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Digital Collections
Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.
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The vast majority of the items in our collections are not online. The Society owns thousands of archival collections viewable in our Archives reading room. To view and conduct research in our collections, visit us in person.
William Ashby McCloy
Portrait of artist William Ashby McCloy (1913-2000), in front his three part mural depicting the history of Wisconsin. He was born in Maryland and spent most of his childhood in China, returning t...
Centennial Mural Sketch
1948
Two preliminary watercolors of the right panel of the Centennial Mural in the Wisconsin Historical Society. The panel displays the history of Wisconsin exploration, mostly by the French. Jean Nico...
Centennial Mural Sketch
1948
A watercolor of the right panel of the Centennial Mural in the Wisconsin Historical Society. This panel displays the history of Wisconsin exploration, mostly by the French. Jean Nicolet is displa...
"Wisconsin" Mural Painting
"Wisconsin," a mural painting by Edwin Howland Blashfield in the Assembly Chamber of the Wisconsin State Capitol. The theme is Wisconsin Past, Present, and Future.
Assembly Chamber
The Assembly Chamber from the visitors' gallery, in the Wisconsin State Capitol. There is a large circular ceiling skylight, and a mural painting by Edwin Howland Blashfield, representing Wisconsin.
Governor's Conference Room Ceiling
July 2002
The Governor's conference room ceiling at the Wisconsin State Capitol. The mural was painted by Hugo Ballin. The theme is an allegory of the arts and theater, sculpture and music.
