The American Bookbinders Museum is a small, not-for-profit museum in San Francisco, California, dedicated to showcasing the artistry, history, and craft of bookbinding.
In 2015 it relocated to a larger location in the South of Market neighborhood, where it opened to the public, offering docent-led and self-guided tours.
[1][2][3][4] The Museum, a nonprofit corporation, was started by Tim James, a Bay Area bookbinder.
The Museum has a Special Collection of books, equipment, and ephemera which is available to researchers.
[6] The New York Times described it as "a small, obsessive collection of machinery and ephemera.