Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking

Museum Information

The Paper Museum is open to the public. All visitors must make a free reservation in advance. In order to keep visitors and staff healthy, maximum capacity is limited to 12, and admission will be timed.

The museum will be closed on Thursday and Friday, November 26 and 27, 2020 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

The museum will be closed December 19, 2020 to January 3, 2021.

Admission is free, groups of 10 or more must book a fee-based program in advance
Hours: 9:00-5:00, Monday - Friday (the Museum is closed weekends and all Georgia Tech holidays)
Location: 500 10th St. NW, Atlanta, GA (click for a map)

Two-hour parking is available in the lot in front of the museum. Download the Parkmobile app to pay. Parking is $2 per hour, plus a $0.35 transaction fee.

Welcome

The Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking is an internationally renowned resource on the history of paper and paper technology. In addition to more than 2,000 books, the museum features a remarkable collection of over 10,000 watermarks, papers, tools, machines, and manuscripts. The museum’s mission is to collect, preserve, increase and disseminate knowledge about papermaking – past, present and future.

The Museum features the Dard Hunter Collection of artifacts and books on paper and hand papermaking.

Located in the Renewable Bioproducts Institute at Georgia Tech, the museum’s exhibits feature Hunter’s historic collection, tools from the early industrialization of papermaking, environmental issues related to papermaking, and changing gallery spaces.

Current Exhibit

7th National Collegiate Handmade Paper Art Triennial

Exhibition Dates: September - November, 2020

The Triennial celebrates its 20th anniversary, since its first opening reception in December, 1999 at the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking in Atlanta, GA. It was imagined in a conversation between Lynn Sures and Cindy Bowden, as a show highlighting the work done by college students in the field of papermaking.

This year’s jurors, Buzz Spector and Tatiana Ginsberg, have chosen 37 works by 35 students, from 15 universities nationally. Spector is an artist, critic, and professor of Art at Washington University, St. Louis, MO. Tatiana Ginsberg is an artist and educator and is the co-director of Artistic Projects and Master Collaborator at Dieu Donne Papermill in Brooklyn, NY.

The Triennial exhibit also was at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, and the Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, OH

Founding Director: Lynn Sures

Co-Director: Megan Singleton

The Handmade Paper Art Triennial is an institutional affiliate of the North American Hand Papermakers (formerly the Friends of Dard Hunter).