The Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum is 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. The Museum is also 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 hot metal type.
Located between the East and West Twin Rivers on Lake Michigan, the Hamilton Manufacturing Company (right behind the Historic Washington House, home of the ice cream sundae) was the largest wood type producer in the country, when virtually everything was letterpress printed. The company was founded in 1880, and along with wood type they manufactured medical office furniture, light tables, the first gas powered clothes dryer and more. Hamilton is still around; over 130 years old now, they make steel lab equipment.
The Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum relocated to the former Formrite Company building, where they doubled their space and have a nice view of Lake Michigan. You’ll find it just off Highway 42 at 10th & Madison, just south of Highway 310.
Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum Address:
1816 10th Street (along Highway 42)
Two Rivers, WI 54241
(920) 794-6272
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