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Arion Press is ecstatic to host public tours of its production floor.
This in-depth tour takes you through the hot metal type foundry, letterpress room, and bookbindery – one of the last facilities of its kind. Listed in 111 Places in San Francisco That You Must Not Miss. Featured on Raw Craft with Anthony Bourdain and on Business Insider's Still Standing.
The Grabhorn Institute was formed to preserve and perpetuate the use of two unique San Francisco businesses as a living museum and educational center: M & H Type, established in 1915, now one of the oldest and largest continuously operating type foundries in America, and Arion Press, founded in 1974, publisher of limited-edition artist books printed by letterpress and bound by hand.
The Grabhorn Institute was formed to preserve and perpetuate the use of two unique San Francisco businesses as a living museum and educational center: M & H Type, established in 1915, now one of the oldest and largest continuously operating type foundries in America, and Arion Press, founded in 1974, publisher of limited-edition artist books printed by letterpress and bound by hand.