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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.
State Seal
State Seal, in the Wisconsin State Capitol, painted on the ceiling of the first floor corridor, off of the rotunda running toward West Washington Avenue.
Interior View of Dome
Interior view of dome with four pendentives, arches, and the painting, "Resources of Wisconsin," in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
The Senate Chamber
The Senate Chamber after restoration in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
The Senate Chamber
The Senate Chamber before restoration in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
Governor's Conference Room after Restoration
Governor's Conference Room, in the Wisconsin State Capitol, from the front entrance, giving a view of much of the ceiling, with its paintings and murals by Hugo Ballin.
Original Decoration in Wisconsin State Capitol
The art conservator Anton Rajer uncovered evidence that the Wisconsin State Capitol was originally richly embellished. This is one of three examples of original decoration.
