Robert C. Williams Paper Museum

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Call: (404) 894-6663 or visit paper.gatech.edu

The Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking is an internationally renowned resource on the history of paper and paper technology. In addition to more than 2,000 books, the museum features a remarkable collection of over 10,000 watermarks, papers, tools, machines, and manuscripts. The museum’s mission is to collect, preserve, increase and disseminate knowledge about papermaking – past, present and future.

The Museum features the Dard Hunter Collection of artifacts and books on paper and hand papermaking.

Located in the Renewable Bioproducts Institute at Georgia Tech, the museum’s exhibits feature Hunter’s historic collection, tools from the early industrialization of papermaking, environmental issues related to papermaking, and changing gallery spaces.

Thursday December 10, 2020 04:00 PM EST
“Unfold” the technique to making this unique blooming book that uses paper folding! You will make your own unique book with colorful, patterned paper.

Price: $5.00 Optional workshop kit fee: $5.00, each kit has materials for 2 participants.

Contact Anna Doll at Anna.Doll at rbi.gatech.edu or 404... [click here for more]

Tuesday December 8, 2020 07:30 PM EST
Pop into the holiday spirit with this workshop where participants will be making their own Gingerbread house themed pop-up card! Explore paper engineering and learn how to make two-dimensional papers into 3D objects. Cutting, folding, crimping, and rolling are just a few of the techniques to try in ... [click here for more]

Wednesday November 11, 2020 08:00 PM EST
Robert C. Williams Paper Museum Cost: Registration Required
The artists on the “Paper as Surface” panel use paper in an illustrative way. What possibilities are revealed when your medium is both the content and the surface? Join the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking virtually as we speak to the artists about the pulp painting technique as an aesthetic... [click here for more]

Thursday February 20, 2020 07:30 PM EST
Poetry@Tech presents its Spring Immigrant / Refugee Poetry Reading featuring Kwame Dawes, Javier Zamora, Dunya Mikhail, and Mahtem Shiferraw.

This event is free and open to the public. A Cappella Books will be selling a selection of the authors’ books at the venue.

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Thursday November 7, 2019 07:30 PM EST
Poetry@Tech presents its Fall Immigrant/Refugee poetry reading featuring Ocean Vuong, Kaveh Akbar, Mai Der Vang, and Carolina Ebeid. [click here for more]

Wednesday February 25, 2015 07:00 PM EST
Robert C. Williams Paper Museum Cost: No cost info
Literary festival with spoken poetry by Bruce Mcever and Vietnamese poet Nguyen Phan Que Mai with translator Bruce Wegl. The release of 2015 Terminus Magazine will also be celebrated. [click here for more]
500 10th St. NW
Atlanta, GA 30332
(404) 894-6663
Museum
Hours

Monday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Tuesday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Thursday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed

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