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Louisville Historical Museum <br />Department of Library & Museum Services <br />Louisville, Colorado <br />February 2010 <br />Louisville Historical Museum <br />2009 Performance Measures <br />The mission of the Louisville Historical Museum, a facility owned and operated by <br />the City of Louisville, is to promote, collect, preserve, and interpret the diverse <br />history of Louisville from the time of settlement until present day with a special <br />emphasis on the coal mining period, 1877-1955. The museum is dedicated to <br />protecting artifacts and documents of historical value and educating children and <br />adults about the past. <br />Number of visitors to Museum site 2,014 <br />Number of people served by off-site programs 420 (estimated) <br />Number of hours open to public in 2009 770 (will be ~320 in 2010) <br />Number of school classes given tours 12 <br />Number of students served by tours 321 <br />Number of paying Historical Society members as of 417 <br />12/31/09 <br />Number of complimentary Historical Society 267 <br />members as of 12/31/09 (includes area schools, <br />teachers, libraries, museums, neighboring cities, <br />Historical Museum volunteers, Louisville business <br />organizations, etc.) <br />Total number of Louisville Historian (quarterly3,850 <br />publication) issues distributed in 2009 through <br />mailings & complimentary copies to Museum visitors <br />Number of City staff members.73(1/1/09-11/30/09); <br />then .5 FTE (12/1/09- <br />12/31/09) <br />Number of City staff hours worked 1,463 <br />Number of volunteers (includes Historical 56 <br />Commission members) <br />Number of volunteer hours (includes Historical 2,500 (estimated) <br />Commission hours) <br />Number of Historical Commission members as of 13 <br />12/31/09 <br />Funds raised by Historical Commission in 2009 $18,126 <br />Membership & sponsorship dues: $8,930 <br />Merchandise gross sales: $4,342 <br /> Monetary donations: $2,589 <br /> Holiday Home Tour revenue from tickets: $2,265 <br />Estimated number of items in collection as of 13,500 <br />12/31/09 <br />Number of artifact donors in 2009 48 <br />Number of individual items donated in 2009 2,450 (estimated 1,700 <br />slides plus 750 other <br />individual items) <br /> <br />