See the history of the revolutionary printing press in Antwerp

Antwerp's Plantin-Moretus Museum is a printing museum which contains two of the oldest printing presses in the world along with dyes and matrices.

It celebrates the city's renowned printers Christoffel Plantijn and Jan Moretus and is based in their former offices in the Friday Market.

The company was founded as a bookbinding and leather working firm in the mid-16th century by Christoffel Plantijn but was soon established as a printer.

He passed the firm onto his son-in-law Jan Moretus who kept up the family tradition.

It was sold to the city of Antwerp in 1876 when it became open to the public.

Some of the items in the museum include the Biblia Polygotta - a Bible written in five languages, the Thesaurus Teutoniae and other historical reference books.

Visitors can see the preserved printing presses which, according to trabel.com, are "still in a fairly authentic state".

They can also see the original interior of the house including the antique furniture and tapestries.