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The tiny village of Flateyri has 200 residents and no fewer than five museums.
museums

Why Doesn't Iceland Have a Museum of Napkins?

An investigation.
A. Kendra Greene July 6, 2020
art

The Delightful Doodles and Hidden Scribbles on the Backs of Artworks

George Eksts has digitized 200,000 works on paper. Several hundred had writings or drawings on the back.
Karen Chernick May 27, 2020
The roll truth, and nothing but.
bathrooms

A Brief History of TP, From Silk Road Hygiene to Pandemic Hoarding

An author's end-game expertise has never been more timely.
Shoshi Parks May 8, 2020
San Rafael, Mexico

Casino Cosmopolita

This former hotel and casino was part of a paper mill operation that was one of Mexico's largest employers.
Guillermo del Toro after winning an Academy Award for 'The Shape of Water'
Reynosa, Mexico

Piñatería Ramírez

Traditional craftwork and modern pop culture merge in this piñata workshop.
In "The Mating Proposal," a male common kingfisher offers fish to a female. This is the most complex sculpture Rajput has built so far.
art

A Self-Taught Indian Artist Sculpts Intricate Birds From Paper and Wire

Around 100 bird species have taken wing from the studio of New Delhi artist and conservationist Niharika Rajput.
Richa Malhotra February 4, 2020
The workshop.
San Agustín Etla, Mexico

Taller Arte Papel (Paper Art Workshop)

This art center located in a former hydroelectric plant uses native plants to create paper for kites, bags, jewelry, and more.
Two women create a fabric-pulp sheet.
factories

How Elephant Poop Becomes Fancy Paper in Sri Lanka

An elephant can defecate 16 times in one day—and its 200 pounds of dung can double as paper pulp.
Zinara Rathnayake November 8, 2019
Mexico City, Mexico

Plaza Loreto

One of the world's richest men bought this former paper factory and transformed it into a mall.
Taller Leñateros.
San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico

Taller Leñateros (Woodlanders’ Workshop)

Mexico’s first and only Tzotzil Maya bookbinding workshop.
The oft-coveted Codex Argenteus, aka the Silver Bible, is now ensconced behind bulletproof glass at Sweden's Uppsala University.
objects of intrigue

What's Silver, Purple, and Very Well-Traveled?

The Codex Argenteus—a beautiful and mysterious bible from the sixth century—is now safely stowed in Sweden.
Erika Harlitz-Kern July 31, 2019
paintings

The Reunion of Two Halves of a Piece of Paper Ripped Apart by Paul Cézanne

They could help piece together his life and work.
Matthew Taub July 12, 2019
Villa Rosario.
Banyeres de Mariola, Spain

Valencian Paper Museum

A lovely look back at the manufacture and use of paper in all its forms.
Ohrid, North Macedonia

National Workshop For Handmade Paper

See how paper is made the old-fashioned way.
A copy of the print paper, <em>Hikikomori Shimbun</em>.
japan

Japan's Most Interesting Newspaper Is for Recluses, by Recluses

Fed up with sensationalized portrayals, the country's hikikomori are reclaiming their narrative.
Rohini Chaki February 12, 2019
The Robert C. Williams Paper Museum.
Atlanta, Georgia

Robert C. Williams Paper Museum

One of the world’s largest collections of paper memorabilia chronicles 4,000 years of papermaking.
This photo, taken by Yasaka Marico, shows the scale of Tatsumi's collection.
collections

The Man With 15,000 Pieces of Chopstick-Wrapper Origami

A restaurant job turned into a collecting passion.
Anne Ewbank July 20, 2018
Carton King Creative Park.
Taichung City, Taiwan

Carton King Creative Park

Life-size animals and furniture made entirely from cardboard fill this odd paper-themed restaurant.