Historical Commission Agenda and Packet 2016 07 06

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Page 8 of 150 volunteers at any one time who help it to fulfill its mission.The Museum would not be able to do what it does without the help of these volunteers. A Museum objective is to use PastPerfect,which is museum collections and contact management software used by over 9,500 museums nationwide,as the institutional memory of the Museum. Museum staff and volunteers are adding information regularly,from digitized photo images to catalog records to membership and donor information. PastPerfect is also the vehicle through which the public has been able to view over 2,300 images from the Museum since 2014. It is a priority for the Museum staff members to keep up with museum trends and accepted standards of practice.They do this through the Museum's involvement in the American Association for State and Local History(AASLH),the Colorado-Wyoming Association of Museums(CWAM),and the Association of Northern Front Range Museums(ANFRM),as well as through museum and library webinars and conferences offered by these and other organizations. Museum staff also looks to other city-owned history museums in the area for guidance, including the municipal museums in Golden, Littleton, Longmont,and Aurora. Due to the very limited work space and office space available at the Museum itself,staff and volunteers also share a work desk at the Louisville Public Library,which is in the same City department as the Museum. II. The Museum's Mission and Partnering Organizations The Museum's Mission Statement,as adopted by the Historical Commission on June 12, 2002 and amended April 4,2007,states: The mission of the Louisville Historical Museum,a facility owned and operated by the City of Louisville, is to promote, collect, preserve,and interpret the diverse history of Louisville from the time of settlement until present day with a special emphasis on the coal mining period, 1877-1955.The museum is dedicated to protecting artifacts and documents of historical value and educating children and adults about the past. The mission of the Louisville Historical Commission ("Commission"),the members of which are appointed by the Louisville City Council, is to advise City Council in the development and use of the Louisville Historical Museum and to promote public awareness of the history of Louisville, Colorado and its surrounding community,with an emphasis on the coal-mining era, 1877-1955.The Commission also establishes and monitors criteria for the collection, preservation,and display of historical artifacts, documents,and structures by the Louisville Historical Museum. The Louisville History Foundation ("Foundation") is a private nonprofit corporation that is also a 501c3, and its mission is to stimulate broad-based support for local history and the Louisville Historical Museum and to encourage the development of the Museum through fundraising,advocacy,and education. The Foundation receives membership funds and monetary donations,and pays for the printing and mailing of The Louisville Historian each quarter in addition to paying for other projects.' There has never been an official Historical Society organization affiliated with the Museum, although this terminology at one time was used to describe the membership. 2