「基督長老教會Albion活版印刷機組」保存維護之研究

Research on the Conservation and Restoration of 'Albion Hand Printing Press of Presbyterian Church in Taiwan'

台灣基督長老教會保留一部1872年製Albion活版印刷機，迄今（2022年）剛好150年，咸認為是臺灣第一部活版印刷機。國立科學工藝博物館與台灣基督長老教會於2020年合作，對於此極具歷史的Albion活版印刷機及其組件進行調查研究與文物修護，先前已發表對於此活版印刷機文化資產價值探討，此篇論文則以記錄此部Albion活版印刷機保存維護的過程。整個過程從科學工藝博物館與長老教會針對此印刷機討論確立「修護目的」開始，再依據《下塔吉爾憲章》（The Nizhny Tagil Charter）中闡述產業文化資產（Industrial Heritage）之價值定義來研究討論訂立「修護準則」，而後再邀請臺灣地區多位文物修護師及專業人員到館檢視此批文物後提供意見，擬訂出「修護計畫」，再實施修護並將整個「修護過程」記錄。此部Albion活版印刷機修護後分別在科工館及國立臺灣文學館展出。

The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan retains an Albion Hand Printing Press made in 1872, which is considered the first movable type printing press in Taiwan. It has been exactly 150 years (2022). The National Science and Technology Museum and the Taiwan Presbyterian Church cooperated in 2020 to carry out cultural relics repair and research on this historic Albion letterpress press and its components, which have previously published a discussion on the cultural heritage value of this letterpress printing machine. This paper describes the 'repair purpose' of the Science and Technology Museum and the Taiwan Presbyterian Church after negotiating with this printing machine, and then based on the 'Nizhny Tagil Charter' (The Nizhny Tagil Charter), explains the value definition of Industrial Heritage to study, discuss and formulate 'Restoration Guidelines'. The museum invited several cultural relics conservators and professionals in Taiwan to inspect this batch of cultural relics, provide opinions, and formulate the 'Restoration Criteria Plan', which was then implemented and the entire 'restoration process' documented. The Albion Hand Printing Press is displayed in the Science and Technology Museum and the National Taiwan Literature Museum.