Historical Commission Agenda and Packet 2021 07 21

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LLCity0f Louisville L .D • SINCE 1878 Memorandum To: Historical Commission From: Bridget Bacon, Museum Services Supervisor Date: July 13, 2021 Re: Museum Interpretive Plan for the Trott -Downer Cabins The Museum staff has developed the following Interpretive Plan for the Trott -Downer Cabins, which are in the process of being relocated to a site next to Miners Field. The Museum will manage them for the City. This will be the Museum's first satellite location. The goal is to open them to show to visitors in 2022. The purpose of the Interpretive Plan is to be a guiding document that sets forth the vision for how the Museum will interpret and talk about the Cabins with visitors, for at least the first years of their being open to the public. It includes such things as a description of how we came to be at this point with the Cabins being relocated back to the Miners Field neighborhood, a list interpretive themes around which the staff will plan programming and tours, an analysis of site considerations, a discussion of future ideas to explore, and an exploration of how the Cabins can be utilized to reach different audiences and talk about Louisville history. Other City staff members who are involved in working on the Cabins in terms of their relocation or their preservation as landmarks have had an opportunity to read and give feedback on the Interpretive Plan. The Interpretive Plan was also the subject of a recent Zoom meeting and discussion with the Museum's volunteers, who will have an important role to play along with staff in showing the Cabins and using the interpretive themes to talk with visitors about Louisville history.