Editora Peru, the publishing company of the official Peruvian daily "El Peruano", inaugurated the Graphic Museum El Peruano in 1999 in their head office in Lima. The museum shows the nearly 200 years spanning history of the oldest Peruvian newspaper, founded by Simon Bolivar in 1825.
On display are, among many other interesting things, different printing machines, type and letter cases, the first edition of "El Peruano" including the pressure plate, many old pictures and of course newspapers.
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Graphic Museum El Peruano - Museo Grafico Lima
The entrance of the Graphic Museum - Museo Grafico El Peruano in Lima
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Graphic Museum El Peruano Lima - typesetting machine
Historic typesetting machine exhibited at the Museo Grafico El Peruano in Lima
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Graphic Museum El Peruano - printing plate
Printing plate and the first copy of the newspaper El Peruano
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Graphic Museum El Peruano - Museo Grafico Lima
Lead smelter, molds and lead bar exhibited at the Museo Grafico El Peruano
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Graphic Museum El Peruano Lima - printing press
Printing press on display at the Museo Grafico El Peruano in Lima