... the revolution of the printed book in Europe started. An amazing arrangement of the development of print! More

This was a fun place to visit. The history of the published written word is fascinating, and shown here in interesting detail, with English information available (always a plus for me). Staff was helpful, although the material was presented very clearly as it was. Not to miss: original Gutenberg bibles in the vault on the second floor. More

lots of things to see and learn, a full day of fun and history- my kids ( 7 , 9 ) loved it, so did i, More

This museum has a lot of printing equipment and displays and tells a good story (mostly in German) of the history of printing. But it is a little jumbled and confusing in its layout. The saving grace are the glass-enclosed Gutenberg Bibles on display in the upstairs vault. Very impressive. A printing afficionado would find this place fascinating but for... More

If you like illuminated manuscripts, not to mention the Gutenberg Bible, you should not miss this museum. Beautiful, beautiful things. More

A very insightful experience for a museum. Thanks to the visit, I've learned something about the history of publishing. Be sure you devote at least 90 minutes to the Gutenberg Museum, because it's quite large and very interesting. If you're going to come with kids, make sure they attend 'printing master class', where they can try old methods of printing... More

the museum is impressive. do pay the few extra bucks for the english language iPod. That will walk you through the museum and explain things. I was surprised that much of the museum explainations are only in German. More

Two week before I went to Mainz, which is a middle sized town near frankfurt in order to visit the gutenberg museum. to sum it up: it was dissapointing at all. no modern technologies, as visualisations, coputer animated demonstrations. only an old style demonstration of a printing press was the only service. no audio guide. sorry no recomention possible More

This one is pretty cool once, though boring more than that. We temporarily live in the area, so we've gone here a couple of times. It has a demonstration of a printing press that was easily understood by everyone in our group, though it was in German. The demonstrator used enough gestures and such that we were all able to... More