Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum
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Features
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Museum/Gallery Type
- Historical
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History/Heritage Type
- Early Industry
Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum
1816 10th St - Two Rivers, WI 54241
Information:
920-794-6272
Winter Hours: November 1-April 30:
Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm. Closed Sunday and Monday.
Summer Hours: May 1-November 1:
Tuesday-Saturday: 10am-5pm, Sunday: 1pm-5pm.
Closed Monday.
The only museum dedicated to the preservation, study, production and printing of wood type. With 1.5 million pieces of wood type and more than 1,000 styles and sizes of patterns, Hamilton's collection is one of the premier wood type collections in the world. In addition to wood type, the Museum is home to an amazing array of advertising cuts from the 1930s through the 1970s, and all of the equipment necessary to make wood type and print with it, as well as equipment used in the production of hot metal type, tools of the craft and rare type specimen catalogs.
What's Nearby
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Wine with the Alpacas 1
8/17/2024
Two Rivers - 2.98 miles away
2
Malt City Brewfest
7/27/2024
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3
Lakeshore Balloon Glow
8/16/2024
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4
Kids From Wisconsin in Manitowoc
8/15/2024
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5
Acoustic Fest
8/17/2024
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6
Wisconsin Sand Sculpting Festival
7/19/2024 - 7/21/2024
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7
Manitowoc County Fair
8/21/2024 - 8/25/2024
Manitowoc - 8.16 miles away
8
U.S. Biathlon Midwest Regionals Summer Biathlon
7/19/2024 - 7/21/2024
Brillion - 23.74 miles away