Historical Commission Agenda and Packet 2012 12 05

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Memorandum To: Historical Commission From: Bridget Bacon, Museum Coordinator Date: November 27, 2012 Re: Museum Coordinator’s Report Teachers at Louisville Elementary organized a charette on the topic of Louisville’s purchase of the Grain Elevator for the three fourth grade classes. This civics project had the students looking at the different perspectives and considerations that go into the process by which a city makes a decision. Members of the City’s Planning Department, Richard Wheeler, and I made presentations about the Louisville Grain Elevator to the students at their school, then they developed their arguments as small groups and made th their presentations in Council Chambers on November 14. Dan Mellish participated as one of the reviewers of the presentations. Each of the students received a kit to make a grain elevator model, thanks to the funding of the kits by the Historical Commission, and the students, parents, and teachers were most appreciative of this. Museum volunteers Mary Kay Knorr and Kate Gerard represented the Museum at the October meeting of the Assn. of Northern Front Range Museums, held at History Colorado. The City has donated $1000 to the Historical Commission from the proceeds of the Coal Creek Crossing event during the Fall Festival. The next Brown Bag presentation and discussion will be a follow-up to the lead article of the most recent Louisville Historian, with the topic of “Louisville’s English Roots.” (Thursday, December 6, noon to 1:00 at the Louisville Public Library). The Louisville City Council’s 2013 study session with the Historical Commission has been tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, October 22, 2013. Museum Visitors Report (these statistics represent visits to the Museum itself, and not inquiries that come in by email or phone): October visitors: 366; YTD 2178. The year to date number represents an increase of 66% over the same period in 2011.