Historical Commission Agenda and Packet 2011 11 16

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Memorandum To: Historical Commission From: Bridget Bacon, Museum Coordinator Date: November 8, 2011 Re: Museum Coordinator's Report The curtain from the Rex Theatre is on exhibit at the Museum. I have started to work on creating interpretive information about the curtain to give to visitors, and have started putting together a related exhibit to go along with the curtain. The Museum's Brown Bag on Tuesday, Dec. 6th from 12 to 1 will be a presentation by Heather Lewis of the Louisville Historic Preservation Commission on "Here Today and There Tomorrow: Louisville and Its History of Relocating Buildings" based on her lead article of the same name in the new Louisville Historian that will be coming out shortly. Mary Kay Knorr represented the Historical Museum at the October Volunteer Group meeting of the Assn. of Northern Front Range Museums, held at the Adams County Historical Society & Museum in Brighton. I used Museum funds to purchase the book Fundraising for Small Museums In Good Times and Bad by Salvatore G. Cilella, Jr. It contains useful information and recommendations and it's now available for Commission members to borrow and read. It is also available at area libraries. One thing to keep in mind is that the Louisville Historical Commission is an advisory board and fundraising board for a city that operates a museum as opposed to being a governing board itself. The book is primarily aimed at boards that operate museums and have to raise funds for operating costs, and which may not have the same constraints as governmental advisory boards. Museum Visitors Report (these statistics represent visits to the Museum itself, and not inquiries that come in by email or phone): October visitors: 279; YTD visitors: 1311.