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Louisville Historical Museum <br />2009&2010 Use Measures <br />The mission of the Louisville Historical Museum, a facility owned and operated by the <br />City of Louisville, is to promote, collect, preserve, and interpret the diverse history of <br />Louisville from the time of settlement until present day with a special emphasis on the <br />coal mining period, 1877-1955. The museum is dedicated to protecting artifacts and <br />documents of historical value and educating children and adults about the past. <br />20102009 <br />Numberof hoursopen to public320 (42% of 2009)770 <br />Number of visitors to Museum 1,654 (82% of 2009)2,014 <br />i <br />site <br />Number of people served by off-170420 (estimated) <br />site programs <br />Number of school classes given 1012 <br />tours <br />Number of students served by 230321 <br />tours <br />Number of paying Historical 461417 <br />Society members as of 12/31 <br />Number of complimentary 279267 <br />Historical Society members as of <br />12/31 (includes area schools, <br />teachers, libraries, museums, <br />neighboring cities, County <br />officials, Historical Museum <br />volunteers, oral history narrators, <br />Louisville business organizations, <br />etc.) <br />Total number of Louisville 4,1003,850 <br />Historian (quarterly publication) <br />issues distributed to paying and <br />complimentary members through <br />mailings, plus complimentary <br />copies to Museum visitors <br />ii <br />Number of City staff members.5 FTE.73 (1/1/09-11/30/09); <br />then .5 FTE (12/1/09- <br />iii <br />12/31/09) <br />Number of City staff hours worked 1040 iv 1,463 v <br />to manage the Museum <br />Number of volunteers(includes 3156 <br />Historical Commission members) <br />Number of volunteerhours1500 (estimated)2,500 (estimated) <br />(includes Historical Commission <br />hours) <br />Number of people interviewed by 3516 <br />Museum volunteers as part of <br />Museum oral history program <br /> <br />