The Museum;opened in 1988;is located in a building dating back to the 15th century.Didactic demonstrations give an overview of the fascinating world of books and printing and of the typographic technique used - beginning with the invention of movable types in the 15th century.The Museum is dedicated to the Soncino family of Jewish printers;which was active in the duchy of the Sforzas between 1483 and 1490 and produced valuable editions;mainly in Hebraic;among which the first edition of the Hebraic Bible completed with vowel signs.Later the Soncinos moved to other Italian towns;they also printed texts in Latin and Italian and then they migrated to the East;to Salonicco and Istambul.The Museum offers evidence of the ancient typographic art:it shows the functioning of a printing machine;illustrates the composition of the page elements with movable types;the inking and printing processes.Printing machines going back to the 18th and 19th centuries;in-depth studies of Jewish printing;original prints and reprints and a didactic video complete the exhibition.The Museum also houses didactic lithography workshops and temporary exhibitions.