Crandall Printing Museum

How have I lived in Provo for three years, and not had the slightest knowledge of the Crandall Historical Printing Museum?

Right on Center Street, this hands-on printing museum is the most complete printing museum in the world. From a replica of the first Gutenberg press, to a Linotype (the first machine operated press) visitors can watch and participate as individual letters are set into the only operational authentic Gutenberg press in the world, ink is blotted on the backwards typeface, and paper is inserted and stamped to create the first page of Genesis. 

Watching the painstaking process, I began to more deeply appreciate men like Johannes Gutenberg, Benjamin Franklin, and others that pioneered the way for modern printing technology. 
Because of men like this, it takes me a grand total of 45 minutes to write a 200 word blog post about a neat experience I had. 500 years ago, no one would have dreamed that virtually everyone in the world would have the opportunity to learn to read, write and express their opinions openly over a series of boxes powered by electricity and connected to each other so people in Africa, Ukraine, Mexico, etc... can see it. 

Two things.

1. This makes me think about everything I use during the day, and how much I take most of it for granted. How many people from history do we have to thank for their curiosity and dedication to solving a problem?

2. How many places in Provo have I never been in because I don't know it exists? I suppose it's time to find out!