Plantin–Moretus Museum

Where the Gutenberg Museum explains the invention, this is a real printing business left almost as it was. The house, workshops and archive of the Plantin-Moretus printing house in Antwerp survive together, which is why the complex was added to UNESCO's World Heritage List in 2005. The pressroom holds the two oldest printing presses in the world, and you can browse centuries-old books and try a press yourself. For designers it is the clearest picture of how a big early publishing house actually worked. The museum closed for renovation on August 3, 2026 and reopens on the weekend of December 5 and 6, 2026, with the collection reorganized and the old kitchen added to the permanent exhibition.