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12/18/2025  May 09 – August 23 | Exhibition Flora – From Herb Book to Plant Power The multimedia exhibition “flora” highlights the complex relationship between humans, health, and plants. Based on the early German-language herbal book “Gart der Gesundheit” (Garden of Health), which was written in Mainz in 1485, it deals with historical and modern…

05/24/2024  Our publication “Gutenberg for all” is now also available in Korean in the Gutenberg Shop and at www.gutenberg-shop.de.

01/23/2024  We are delighted to provide you with an insight into all the heartfelt projects and events that we intend to continue and introduce in the light of the novelty that every year promises. Here's to more significant and unforgettable moments!

09/13/2023  On Thursday, September 28, at 6 pm, the traditional Jour Fixe of the Friends of Gutenberg takes place at the Kulturei (Citadel Mainz). Museum director Dr. Ulf Sölter will hold a lecture on the future of the Gutenberg Museum and on the latest developments for the rebuild and modernisation of the Gutenberg-Museum.

09/13/2023  The city of Mainz and the Gutenberg Museum present the latest developments for the project "rebuild and modernisation of the Gutenberg Museum on Wednesday, September 27.

08/30/2023

Dear Good Friends,

after Dr. Julia Bangert left, Zvjezdana Cordier asked me if I could imagine being responsible for the Friends of Gutenberg. I was…

08/30/2023  One third of the existing space will be available to the Gutenberg Museum during the interim period in the Natural History Museum in Mainz, according to construction manager Marianne Grosse during her visit to the construction site on August 17. There will be a common entrance and a common ticket for both museums. A room on the third floor is…

08/30/2023

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10.09. Open Monument Day
We present ourselves with an information stand an a printing station on the historic Fortress Mile at the Mainz…

04/20/2023  Under the motto "Wine and Knowledge", the Gutenberg Foundation and the Gutenberg Society invite you to the next Jour Fixe on Thursday, April 20, 2023, at 6 p.m. in the Kulturei Mainz with a lecture by Gerhard Lauer, Professor of Book Studies and Head of Institute at the JGU Mainz.

03/23/2023  As a follow-up to the Day of the Art of Printing, we invite all interested parties to a special edition of the Jour Fixe at the Gutenberg Museum.

12/23/2022

With the holding of the architectural competition for the new Gutenberg Museum, a big step forward was made this year on the way to a Gutenberg Museum…

12/08/2022  On Thursday, 8 December 2022, at 6 pm, we cordially invite all GOOD FRIENDS and members to "Glühwein und Drucken" (mulled wine and printing) in the print shop of the Gutenberg Museum.

12/04/2022  On Sunday, 4 December 2022, the Gutenberg Foundation and the International Gutenberg Society will present themselves with a printing workshop at "Glow & Glory – Winter magic in the Mainz Citadel".

10/27/2022  Under the motto "Wine and Knowledge", the Gutenberg Foundation and the International Gutenberg Society cordially invite you to the evening lecture series "Friends of Gutenberg – Jour Fixe" followed by a wine tasting at the Kulturei Mainz.

10/19/2022  We cordially invite you to the book launch "Gutenberg para todos" on 19 October 2022 at 4 pm at our stand at the Frankfurt Book Fair.

10/19/2022  This year, the Gutenberg Museum, Gutenberg Foundation and Gutenberg Society are presenting themselves in Frankfurt with a new stand. The typographical and stylistic design is by graphic designer Stefan Matlik. What would we do without GOOD FRIENDS?

09/22/2022  Under the motto "Wine and Knowledge", the Gutenberg Foundation and the International Gutenberg Society cordially invite you to the evening lecture series "Friends of Gutenberg – Jour Fixe" followed by a wine tasting at the Kulturei Mainz.

06/23/2022  We cordially invite you to the Friends of Gutenberg – Jour Fixe with a lecture by Prof. Dr. Stephan Füssel on the topic "The Gutenberg Museum in the Electoral Palace of Mainz – the birth of the World Museum of the Art of Printing" followed by a wine tasting.

