Mattatuck Museum Arts and History Center - Waterbury, Connecticut
Mattatuck Museum Arts and History Center - Waterbury, Connecticut
The Waterbury Button Museum
The museum has a collection of 10,000 buttons in their permanent exhibit from the Waterbury Button Company more than 50 years ago.
There are buttons from all over the world with many 18th and 19th century examples. There are buttons worn by George Washington in the collection. There are buttons that were on display at the 1878 Paris Exposition, there are picture buttons, buttons made of Czechoslovakian glass, Japanese enamel, ivory, wood, china, pears and jewels along with a huge array of other types.
