The collection of writing and typing techniques comprises
currently 370 typewriters of about one hundred different
marks. The largest part is represented by serial-produced
machines of American provenance, in addition there are
machines from Germany, England (Salter, Lloyd), Czech lands
(Zeta, Consul), but also Switzerland (Hermes), Norway
(Halda) and others. The collection of writing and typing
technique is completed by exhibits documenting production
and using of writing pencils, fountain and writing pens, and
several replicas of ancient writing instruments.
The first item in this collection was a typewriter of the
firm L.C.Smith & Bros. in 1923, the second, in the same
year, New Century Caligraph. The collection was gradually
extended with additional marks and models mainly through
donations and later by purchases. Unique exhibits are the
German typewriter Westphalia, the preserved machine Hammonia
of the firm Guhl & Garbeck or the miniature typewriter
Taurus Type which can be at the first sight mistaken with
a pocket watch. Worth particular attention are also several
machines of domestic provenance, for instance a prototype of
the Czech typewriter Matous, then a weird wooden machine
Aerotyp by J.Novak, and, in particular, an original
typewriter manufactured in a single specimen by Jindrich Odkolek.
