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Milwaukee County Historical Society plans county storage move, says stable county funding for 2026
Summary
The Milwaukee County Historical Society told the finance committee it will move off‑site archives into a county-owned building in West Allis, expand education programming for students, and welcomed stable funding in the proposed 2026 county budget.
Ben Barbera, executive director of the Milwaukee County Historical Society, told the County Finance Committee that the society will move a large portion of its off‑site archival storage into a county‑owned building in West Allis and that the organization supports keeping the 2026 budget allocation at current levels.
Barbera said the society holds about 12,000 cubic feet of county records — equivalent to roughly 12,000 bankers’ boxes — and serves about 25,000 people…
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