Historical Commission Agenda and Packet 2014 01 15

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Memorandum To: Historical Commission From: Bridget Bacon, Museum Coordinator Date: January 7, 2014 Re: Museum Coordinator’s Report The reorganization of the Historical Commission officially went into effect on January 1, 2014! The fundraising role of the Commission will now be handled by the Louisville History Foundation, Inc. The Commission will continue its important work as an advisory board to the City. This restructuring is consistent with how government-owned libraries and museums in our area (including the Louisville Public Library) tend to have an advisory board and a separate fundraising board. Dave Ferguson will present the Commission’s Pioneer Award to the family of Marion Junior at rd the annual Chamber of Commerce banquet on January 23. I put up an exhibit at the Louisville Public Library for the month of December to display porcelain ornaments that were made over the years by Marion Junior as a fundraiser for the Historical Commission, and as part of the exhibit, I publicized the Pioneer Award and the Commission’s selection of Marion to receive the award posthumously. The Museum followed the tradition of being open before, during and after this year’s Parade of Lights, but this year there were fewer visitors this year due to the frigid temperatures. (Normally, the evening of the Parade of Lights and the day of the Taste of Louisville in June are the Museum’s best attended days of the year.) Thank you to Paula Elrod, Pat Seader, Anne Robinson, Dave Ferguson, and Marilyn Hunt for being on hand to help! th I made a presentation on “Unsolved Mysteries of Louisville” at the Brown Bag on Dec. 5, with attendance of 22 people. Boulder County has requested that I give a presentation about Louisville history to County th volunteers, so on Tuesday, January 28, I will give a PowerPoint presentation entitled “Louisville and Its Coal Mining History in Old Photos” at 6 PM at the County Parks and Open Space Headquarters, 5201 St. Vrain Rd., Longmont. The talk is open to the public. The City of Louisville donated $780 to the Historical Commission in 2013 from the proceeds of the Coal Creek Crossing during the Labor Day Fall Festival. This donation is now part of the funds of the Louisville History Foundation. I plan to provide the fundraising and membership summary for 2013 for the March meeting of the Commission. Museum Visitors Report (these statistics represent visits to the Museum itself, and not inquiries that come in by email or phone): November visitors: 256; December visitors: 108. The total for 2013 came to 2,346. (December visitor numbers were lower than normal due to the cold temperatures during the Museum Open House for the Parade of Lights.)