A clandestine photo in Mainz
I was keen to revisit Mainz — I remembered loving it when I was there in 1976 — so we made a side trip there from Frankfurt.
Mainz is on the confluence of the Main and Rhine Rivers. It’s also home to the wonderful Gutenberg Museum.
Columbia Press in the Gutenberg Museum
My background in publishing made our trip to the museum all the more interesting, and I managed to sneak in one photo before being told that photos aren’t allowed. Our daughter, Libby, works in the Australian National Museum. She has schooled me well and I really do try to observe museum rules as I know how precious the contents can be. I always look for an indication as to whether photos are permitted. And if they are, I never use the flash. But in this case, I missed the sign entirely (and never even saw one on the way out). Anyway, the one pic I did snap shows the gold embellishment added to a Columbia printing press, as an early form of advertising/self-promotion. Just so you know, once you’ve taken a rogue photo — whether intentionally or accidentally — the guard keeps a pretty close eye on you.
Where to next? 
yeah we know all about museum rules dont we…lol
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Like the one I “accidentally” took of the Mona Lisa when I first visited France MANY years ago lol
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