New York, USA · est. 1775

Bowne & Co., Stationers (South Street Seaport Museum)

A working 19th-century-style letterpress print shop operated by the South Street Seaport Museum, printing and selling house-designed letterpress stationery, cards and broadsides on historic equipment.


About the press

Bowne & Co., Stationers is a working letterpress print shop run by the South Street Seaport Museum in lower Manhattan, tracing its name to a stationery business dating to 1775. Using historic presses and type, it prints and sells letterpress stationery, cards and broadsides and offers hands-on printing workshops.