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Curators' Favorites: Complete List of Objects

Please note that items in this list are not in alphabetical order. They are listed in reverse chronological order based on the date they have been added to this tour.

• Butch Vig's Original Drum Set
• Schlitz 'Sunshine Vitamin D Beer Can'
• Civil War Governor Harvey's Knife
• 1957 Soap Box Derby Racer
• Oscar Mayer Wiener Banjo-Ukulele
• Caine Mutiny Costume
• Atomic Age Evacuation Route Sign
• Nativity Scene Crèche Set
• African American Bowling Shirt
• Silver Wedding Presents
• Mayville Iron Parlor Stove
• Southern Colonial Dollhouse
• Red Dot Potato Chip Can
• Granger Gourd
• Cast Iron Effigy Mound Model
• Wonder Spot "Book" Sign
• Racine Belles Movie Costume
• Allis-Chalmers Governor
• Teddy Roosevelt Campaign Bandana
• Flapper Prom Dress
• Early Electric Dishwasher
• Lottery Ball Drawing Machine
• Pauline Pottery Covered Jar
• Artisans Day Ribbon
• Brown Wedding Dress
• Giant Punt Gun
• Indian Clubs for Physical Exercise
• Native American Twilled Basket
• Democratic Convention Delegate Badge
• Soap Box Derby Racer
• 1880s "Aesthetic" Dress
• Liberace's Performance Jacket
• Dairyland Rat Poison
• War of 1812 Cannonball
• Civil War Loyalty Flag
• Surveyor's Tree Blaze
• Vitamin-Finding Feces Bucket
• Gumball Slot Machine
• Young Girl's Burial Dress
• Asbestos Baby Bottle Warmer
• Victor Berger Campaign Banner
• George Pollard's Palette
• John Muir's Clockwork Desk
• De Langlade Fur Trade Pouch
• 1960s Paper Dress
• Shot Tower Lead-Melting Bowl
• Jose Canseco Baseball Card
• Beaver Top Hat
• "Space Age" Brassiere
• Ella Wheeler Wilcox Doll
• Brooks Stevens Railroad Car Seat
• Courtship Advice Fan
• Ho-Chunk Hide Scraper
• Father Groppi Collage
• Lumber Company Scrip
• Polka Rhythms Bandstand
• Governor Dreyfus's Red Vest
• Paleo-Indian Fluted Spear Point
• First Lady's Irene Evening Gown
• Lead Toy Soldier Casting Kit
• Governor Doyle's Festivus Pole
• Chris Farley's Black Sheep Jacket
• Skunk Grease Medicine
• Ristaucrat Jukebox
• Carpenter's Tool Chest
• Civil War Draft Drum
• Menominee Fancy Dance Bustle
• Magician's Escape Trunk
• Nuclear Fuel Assembly
• Wisconsin's Spanish Currency
• World Series Welcome Sign
• Stereo Realist 3-D Camera
• 1930s Permanent Wave Machine
• Synagogue Window
• Hill Street Blues Badge
• Workman's Time Recorder
• 1850s Personal Appointment Calendar
• "Rosie the Riveter" Coveralls
• OshKosh B'Gosh Sewing Machine
• British Open Golf Glove
• Donald's "Educational" Marbles
• Milwaukee Light Guard Uniform Coat
• Gold Rush Shawl
• Campers' Wash-Up Kit
• 3100 Gallon "Bright Beer" Tank
• Bemis Riddell Chaise Lounge
• 1809 Map Sampler
• 'Kewtie' Woman's Razor
• Babcock's Revolutionary Dairy Invention
• UW Union Terrace Sunburst Chair
• Warner's 'Newfangled' Speedometer
• CCC Trunk
• Hopewellian Human Figurine
• State Capitol Spittoon
• Bull Semen Parachute
• Suzy Favor Hamilton's Olympic Track Shoes
• Prohibition Soda Pop
• World Famous Duncan Butterfly Yo-Yo
• First Practical Typewriter
• 1857 Promenade Dress
• Burt's Solar Compass
• Vel Phillips's Common Council Desk
• Mrs. Fairchild's Worth Gown
• Scotch Giant's Shoe Last
• Native American Courting Flute
• Child's Chamber Pot and Washbasin
• Mystery Pike from Interstate Park
