Historical Commission Agenda and Packet 2010 06 16

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.:, Memorandum To: Historical Commission From: Bridget Bacon, Museum Coordinator Date: June 7, 2010 Re: Museum Coordinator's Report As a reminder, Anne Robinson has scheduled Historical Walking Tours of Louisville for 10:30 AM on July 3, July 31, September 4, and October 2, to start outside the Library. The Museum's Open House during the Taste of Louisville on June 5th saw an estimated 110 visitors to the Museum. The Commission took in $132 in merchandise and memberships and received an additional $85 in donations. Thank you to the Historical Commission members and other volunteers who helped make pizzelles, give tours, and talk with visitors at the Museum. The program "Rocky Flats and the Cold War West: Community Impacts and Historical Legacy" that took place on May 2ih was very well received. There were sixty people in attendance. The Historical Commission and the Library Foundation each provided $50 for a $100 honorarium to the Rocky Flats Cold War Museum. The Louisville Public Library has scheduled a book signing by local historical author Carol Turner on Thursday, July 15th, 7:00 PM. Her book is "Forgotten Heroes and Villains of Sand Creek." Six city staff members from the City of Thornton toured the Museum and met with me in order to get advice and ideas about starting a process for Thornton to be able to accept donations of historical artifacts, photos, and documents, and possibly develop its own historical organization. A new book with a chapter about the Tomeo House has been released: The Walls Talk: Historic House Museums of Colorado, by Patricia Werner. Museum Visitors Report (these statistics represent visits to the Museum itself, and not inquiries that come in by email or phone): . May visitors: 63; YTD visitors: 372 . Totals for past recent years: o 2009 - 2,014 o 2008 - 1,920 o 2007 - 1,646 o 2006 - 1,600