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LL ��tyaf <br />Louisville <br />COLORADO • SINCE 1878 <br />Memorandum <br />To: Historical Commission <br />From: Bridget Bacon, Museum Coordinator <br />Date: September 16, 2020 <br />Re: Museum Coordinator's Report <br />The staff has been working hard to continue to engage with the public while the Museum is still <br />closed to walk-in visitors, including in the following ways. For in -person services on the following <br />list, facial coverings and social distancing are required, and registration is limited. Other work <br />such as collections and exhibits work and historical research, while less visible to the public, <br />also continue! <br />• The Museum reopened for private tours by appointment in early August. The public has <br />booked several tours that either the staff has already given or that are on the schedule. <br />• We've organized two September walking tours in partnership with Parks & Open Space. <br />For these tours, staff follows the guidelines for "guided services" under the state <br />category of "Outdoor Recreation" for the Safer at Home phase. <br />• Our solicitations for the COVID-19 Experience Kits and invitations to participate in the <br />History Photo Challenge, while very different from one other, have both turned out to be <br />great ways for the Museum to engage with the community during this time. <br />• Each week, we receive 3 to 5 public inquiries about local history by email. <br />• Museum staff will soon give a Zoom program on family history for the Senior Center. <br />• The staff is working on an outreach program to offer support to students and educators. <br />• We regularly add more historical content in the form of short videos and oral history <br />interviews to the Museum's YouTube channel. <br />• In coordination with the Museum launching its new website this summer, we are able to <br />promote virtual offerings on a special "History at Home" page. Soon, the staff will add <br />something new to the website: information about the Commission's Pioneer Award <br />program with short bios and photos of all of the past recipients. <br />Here are the statistics on the Museum's digital views and usage for the period between March 1 <br />and Sept. 12, 2020 (just over 6 months): <br />• Instagram: 2,286 total visits (and with 307 followers now) <br />• Museum YouTube channel: 2,462 views <br />• PastPerfect Online (with over 5,000 Museum images now online): 1,467 searches <br />• Museum's monthly e-newsletter: 1,726 email opens <br />• Museum website page views: 7,929 <br />