• Madison Style Ice Boat Model
• Stage Coach Sleigh Bells
• Boy's Dress
• Sue Ann Thompson's Inauguration Gown
• Odyssey Home Video Game System
• 1950s Pink Kitchen
• World War II Airplane ID model
• Miss Annie Mae's Church Hat
• Potawatomi Beaded “Soldier Coat”
• Watercolor Farm Scene by Paul Seifert
• Lice Comb from Fort Crawford
• Punch Card Voting Device
• Spiritualist's Séance Robe
• Milwaukee Braves Baseball Jersey
• Original Model Barbie Doll
• Wild Rice Threshing Machine
• X-Ray Shoe Fitting Machine
• Portable Teletype Machine for the Deaf
• Cranberry Harvesting Rake
• Happy Days Bowling Shirt
• Seamen's Union Knotwork Plaque
• Early Two-Piece Bathing Suit
• Shotz Brewery Costume
• Early Kelvinator Home Microwave
• Nash Ambassador Automobile
• Madison Fire Company Banner
• Harley-Davidson Knucklehead
• Frontier Clay Pipe Fragment
• Elto Cub Outboard Motor
• Sousa Conductor's Baton
• Copper Swiss Cheese Kettle
• Bolens Garden Tractor
• Migrant Workers’ Bunk Beds
• Hoard's Dairyman Farm Milk Bottle
• World War I "Sons in Service" Flag
• Anti-spearfishing Concrete Walleye Decoy
• Rosemaled Norwegian Immigrant Trunk
• Victorian Baby Carriage
• Parker Pen Trim Lathe
• Auschwitz Concentration Camp Sweater
• 1930s UW Gym Suit
• Rosaline Peck's Violin
• Early Madison Hand-Carved Table
• Vinnie Ream Marble Sculpture
• Bra Flag
• Gold-plated Ray-O-Vac Flashlight
• Forward Statue
• Wooden Curling Stone
• George Washington Portrait by Thomas Sully
• FitzRandolph World Cup Racing Skin
• Necktie Quilt by Allie Crumble
• Mirro Sno-Coaster: Cold Weather (and Cold War) Fun
• Ojibwe Winter Spearfishing Decoy
• Flu Quarantine Sign
• Oldest Wisconsin License Plate
• Hanukkah Decoration for the Home
• Nancy Hanks Doll: An Historic American Girl
• Pink Evergleam Aluminum Christmas Tree
• Milwaukee Orphanage Shirt
• Alice in Dairyland Dress Model
• Ho-Chunk Eagle Feather Dance Staff
• Deer Hide Jacket
• Native American Vietnam Veteran Pouch
• Frank Lloyd Wright Cardboard House Model
• "Spanish Lady" Halloween Costume
• Milwaukee Braves World Series Bat
• Glass Used by Teddy Roosevelt after Assassination Attempt
• Ho-Chunk Beaded Reebok Baby Shoes
• August Schlaak’s Exquisite Marquetry Table
• Milwaukee Handicraft Project Depression-Era Artwork
• Pioneering Carbon Fiber Trek Bicycle
• Brett Favre's Packers Jersey
• Bascom Hill Pink Flamingo
• The "Incomparable" Hildegarde Record
• Sterling Hall Bombing Engine Fragment
• Murderer's Execution Restraints
• "Broken Star" 4-H State Fair Quilt
• Black Hawk War Powder Horn
• Aqualand Water Ski
• "Deke" Slayton Space Souvenir
• Oneota Ceramic Vessel
• Fairchild Portrait by John Singer Sargent
• "Midget Wedding" Dance Costume
• Fugitive Slave Collar
• La Follette Casket Flag
• Frank Lloyd Wright Furniture
• Civil War Silver
• 1960s Prom Dress
• Norwegian Trinket Box
• Home Childbirth Training Kit
• Oldest Toast in Wisconsin?
• "Blitz Fog" Pesticide Cocktail
• Multi-Purpose Food from Fallout Shelter
• The "Monster Knife" of John Fox Potter
• Hardanger Fiddle
• Ukrainian Decorated Egg
• Purim Costume
• Birchbark Maple Sugar Container
• Wittenberg Grays Baseball Uniform
• Woman Suffrage Tunic
• Feather from Old Abe the War Eagle
• Ojibwe Presentation Pipe
• Arndt Vest
• Big Boy
• Electric Drink Mixer
• Fair Ribbon Quilt