Membership

Join your friends at Hamilton and become a member today!

By joining at any level you will receive:
• The opportunity for pressroom rental, if proficiency is shown
• A quarterly newsletter
• Invitations to special events such as workshops, lectures, sales and the annual Wayzgoose
• Satisfaction in the knowledge that you are helping support the museum

Choose from six different levels:

Student Level: $25/yr

We will send you: A Ho-made type poster featuring famous Two Rivers slang printed on French Kraft Muscletone paper. Great for showing off your Hamilton pride at 5.5" x 13".

Ho-made Type Poster

Gothic Level: $35/yr

We will send you: One copy of the Hamilton & Katz type specimen facsimile, published by Dave Peat and Rich Hopkins, which is based on the original book which dates from 1884 and measures 9" x 12". No pages have been left from the original publication. A really great example of many varieties of wood type styles.

Hamilton Katz Specimen Book

Roman Level: $50/yr

We will send you: One of the last poster designs printed at the museum in the original location. To commemorate the last open day at the 1619 Jefferson Street location of the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum this poster was designed and printed in the pressroom. This three color poster features the Hamilton Manufacturing Company logo, an image of the factory facility, the original address, a couple half round images, and some fine Hamilton type and borders. A fine 12.5" x 19.5" letterpress printed poster in three colors.

Hamilton Last Gathering Poster

Tuscan Level: $100/yr

We will send you: One copy of the DVD Typeface, one facsimile copy of W.H. Page's 1886 type specimen catalog, and one Hamilton notebook. This collection of goodies will make you the envy of all your type friends. If you can't be in Two Rivers watching Kartemquin's Typeface will make you feel that way. Then you can spend some time perusing the Wm. H. Page Type Specimen facsimile that was published by Dave Peat. And you can jot down all your inspiration in a brightly colored notepad that has a letterpress printed cover.

Page Specimen Book, Typeface DVD, Notebook

Egyptian Level: $250/yr

We will send you: A poster showcasing the history and experience of Hamilton printed here at the museum from original Hamilton borders by Paul Brown. A beautiful letterpress printed poster at 17" x 19", two colors: black and metallic copper.

Hamilton Experience Poster

Aetna Level: $500/yr

We will send you: A limited-edition reproduction of Hamilton Wood Type's 1893 Columbian Exposition poster. Printed on Rives Deline paper and measuring 25" x 52" this edition, numbering 80 copies, was made from the original 1893 Plaque. This "ghost print" is the result of printing through a thin but durable film as inking the original type was not possible.

Columbia Poster

* Please allow 4–6 weeks for shipment of membership materials.