MADISON (WKOW) — Visitors have been registering memories at the University of Wisconsin Arboretum by taking pictures with friends and family for decades.

Now the arboretum has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The designation means the arboretum will qualify for grants and income tax credits while still allowing the public to use the property. When the arboretum first opened in 1932, it was on 246 acres. It now spans 1,200 acres.

“It’s a great honor, it really does recognize what we have here so it is an honor to be a part of that great,” said Arboretum Director Karen Oberhauser. “Great community for people that are stewarding the list of historic places.”

The arboretum joins over 2,000 other places in Wisconsin that are on the list of historic place, 95 are in Dane County.