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The American Bookbinders Museum
The American Bookbinders Museum explores and celebrates the craft, culture, and tools of bookbinding.
Start your journey towards authorship! You have a lot to say...why not write it down? Become a Master member and receive a Good, Grand, Great, Wonderful upcycled buttonhole binding journal to write all your thoughts in. Looking for inspiration on what to write? This membership comes with free in-person museum admission year round and free access to six ABM webinars.![]()
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Explore how artists’ books function as a resource to physically guide readers in understanding difficult and sensitive topics. By engaging with a book as a physical, touchable object, readers may be more open to engaging in complex and necessary conversations.![]()
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Join book artist Thad Higa in a discussion of how book structure, choice of materials, book structure, and narrative layout are utilized to expand the sense of language and meaning.![]()
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Your troop can earn its Book Artist Badge with the American Bookbinders Museum! ![]()
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Learn the history of making books from hand binding through industrialization in a docent-guided tour![]()
Get hands-on experience making a hardcover exposed spine journal![]()
Finish the badge with an optional take home kit![]()
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Book your troop for a visit in 2026 before February 28th and enjoy 10% off!![]()
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Visit us in Cultural Row at the 57th annual Antiquarian Book Fair! A biennial Bay Area event for collectors, rare book enthusiasts, and all book lovers. A great opportunity to purchase books, maps, ephemera, drawings, manuscripts, autographs, and more!![]()
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The SF Antiquarian bookfair has FREE admission for librarians, curators, and related non-profit cultural institution workers who register in advance with a valid organizational email address.![]()
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See you there!![]()
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February 27th - March 1st![]()
Pier 27, The Embarcadero
Let’s discuss #NationalReadToYourChildDay! Literacy affects development at an early age. Studies show that children who are read to daily are exposed to over 290,000 words before reaching kindergarten! This exposure builds empathy and emotional awareness while simultaneously opening the door to engage in conversations about the lessons on the page. By discussing the work, children are exposed to various words and walks of life they may not otherwise experience.
Maria
María. Italian fabric diary with cotton thread details, handmade bridles and painted edges. Year 2003. Dimensions 24x18 cm.
Blanca
Blanca. Collage with sheepskin on both sides. Cuts in the inner sheets and registers of henequen thread. Year 2003. Dimensions 24x18 cm.
Violeta
Violeta. Journal bound in Valencian dyed sheepskin leather, with carved edges, the journal covers in turn form the protection box, French endpapers, bridles and nail details. It was sewn on a loom with linen thread. Year 2003. Dimensions 18x12 [...]
