Common Press Printmaking Workshops and Papermaking Demonstrations

The Museum will host a printing workshop and papermaking demonstration with Common Press for visitors to learn how paper was made and printing presses were used to spread the word about independence. In the printing workshops on July 2 and 4, come print your own one-word response on a portable printing press using wood type, in honor of the 250th birthday of the first printing of these words in Philadelphia in 1776 (the last print will be made at 1:45 PM). In the papermaking demonstration on the plaza on July 3, enjoy a hands-on demonstration of how used cloth and rags collected from the local Philadelphia community became the sheets of paper that the Declaration was printed on.