May 28, 2014

The Museum hosts the APA Wayzgoose

The Amalgamated Printers’ Association will be holding their annual Wayzgoose at the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum this year the weekend of June 19-21st, 2014 in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. The APA consists of both professional and amateur letterpress printers, whose emphasis is on the exchange of members’ letterpress printing and information on sources of equipment and better printing practices.... Read More »

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May 16, 2014

Aaron Draplin to speak at our 1st Annual Shareholder's Meeting

Hamilton Wood Type is proud to announce that designer Aaron Draplin will be featured as our keynote speaker for our 1st annual Shareholder's Meeting. On Saturday July 19 the museum will be open for hands-on printing sessions, hobnobbing with your fellow shareholders and Aaron's talk at 5pm. You must be a Charter Member to attend this event and you can... Read More »

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April 18, 2014

Neenah and Hamilton friends close in on $30,000 raised by The Beauty of Letterpress campaign

Neenah Paper and The Beauty of Letterpress campaign are in their final push to raise $30,000 to help the museum get established in our new building. With only $600 remaining to go this is your chance to show some letterpress love and help Hamilton Wood Type. You can contribute here. The nearly $30,000 raised to support the Museum means many... Read More »

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April 16, 2014

Adventures in Brayer Calligraphy

I was a bit reluctant to take up an inking roller to do some "roller calligraphy" last spring while on a tour through Europe with other type and printing geeks called Travels In Typography.Most of the calligraphy I've done was way back in college when I was studying graphic design, and very little since then. I'm just not that into... Read More »

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April 11, 2014

Back to Blogging

Now that the museum is open in the new location we have started to get back into our rhythms. Sometimes the pattern is lock-up, trip, print, while other times it flows with the coming and goings of visitors. We are happy to share what is happening at the museum, from exciting upcoming events to interesting finds as we catalog the... Read More »

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