturday May 16t
Museum curator Mark Barbour will tell engaging stories about how Gutenberg’s printing press changed the world in 1450 and how books and printing shaped young Ben Franklin’s life. During the second hour, participants can print their own keepsakes on antique presses, set their name in type, make a small book and print the front page of an historic Marin County newspaper.
When: Saturday, May 16, 2015
Time: 10am – 12pm
Where: Marin County Civic Center Parking Lot
This two-hour event will be held twice, in the morning (10 am - noon) at the parking lot of the Marin Civic Center Administration Building, and in the afternoon (2 pm - 4 pm) in the parking lot adjacent to the Marin City Library.
This special event is free and is sponsored by the Craemer Family Foundation.
