Why do we call capital letters “upper case” and other letters “lower case”? Find out why—and more—on a summer afternoon at The Marshfield Sun Printing Museum. The Marshfield Sun’s antique printing presses and other fascinating equipment are open to the public, 1-4pm, Tuesdays through Saturdays from the day after Memorial Day to day before Labor Day. Admission is free. (Donations are encouraged.) Skilled volunteers are always on hand to interpret and demonstrate how the various equipment works, as well as to answer questions about the Museum’s exhibits on printing and office technology. The Marshfield Sun Printing Museum is a unique printing museum located in that building at the north end of Front Street on Coos Bay’s historic waterfront. The unusually shaped building was built as the home for the Marshfield Sun newspaper and print shop in 1911. The Marshfield Sun was a working newspaper office and print shop from 1891 to 1944—and is today essentially as it was left in 1944, with additional exhibits upstairs and on the walls. Call 541-267-4027 for more information.
