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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.
Attribution
For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier.
The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.
For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.
Accessing Collections
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.
Interior Corridor
Interior corridor of the Wisconsin State Capitol, with arches and lanterns.
Rotunda in Wisconsin State Capitol
Detail of the rotunda in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
Scaffold for Painting the Rotunda
1968
View of scaffolding used by painters in the restoration of the rotunda in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
Rotunda in the Wisconsin State Capitol
July 2002
View from walkway down the rotunda inside the Wisconsin State Capitol. This was taken before the restoration.
Governor's Conference Room before Restoration
Governor's Conference Room, in the Wisconsin State Capitol, before restoration. The original mahogany walls were painted to lighten the room.
Pilaster Capitals
1986
Detail of the pilaster capitals in the rotunda at the Wisconsin State Capitol.
