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Collections of The Wisconsin Historical Museum

The collections of the Museum contain 110,000 historical objects and nearly 400,000 archaeological artifacts. They are used by staff, academic scholars, collectors, local historians, authors and the general public to document the history of what is now Wisconsin from pre-historic times to the present. The collections help us understand important trends and events of daily life within diverse social, ethnic and religious backgrounds.

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