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Welcome to the website "gutenberg.de."
Here you will find information about Johannes Gutenberg, his invention,
and the Gutenberg Museum.
Johannes Gutenberg lived many hundreds of years ago.
Johannes Gutenberg made an important invention.
With this invention, books can be printed.
In the past, books had to be written by hand.
That took a long time.
Books were therefore very expensive.
Only very rich people had books.
Today, everyone can have books.
That is why Johannes Gutenberg's invention is so important!
Johannes Gutenberg made his invention in Mainz.
That is why there is a Gutenberg Museum in Mainz.
It is the oldest printing museum in the world.
Among other things, the museum displays:
• Machines and printing
presses• Old, handwritten books•
Old printed books•
Beautiful old and new prints•
Pictures and graphics•
Graphics are, for example, printed or painted pictures.
Gutenberg also printed the Bible.
Today, only very few of these Bibles remain.
They are very valuable. You can see this
Bible in the Gutenberg Museum!
The museum is located in Mainz's old town,
opposite Mainz Cathedral.
The Gutenberg Museum is to be made more attractive and modern.
There are many ideas for this.
The people of Mainz are also being asked for their opinions.
Various ideas are presented on this page.
There is a shop at the Gutenberg Museum.
Here you can buy beautiful items related to
Gutenberg,
such as pictures, postcards, and books.
Johannes Gutenberg is known throughout the world.
Many people come to visit the Gutenberg Museum.
This is very good for the city of Mainz.
The text on this page was certified by the Center for Independent Living Mainz e.V. in June 2020.
*The images belong to:
Lebenshilfe für Menschen mit geistiger Behinderung Bremen e. V., illustrator Stefan Albers, Atelier Fleetinsel, 2013.