Financial donations can be made via CanadaHelps.org or by sending an e-transfer to info@mackenzieprintery.org.
Letterpress Printing is Alive and Well in Queenston, Ontario!
What better place for print enthusiasts to gather than in the restored home of rebel publisher William Lyon Mackenzie. This museum reveals 500 years of printing technology, amid the authentic ambiance of a period print shop.
The Mackenzie Print Group is a collective of local artists, machinists, archivists and history enthusiasts dedicated to the care, preservation and promotion of the Museum’s collection. We meet Saturday mornings at the Museum in Queenston, Ontario to maintain the vintage printing presses, the vast collection of wood and metal type, accept, clean and sort donated type and printing equipment, and yes, we print!
Members of the public are welcome to visit the museum from May to October where tours are hosted by the Niagara Parks Commission.
Membership
Help keep the art of letterpress printing alive
We’d love to have you! The Print Group meets at the Mackenzie Printery and Newspaper Museum on Saturday mornings from 9am to noon (except holiday weekends).
Be prepared to roll up your sleeves to help clean, proof and sort cuts, woodtype or metal type and if you’re handy with a wrench there are always repairs and restoration projects on the go.
Once a month we get inky with printing projects! Never used a press? We’ll teach you! Become a member today and help us with our mission to preserve the craft of letterpress printing.
Support
Help preserve the history and art of letterpress printing
Your support, be it monetary or by way of a donation of letterpress printing equipment (a press, wood or metal type, etc.) helps the Mackenzie Print Group advance our mission to preserve the art for future generations.
Donate Equipment/Type
If you would like to donate print equipment and/or type, please use the contact form or email the Print Group's Chairman at info@mackenzieprintery.org.