Collection Categories

The Society’s collections categories are listed below. At present we have a limited number of sample artifacts available for viewing on this site. Those categories will have an active hyperlink to view artifacts within that collection. Click on the category to view a sampling of each. We will continue to add categories and post more samples of our collections.

Architecture

Civic

• Police
• Fire
• Civil Defense
• City of Milwaukee
• Milwaukee County Government

Clocks & Watches

Dolls & Doll Houses

Decorative Arts

• Glass
• Ceramics
• Silver
• Other metals

Earthenware

Ethnology

Fashion

• 1840
• 1850
• 1860
• 1870
• 1880
• 1890
• 1900
• 1910
• 1920
• 1930
• 1940
• 1950
• 1960
• 1970
• 1980

Firearms

Fine Art

• Paintings
• Sculpture
• Sketches
• Watercolors
• Lithographs

Furniture

Holiday

Housewares

• Appliances
• Kitchen
• Toilet Articles
• Iron

Jewelry

Lighting

Marine

Measurement

Medical

Militaria

• Uniforms
• Accoutrement

Media Technology

• Radios
• Computers
• VCR, DVD, etc.

Models

Music

• Instruments
• Accessories
• Pianos
• Organs

Numismatics (Coins & Currency)

Pharmacy

Political

• Socialist
• Democrat
• Republican
• Other parties

Posters

Religious

Sewing

• Machines
• Accessories

Sport

• Trophies
• Equipment

Textile

• Quilts
• Tapestries

Tool

• Metal-Working
• Wood-Working
• Coopering
• Shipwright
• Stone-Work
• Misc.

Toys

• Games
• Miniatures

Transportation

• Railroad
• Automobile
• Bicycles

Weapons

• Edged
• Projectile

Writing Equipment