MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- As the BMO Harris Bradley Center gets closer to shutting its doors, you have the chance to take home a piece of the history.

"You don't just get to a point and say what do we do now, so we've been working on this for the better part of a year."

An auctioneering firm has been hired for selling and auctioning off more than 40,000 items belonging to the Bradley Center.

Sales and auctions are likely to happen starting this summer.

Some of the items to be auctioned off include instruments signed by artists who performed there.

These are artists such as Tim McGraw, Dave Matthews, and Aerosmith.