Milton Keynes Museum

Dedicated to the history of Milton Keynes and the people who live there, the Milton Keynes Museum covers agriculture, transportation, archaeology, rural crafts, domestic life, shopping, telecommunication, and printing. The Museum’s Columbian hand press came from High Wycombe and takes pride of place in the Print Room. Beside it is the similar but much smaller Albion hand press, bearing the date 1845, that was used in Olney. The jobbing platen presses range from small hand fed treadle machines, to a belt driven Golding Jobber, and a Cropper. The largest machine in the collection is an 1880s Wharfedale stop cylinder manufactured by W. Dawson and Sons, Otley. It has been modified with a flyer delivery added in 1906. A Proofing Press from McCorquodale’s is the most modern member of the collection. Among the wide range of associated artefacts is a Furnival & Co Express guillotine - but it lacks any of the safety features required today!

Collection

• Columbian press

• Albion hand press

• Godling Jobber

• Cropper press

• Wharfdale

• Proofing press

• Funival & Co Express Guillotine