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March 2, 2026

Thank you Milwaukee Magazine for the featured article!

While touring the cavernous home of Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum in Two Rivers, I have a realization: This is a hidden gem, the only place in the world dedicated to preserving wood-type printmaking. One of the artistic discipline’s greatest innovators was founded right here in 1880 – J.E. Hamilton Holly Wood Type Company. Read More »

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September 2, 2016

Hamilton Stories: Bill Ahearn

Hamilton Stories: An Oral History, was a six-event speaker series at Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum in 2015 and early 2016, that commemorated the occupational heritage and process of making wood type. Founded in Two Rivers, Wisconsin in 1880, the Hamilton Manufacturing Company became the largest manufacturer of wood type in the United States. As a local employer and... Read More »

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September 2, 2016

Hamilton Stories: David Artz

Hamilton Stories: An Oral History, was a six-event speaker series at Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum in 2015 and early 2016, that commemorated the occupational heritage and process of making wood type. Founded in Two Rivers, Wisconsin in 1880, the Hamilton Manufacturing Company became the largest manufacturer of wood type in the United States. As a local employer and... Read More »

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September 2, 2016

Hamilton Stories: Mardell Doubek

Hamilton Stories: An Oral History, was a six-event speaker series at Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum in 2015 and early 2016, that commemorated the occupational heritage and process of making wood type. Founded in Two Rivers, Wisconsin in 1880, the Hamilton Manufacturing Company became the largest manufacturer of wood type in the United States. As a local employer and... Read More »

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February 23, 2016

Welcome, Silver Buckle Press!

We are pleased to announce a long-term agreement and collaboration with the University of Wisconsin to house the Silver Buckle Press (SBP) at our location.Former Hamilton Resident Artist and SBP curator for many years, Tracy Honn has been an ambassador of Hamilton since our beginning. With Tracy's plans to retire from the UW in 2016, the University determined that budget... Read More »

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