Historical Commission Agenda and Packet 2021 09 15

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LL �1 oi0sf viIl Memorandum To: Historical Commission From: Bridget Bacon, Museum Services Supervisor Date: Sept. 7, 2021 Re: Museum Services Supervisor's Report The Museum has started putting on its events to celebrate Louisville History Month and the 351" anniversary of the Museum with the public. Also, the Foundation has arranged for nine special business sponsors of Louisville History Month and took out newspaper ads to promote the September events. An article in the Daily Camera and Colorado Hometown Weekly helped to publicize the events as well. On August 26, members attended a members -only event to view the new Memory Square Replica with its creator, Dick Del Pizzo, on hand to talk with people and ask questions. The Museum had 80 members in attendance that evening. The following week, the Museum opened for the First Friday Art Walk for the first time since March 2020. The staff registered a count of 81 people coming to the Museum for the evening. Both events involved both indoor and outdoor offerings and activities. Other events, such as the vintage base ball game on Sept. 11, are still coming up in September. The Museum arranged to give out branded wooden spoons that say "Louisville Historical Museum" as a fun way to acknowledge the importance of both home cooking and restaurant foods to Louisville history. These started to be distributed at the events in early September. The Foundation is giving out free t-shirts that say "Louisville Miners 35" to the first 100 attendees at the vintage base ball game. In other news, the ash pit reconstruction was completed at the end of July, and the Museum staff has started to incorporate the ash pit into tours along with discussions of how people dealt with trash in Louisville before modern trash disposal methods were possible. The work on the Museum Courtyard (sponsored by the Louisville History Foundation) to make it into a welcoming area for the public is advancing. Most of the pavers are already in place. The Louisville City Clerk's Office asked to add the Museum's digitized 1909 Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville to its Land Use Records on Laserfiche where it is available to view with other maps relating to land use.