The FRIENDS of the Wisconsin Historical Society has made a $10,000 donation to the Historic Preservation Web Initiative, an online resource being developed by the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS).  The WHS web initiative project is part of an entirely new Internet website for the historical society, constructed at a cost of $2.5 million that will be ready for use in the summer of 2012.  The new WHS site will enhance browsing and searching capabilities to make retrieving data from the encyclopedic website a simpler, more “user-friendly” process.

The WHS FRIENDS utilized the proceeds from last year’s successful “30th Star Benefit Antiques Auction” to make the donation.