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August 27, 2026

Hamilton Wood Type And Printing Museum in Two Rivers, WI | FULL TOUR!

Thank you @ billaroundtheglobe The Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum was an AWESOME find in Two Rivers, Wisconsin! This HUGE warehouse has all of the original printing machines and lettering used for old newspapers, posters, etc. all over the U.S.! Read More »

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July 25, 2025

This Printing Museum Houses The World’s Largest Collection Of Wood Type (And You Can Print With It!)

What started as a simple request from a local newspaper editor to create some letters quickly grew into America’s largest wood type foundry, eventually holding a virtual monopoly by 1900. Read More »

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June 24, 2017

Unpacking the Enquirer Collection

As we wander the back warehouse part of the museum, it’s interesting to wonder what it would be like to have a group of bright, hard working individuals to help organize the collection, particularly our largest and most recent addition to the museum, The Enquirer blocks, acquired in 2015 from Cincinnati, Ohio. Enter Professors Paul Brown and David Wolske with... Read More »

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January 21, 2017

Transit and Hamilton Residency Call for Entries

Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum and Transit Residency are pleased to invite Midwestern artists, printers, and book artists (specifically those residing/based in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin) to apply for a two-week residency at the museum in Two Rivers, Wisconsin to take place between June 1st and August 31st, 2017. This residency was established to provide... Read More »

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December 29, 2016

Enquirer Collection Exhibition

The Enquirer Collection at the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum contains nearly 500 rare circus, fair and carnival posters, plus approximately 1,500 hand-carved printing plates; more than 5,000 pieces of large wood type; and related correspondence. The Anderson family of Cincinnati founded Enquirer Printing in 1895 and continuously has archived the extensive collection. In the early 1950s it was... Read More »

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