Featherbed Alley Printshop, Saint George

The Featherbed Alley Printshop is a museum featuring a replica Gutenberg press, and is located in the lower level of the Mitchell House, in St. George's, a UNESCO World Heritage town in Bermuda. The upper level of the house holds the St. George's Historical Society Museum. The house is named for its architect, Walter Mitchell, who had it built in the 1720s. The museum is a replica of an 18th-century printshop, though its location was never formerly the site of such a business. The museum is largely dedicated to the history of Bermuda's first newspaper and printing business, that of Joseph Stockdale, who published The Bermuda Gazette. Stockdale actually operated his business from the cellar of his own house, the Stockdale House, on Printer's Alley. Following his death, Stockdale's heirs continued to run operate the business from Stockdale House until relocating to Hamilton, Bermuda, following the capital's move there in 1815. ()