Welcome to the Green Bay & De Pere Antiquarian Society

Founded in 1923, we are a “one of a kind” non-profit organization that supports regional historical museums and sites by providing grant monies for preservation and restoration of cultural artifacts. An annual Holiday Antique Show and Sale fundraiser is held each November to support this endeavor.

We also own over 260 national and regional treasures that are placed in local historical buildings and museums, such as antique furniture, textiles, paintings, lighting fixtures, china, silver and objects of art.

PRESERVE THE ARTWORK FUNDRAISER *ABRAHAM LINCOLN JOURNAL*

Explore Our Photo Galleries

Discover the restoration we do for our historic community. Learn about the treasures we own. View our 2009 Holiday Antique Show and Sale Gallery and The Antiquarian Heritage Collection. The Society purchased this entire art collection from the Brown County Library for $1.2 million dollars through the 2007 Community "Save Our Cultural Heritage" Campaign. By doing so, we retained them for this community.

Main Gallery Links:  Our Artifacts   Heritage Set    Art Gallery    Antique Show 2010    Antique Show 2009

Restoration of the Prodigal Son By: Tony Rajer, Art Conservator The restoration of this work of art is necessary for proper viewing and preservation. The work is being conducted by expert "Art Doctor" Tony Rajer. To see Mr. Rajer's work on this piece, including videos, photographs, and a CW Wisconsin story devoted to this project, please click the following link: Prodigal Son Restoration Page

The Spirit of the Northwest

The statue of the three men to the left if called "The Spirit of the Northwest".

This beautiful statue was placed on the lawn of the Brown County Court House in downtown Green Bay, Wisconsin. The sculptor, Sidney Bedore, depicts the earliest beginnings of settlement in the Fox River Valley. The figures are Father Claude Allouez, who established St. Francis Xavier Mission on the Rapides des Peres, 1671; Nicolas Perrot, builder and commander of Fort St. Francis, 1684, and first Governor of Northwest Territory and an Outagamie, or Fox, Indian who held in the 18th century the Fox River and the surrounding country against French domination.

Our logo "Under Three Flags” symbolizes the territorial governance of this area:

1701 French Flag - Fort named St. Francis

1761 British Flag - Fort renamed Fort Edward Augustus

1816 American Flag - Fort renamed Fort Howard

Our Mission Statement

The aim and purpose of this organization is to hold, purchase, preserve and acquire antiquities and real estate to perpetuate the history of the locality surrounding Green Bay and the State of Wisconsin.