Vintage Pop-Up Books

06/19/2026

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06/17/2026

This movable book was made in the 19th century. Hidden rubber bands inside the pages helped the figures move and snap back into place. A remarkable example of Victorian ingenuity. Have you ever seen a movable book mechanism like this before?

12/08/2025

This rare movable adaptation of Heinrich Hoffmann’s classic Struwwelpeter transforms the familiar cautionary tales into “living” scenes through the inventive paper engineering of Lothar Meggendorfer, here credited under the pseudonym “El. Em.” Issued by Gustav Weise in Stuttgart circa 1895, the book features pull-tab mechanisms that animate the unruly child figures for which Struwwelpeter is notorious

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12/08/2025

This rare movable adaptation of Heinrich Hoffmann’s classic Struwwelpeter transforms the familiar cautionary tales into “living” scenes through the inventive paper engineering of Lothar Meggendorfer, here credited under the pseudonym “El. Em.” Issued by Gustav Weise in Stuttgart circa 1895, the book features pull-tab mechanisms that animate the unruly child figures for which Struwwelpeter is notorious

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12/04/2025

✨ Excited about Pop-App Museum – Opening Day in Turin! 📚
A new space dedicated to pop-up, animated, and multimedia books opens in Turin.
📅 11 December 2025
🕙 From 10:00 AM
📍 Sala delle Colonne, Palazzo Civico & Palazzo Barolo – MUSLI
The program includes a morning session with registration, institutional greetings, and presentations about the project.
🎨 Also launching:
“Sempre allegri, bambini!
Lothar Meggendorfer and Animated Books in Italy between the 19th and 20th Century”
📅 12 December 2025 – 28 June 2026
📍 Palazzo Barolo – MUSLI
A unique chance to explore historic animated books and the works of one of the genre’s greatest innovators.