Imprimerie de L'Orphelinat Salésien (also known as “Orphanage of the Immaculate Conception Printing Press”) was a local Printing press owned by a Religious Order. In 1906, “Orphanage of the Immaculate Conception” was founded by an Italian Salesian of Don Bosco, Fr. Luigi Versiglia of which is the first Salesian House in East Asia. The Orphanage was later advanced into the “School of Arts and Crafts of the Immaculate Conception”, providing typesetting, printing, binding, and courses related to publishing. The school was established hoping to let male orphans to learn some practical skills for later livelihood. It took orders from local Catholic Church, ranging from newsletters, journals to novels, of which contributed significantly to professional education and the development of typography of Macau. The “School of Arts and Crafts of the Immaculate Conception” simultaneously act as the cradle for Macau printing industry as technologists who have been working in Macau Government Bureau graduated from the Salesian School of Arts.

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Archives related to the development of Salesian (Orphanage) Printing Press in Macau, including books, journals of remembrance, documentations, postcards, newspaper articles, and movable types back at old days etc. will be exhibited to let the public get to know about the history and stories of the Printing Press.

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|Opening Ceremony |
2025.03.15 Sat 3:00 p.m.

 

|Exhibition Period |
2025.03.16 – 2025.05.04

 

| Opening Hours |
10:00 - 13:00, 14:00 - 18:00（Closes on Mondays and Public Holidays）

 

|Venue |
CCCN MACAU - Exhibition Hall
Free Admission

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Organizer:
CCCN MACAU, ADAPEC MACAU
Co-organizer: 
INSTITUTO SALESIANO ARCHIVES ASSOCIATION, AU’S FAMILY
Acknowledgment:
Mr. Ao Wah Nien Pedro, Mr. Fong Kiang Iun, Mr. Kou Cheok Lam, Mr. HOU-LIM
Arquivos Históricos Departamento Diocesano de Arquivos Históricos e Património Cultural (DDAHPC), Sé Catedral Macau​