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STATEWIDE PROGRAMS MADELINEMADELINE ISLAND MUSEUM ISLAND UW SUPERIOR MUSEUM AND LOCATIONS NORTHERN GREAT LAKES VISITOR CENTER

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Society Headquarters 816 State St. UW oShkoSh Madison, WI 53706 General Information: (608) 264-6400 UW laCroSSe LIBRARY (608) 264-6534 WADE HOUSE ARCHIVES (608) 264-6460 H.H. BENNETT STUDIO Regular Hours: 8AM - 9PM Monday-Thursday 8AM - 5PM Friday and Saturday CIRCUS WORLD Historical Foundation (608) 261-9364 UW Historic Sites And Museums Black Point Estate W4270 Southland Rd., Lake Geneva, WI PENDARVIS (262) 248-1888 FIRST CAPITOL UW WhiteWater Circus World UW ParkSide 550 Water St., Baraboo, WI UW Platteville BLACK POINT ESTATE (866) 693-1500 First Capitol 19101 County Hwy. G, Belmont, WI Stonefield (608) 987-2122 Area Research Centers 12195 Hwy. VV, Cassville, WI wisconsinhistory.org/libraryarchives/arcnet H.H. Bennett Studio (608) 725-5210 215 Broadway, Wisconsin Dells, WI Villa Louis Affiliated Historical Societies (608) 253-3523 521 N. Villa Louis Rd., Prairie du Chien, WI Museum (608) 326-2721 Active Historic Preservation Commissions 226 Col. Woods Ave., La Pointe, WI Wade House (715) 747-2415 W7965 State Hwy. 23, Greenbush, WI Participating National History Day Schools Old World Wisconsin (920) 526-3271 W372 S9727 Hwy. 67, Eagle, WI Fourth-grade Textbook InAdopted Use (262) 594-6301 Wisconsin Historical Museum 30 N. Carroll St. National Register Listings Pendarvis Madison, WI 53703 114 Shake Rag St., Mineral Point, WI (608) 264-6555 (608) 987-2122 Hours: 9AM-4PM Tuesday-Saturday Reed School wisconsinhistory.org/museum U.S. Hwy. 10 & Cardinal Ave., Neillsville, WI Museum Store (608) 253-3523 (888) 999-1669 The Wisconsin Historical Society is the state’s memory and premier storyteller. Though we are a small state agency, we make major contributions to Wisconsin’s economic, educational and cultural health through innovative initiatives and programs. VALUES: We believe that increasing the public’s knowledge of history has profound Our programs, historic sites, museums, collections and archives inform and entertain adults societal, cultural, and economic benefit. and challenge young people to think critically about their place in history. We promote Wisconsin tourism and our historic preservation program reinvigorates neighborhoods.

ENTREPRENURIAL STATE AGENCY • The Society helped 17,000 secondary • We are a unique and entrepreneurial school students in 115 communities organization in which approximately $7 million to think critically through its of the Society’s $26.7 million budget – over National History Day program. 38% - was supported by gifts, grants and earned • The Wisconsin Historical Society Press income in Fiscal Year 2018. published 23 new titles and its award-winning • Our fundraising partner, the Wisconsin Historical Wisconsin Magazine of History in both print Foundation, raised over $8.8 million in direct and digital formats. Over 35,000 books support for the Society’s programs and initiatives. were sold, many printed in Wisconsin on Wisconsin paper. • Each year the Society has over 250 volunteers, more than any other state agency. Their work • The Press hosted book talks and author expands the efforts of permanent, limited-term Students learn about Wisconsin history at the New State Archive signings for 14,754 participants in all corners and seasonal employees. H.H. Bennett Studio in Wisconsin Dells Preservation Facility of the state.

PRIVATE INVESTMENT & JOBS PRIVATE INVESTMENT & JOBS continued STATEWIDE IMPACT continued • Historic preservation investment created • Over $297 million in qualified income- • Society staff moved over 438,000 6,873 construction-related jobs in Wisconsin. producing historic rehabilitation work took historical artifacts, library and archival place in Wisconsin, bringing over $59.4 million units, and archeological items to the in federal historic preservation tax credits new State Archive Preservation Facility to the state. in the largest collection management project in the Society’s 173-year • The private sector invested $378 million in rehabilitated historic properties in Wisconsin history. The project is 50% complete. with the help of historic preservation • The Society advised and supported specialists at the Society. Staff advised and the work of over 400 affiliated local guided business owners to ensure that they historical societies. qualified for federal tax credits. • The Society offered 315 public STATEWIDE IMPACT talks for 36,740 adults in 121 • Our network of 12 historic sites and communities and provided traveling museums throughout Wisconsin attracted history exhibits at 53 venues reaching Historic Preservation creates jobs. over 262,000 visitors. 145,649 visitors. Society books examine important Wisconsin topics.

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