06/01/2022

While the 1960s Schellbau is being demolished at the Gutenberg Museum's original location on Liebfrauenplatz and a new building is being erected on…

05/25/2022

Dr Ulf Sölter, director of the Gutenberg Museum since April, and Dr Anett Göthe, new curator at the museum, introduced themselves to the Gutenberg…

05/24/2022  The Gutenberg Foundation and the International Gutenberg Society invite GOOD FRIENDS and members to a special guided tour of the special exhibition "Road to Nowhere – Prints by Tobias Gellscheid" at the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz.

05/23/2022

Every Saturday, printing takes place in Gutenberg's workshop at lulu Mainz. The print motifs range from Gutenberg to Banksy. Under the guidance of the…

05/20/2022

The group of volunteers from the Gutenberg Shop and Gutenberg's Workshop finally met again after long months to exchange ideas. Petra Bermeitinger and…

04/11/2022

When the Easter Bunny hops through the streets of Mainz, young and old can print again in Gutenberg's workshop at lulu. From 11–23 April, always from…

04/08/2022

After a long time we met again for printing: Members of the Gutenberg Society, volunteers of the Gutenberg Shop and the Print Shop, students of book…

04/07/2022  The smell of spring and printing ink is in the air! We invite GUTE FREUNDE and members of the Gutenberg Society to print Easter cards and spring motifs together.

03/31/2022  We cordially invite you to the Friends of Gutenberg – Jour Fixe with a lecture by Dr. Eberhard J. Nikitsch on the topic "Inscriptions and (no) end? – On the genesis of a new publication on the historical inscriptions of the Mayen-Koblenz district" followed by a wine tasting.

03/04/2022

One man – One vision – One epoch-making invention  

In his book, just published by Nünnerich-Asmus Verlag, Dr Erwin Kreim analyses Gutenberg's…

02/22/2022

The Europe-wide participation competition for the new building for the Gutenberg-Museum was announced and 25 architectural bureaus are chosen to…

02/18/2022

„Good nerves“, „a real team player“, „great new ideas“, „a great passion for the museum” those are the words with which the head of building and…

02/14/2022  During this year’s winter holidays you can print in the lulu. From 19 February to 1 March experienced volunteer printers give small as well as big visitors the opportunity to create their own prints and to catch a glimpse behind the curtain of printing technique.

01/25/2022  Here you will find the programme of events of the Freundeskreis Gutenberg for the first half of 2022.

01/12/2022

In a final meeting in 2022, the Mainz City Council decided that the winner of the architectural competition for the Gutenberg Museum, the…

12/09/2021  On Thursday, 9 December 2021, at 6 pm, we cordially invite you to "Glühwein und Drucken" (mulled wine and printing), the joint Christmas party of the Gutenberg Foundation and the Gutenberg Society, in "Gutenberg's Workshop" at the Lulu Mainz.

12/05/2021  On Sunday, 5 December 2021, we will present ourselves with a stand at the "Winter Magic Bazaar – Arts and Crafts and Beautiful Things in the Kulturei Mainz from 11 am to 8 pm.

11/11/2021  We cordially invite you to a discussion on gender marketing in the book world on 11 November 2021 at 6 pm at Salon 3SEIN in Mainz.

10/28/2021  We cordially invite you to the Friends of Gutenberg – Jour Fixe with a lecture by Johannes Kohl on the topic "Where people and books lived" – the city of Czernowitz.

09/23/2021  Under the motto "Wine and Knowledge", the Gutenberg Society and the Gutenberg Foundation once again invite you to the evening "Friends of Gutenberg – Jour Fixe".

09/14/2021

20–24 October 2021

After last year's fair could only take place digitally, we look forward to meeting you in person again at the fair this fall. The…

07/25/2021

The Gutenberg Foundation and the International Gutenberg Society in Mainz e.V. invite to print, to discuss and to read, to puzzle over something and…