German Museum of Books and Writing
The German Museum of Books and Writing (German: Deutsches Buch- und Schriftmuseum (DBSM)) in Leipzig, Germany, founded in 1884 as Deutsches Buchgewerbe-Museum, is the world's oldest museum of its kind, dedicated to collecting and preserving objects and documents as well as literature connected with the history of books, including paper, printing techniques, the art of illustration, and bookbinding. The museum is housed in a modern €60 million annex to the German National Library in Leipzig built in 2011.[1][2]
Deutsches Buch- und Schriftmuseum | |
 The 2011 annex designed by Stuttgart architect Gabriele Glöckler | |
Former name | Deutsches Buchgewerbe-Museum |
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| Established | 29 October 1884 |
| Location | Leipzig, Germany |
| Founder | Carl Berendt Lorck |
| Website | dnb |
In 1886, the museum acquired the entire book collection of Heinrich Klemm, which he had sold to the Kingdom of Saxony the year before.[3] A rare copy of a 42-line Gutenberg Bible printed on vellum was among the books in the collection.[4] At the end of World War II, the Bible was taken as war booty and transferred to the Russian State Library in Moscow, where it remains today.[5]
References
- Michael P. Olson (1996). The Odyssey of a German National Library: A Short History of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, the Staatsbibliothek Zu Berlin, the Deutsche Bücherei and The Deutsche Bibliothek. Harrassowitz. pp. 86–. ISBN 978-3-447-03648-1.
- Bulletin de l'UNESCO á l'intention des bibliothéques. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 1977.
- "German Museum of Books and Writing "Signs - Books - Networks"". Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- Georg Jäger (30 July 2010). Geschichte des deutschen Buchhandels im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert. Band 1: Das Kaiserreich 1871-1918 (in German). Walter de Gruyter. pp. 218–. ISBN 978-3-11-023238-7.
- "Buch- und Schriftkultur: Das Geisterhaus - Kultur - Tagesspiegel". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). Retrieved 10 April 2016.