So, last week I got to go to one of Provo's awesomest places: The Crandall Printing Museum. For those who haven't had a chance to yet, I truly recommend it. Basically, the museum shows the different advances in printing technology throughout history. It starts with Gutenberg's printing press and the creation of movable types. Before this time it would take months and months for a scribe in some monastery to copy a book by hand. Many times errors were make during this long process. After Gutenberg introduced the movable types and the printing press, hundreds of copies could be printed in only a few months. Gutenberg's press is considered by many the greatest creation in the history of mankind!!!
After this, the tour goes to a section where much about the American revolution is learned and the efforts to print tracts that would inspired the Revolutionary cause. Without the invention of the press the American revolution would have been impossible. Lastly, the tour goes through the times of the Restoration of the Gospel and the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. As I was going through the tour I felt that the Lord really inspired men to do marvelous works. Overall, the Crandall Museum experience was great. I really loved it!!!
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