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The American Bookbinders Museum
The American Bookbinders Museum explores and celebrates the craft, culture, and tools of bookbinding.
Field trips enhance traditional learning with social-emotional education, hands-on activities, and real-life contextual applications. ABM field trips include a guided tour where students learn about industrial history followed by a workshop where students bind their own book under the guidance of an instructor. Students take ownership of their own learning and it fosters a personal connection with design. The number of students served on ABM field trips increased 100% from 2024 to 2025. Donate to support our education programs!![]()
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Every year the ABM staff combs through our collection to select the perfect object for our annual holiday card. The addition of new collections made this decision all the more difficult.![]()
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This years runner up is a cozy winter letterpress print from our new Clinker Press Collection.
Bookbinding is full of small details that make a big difference! Join bookbinder Lucias Farias V. in a webinar discussing one of the smallest details— headbands. Learn about the historical application of headbands, the materials needed, and how they change to suit a book's needs. Additionally, Lucia will discuss the challenges that can be encountered when sewing headbands.![]()
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Saturday, December 20th![]()
11:00am PST![]()
This virtual webinar will be recorded and sent to ticket holders following the event.
Celebrate Museum Shop Sunday with the American Bookbinders Museum. Whether you're shopping for a bookbinder, a cozy reader, or a free spirit, the ABM gift shop has the gifts you need this holiday season.
Happy National Game and Puzzle Week! ![]()
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Created by Janus Press in 2017, Gameboard/Symmetries was inspired by old game boards such as Parcheesi, Sorry!, and Chinese checkers. Each symmetrical design begins with a grid. These grids encompass a quadrant from each of the original game boards, creating mandala-like designs or kaleidoscope-like views. Gameboard/Symmetries has no right way up; it can be viewed from any angle. The American Bookbinders Museum featured this game in our 2024 exhibition Bound to be Different, which highlighted books from different private presses.
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 [...]
