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Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum
🎟️ Attraction in Two Rivers, WI
The Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum, founded in 1999, is run by the Two Rivers Historical Society and focuses on preserving wood type used in letterpress printing. It houses a collection of over 1.5 million pieces spanning more than 1,000 styles, along with presses and vintage prints. The museum regularly hosts workshops, conferences, and university student groups.
Something unique: It is located in a factory building of the Hamilton Manufacturing Company founded in 1880 by J.E. Hamilton.
- Phone
- +1-920-794-6272
- Hours
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Sunday: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM See full week
- MondayClosed
- Tuesday10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Wednesday10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Thursday10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Friday10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Saturday10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Sunday1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
- Website
- https://woodtype.org/ ↗