Fun Items Found in the Gift Shop:

The ABC's of Washington County Book

    This fun and educational book was specially designed for children to help them learn about Washington County.  Just by reading this book, you can learn many interesting characteristic about the county including famous people, the development of townships, and exciting history facts.  Stop by the gift shop and purchase your own book!

The Gazetteer of the Communities, Churches, and Cemeteries of Washington County created by the Society's Historic Records Preservation Group. 

     The Society is pleased to make available to family historians, researchers, and genealogists this edition of the Gazetteer of the communities, churches, and cemeteries of Washington County from 1840 to 2001.  These sites are of particular interest to those doing a family history. This gazetteer is also a directory to the newly re-organized church and cemetery files of the Research Center.  Anyone interested in the history of Washington County will find this gazetteer of helpful interest.  This is the most complete documentation of the subjects ever produced for the county. Though not a history of each subject it will offer you an equal interest and enthusiasm to find more information about them. The gazetteer is available at the gift shop for only $20.

Museum Logo Hats and Shirts 

     The Treasurer’s Vault Gift Shop is please to make available hats and long sleeve and short sleeve denim shirts with the Old Courthouse logo. The hats and shirts are high quality items with embroider stitching over the left shirt pocket.  Hats are $14.99 and shirts range from $24.99 to $26.99.

Savor the Flavor & Memories with Washington County's award winning cookbook, Flavors of Washington County.

     This is the Society’s best selling and national award-winning cookbook. The book is both a compilation of recipes and a book of special moments of local history. Recipes have been collected from families and their ancestors. Most recipes are from many years ago, making ingredient quantities of the original recipe approximate and in most cases mixing instructions are non-existent. The recipes in the cookbook are good, simple, and tasty that have been tried and tested in the kitchens of our earliest homemakers.

  I Was Framed: Watercolor Print for Sale

     A specially commissioned watercolor by respected Wisconsin artist David Hackett includes 19 historical and well-known landmarks of Washington County. The prints, 32 by 20 inches and 16 by 10inches will be sold for $50 and $25. The prints are only available at the Treasurer’s Vault Gift Shop. A special thanks goes to Serigraph, Inc. for donating their printing services for the 1000 limited edition prints and to M&I Bank for underwriting the original watercolor.