Hamilton Wood Type

May 4th, 2009

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Hamilton Wood Type is a printing museum in Two Rivers, WI that 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. Beginning May 22nd, this museum will celebrate their 10th anniversary with all sorts of events. The celebration begins with  a sneak-preview of Kartemquin Film’s Type Facea commemorative poster show and an open house that invites local, regional and national visitors to the area. Their anniversary celebration also includes a workshop by Jim Sherraden of Hatch Show Print for a long-weekend, May 22-24th. Jim’s work is known internationally and he regularly leads letterpress workshops throughout the country. Support this museum and check out woodtype.org.

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