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American Science & Surplus is still open, needs you to drop by

December 11, 2025

First, a call to action: Despite what many folks may think, longtime "cool and wacky" store American Science & Surplus, 6901 W. Oklahoma Ave., is still very much open. And it would very much appreciate your...

American Science & Surplus will shutter warehouse and online sales, plans to sell stores to employees

Matt Wild

August 27, 2025

Back in May, citing slumping sales since the COVID-19 pandemic, beloved offbeat retail store American Science & Surplus launched a GoFundMe to relocate its warehouse. But despite raising nearly $200,000 in ...

Long live American Science & Surplus (which needs your help)

DJ Hostettler

May 28, 2025

When my wife and I heard the news that American Science & Surplus launched a GoFundMe to help raise operating costs to move into a new warehouse, citing slumping sales since the COVID-19 pandemic punctuated...

Let’s unbox a “Naughty Mystery Box” from American Science & Surplus

Matt Wild

July 28, 2022

Everyone knows that American Science & Surplus is a wonderland of weird and wacky stuff, a place for novelty items, bins of ball bearings, and random strips of velcro in case you need random strips of velcr...

Our favorite hand-drawn product images from the American Science & Surplus website

Josh Hoppert

November 14, 2017

If you watched our recent video with party-enthusiast Andrew W.K., you would know that American Science & Surplus is a glorious place with all kinds of fun products. Even if you didn’t watch, you probably k...

Watch Andrew W.K. go shopping at American Science & Surplus

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 8, 2017

Back in October, at the Andrew W.K. show at The Rave, we thrilled to the immortal party god's life-affirming ode to Milwaukee. "I LOVE / MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN," sang W.K. to the tune of "I Love NYC." "OH YEAH / ...

Mandatory Milwaukee: American Science & Surplus is a treasure trove of weird, wacky shit

Lauren Keene

June 26, 2017

Some places come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and explore how they might figure...

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