Nauvoo Print Shop
595 Kimball St, Nauvoo, IL 62354
Historic Sites
Here you can see a period printing press and learn about the time-consuming labors necessary to print documents in the 1840s.
In this shop, you’ll learn various printing terms and see the process of printing a newspaper in Old Nauvoo. Imagine setting type for a weekly newspaper by hand, carefully placing each tiny letter in a composing stick backwards.
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- Mon: 9:00am – 5:30pm
- Tue: 9:00am – 5:30pm
- Wed: 9:00am – 5:30pm
- Thu: 9:00am – 5:30pm
- Fri: 9:00am – 5:30pm
- Sat: 9:00am – 5:30pm
- Sun: 12:30pm – 5:00pm
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