2005 Annual Report - Boulder History Museum

2005
Annual Report
MISSION STATEMENT
The Mission of the Boulder History Museum is to
foster understanding and appreciation for the unique
history of the Boulder region and the resourceful,
innovative people who have chosen to live here . . .
a living history that grows with each new generation.
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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
Dear Members and Friends of the Boulder History Museum,
April 2006
Many exciting and challenging changes which the Museum will see in the next
several years were started in 2005.
Our programs and exhibits, outlined elsewhere in this Report, have been
exciting and successful. The Board of Trustees has been continually amazed at
the efficiency and organization of Nancy Geyer and her staff in planning,
creating and organizing the several exhibits and programs, especially those
related to our current, Ready, Set… Boulder! Colorado’s Sports Mecca, exhibit.
Our staff has devoted many hours to relocating our collection to the newly
acquired storage facility, the Christensen Building.
We were successful in establishing an additional endowment fund for which
your contributions and long-term gifts are always welcome. After lengthy
negotiations with J.P. Morgan, modifications have been made to convert the
distributions from the Christensen Fund to a “total return” basis. As our
audited financial statements reveal, the Museum is fiscally sound.
Our Trustees, our staff, and our membership continue to believe that the
Museum, while preserving the past, must look to the future. To this end, a
Task Force is now planning to assist the Board in the future vision. This is
appropriate as Congress has designated 2006 as the “Year of the Museum”.
We have a dedicated and involved Board of Trustees and we enthusiastically
welcome our new members to the Board. We are pleased to include, among our
nominees, Nancy Geyer as a voting member of the Board with the title of Chief
Executive Officer.
Sincerely,
Karl Anuta
President, Board of Trustees
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EXHIBITS
THE YEAR IN REVIEW
Opening Doors, Opening Eyes:
Revealing Boulder’s Treasures
This exhibit, which opened in the fall of 2004,
continued to be on display through the end of
January 2005. The exhibit highlighted some
of the 35,000 artifacts in the Museum’s collection
and also displayed precious
memorabilia from Japanese, Hispanic,
African American and Native
American families that have lived in
the Boulder area for many generations.
This exhibition began a conversation
that we hope will continue
to grow.
Storymakers Moves Upstairs
In the spring we did some major re-organizing of our exhibits
and moved the permanent exhibit Storymakers, A Boulder History to the second floor
of the Museum. This move gave us an opportunity to upgrade
the exhibit and add new sections representing the minority
groups that were highlighted in our Opening Doors, Opening
Eyes exhibit. The newly refurbished exhibit seems to fit better
on the second floor and tells a more complete story of
Boulder’s early years.
Ready, set … Boulder!
Colorado’s Sports Mecca
In October the Museum opened this very exciting
exhibit that highlights the remarkable athletes,
sporting events and sports related businesses that
have played a major role in the Boulder community.
Sections of the exhibit include skiing, mountaineering,
rock and ice climbing, running, cycling,
early sports and more recent sports like snowboarding
and skateboarding. We collected
many items from local athletes,
businesses and sporting events. The
exhibition will be on display until
June 2006.
Library Exhibits
In 2005 the Museum’s exhibit case at the main
branch of the Boulder Public Library housed exhibits
on the Museum’s unique collection of salt and pepper
shakers and square dancing costumes.
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PROGRAMS
Museum Programs
The downstairs gallery was open for several months during the late
spring and summer allowing us to hold programs in the Harbeck
House, rather than offsite. Joan Hemm performed a very entertaining
Lucille Ball in “Lost in the 50s with Lucy as Our Guide.” It was a fun
tour through a fascinating decade. We were also very fortunate to host
a talk by Sir John Tiltman, who told the fascinating story of the restoration
of Windsor Castle after the devastating fire that burned much of
the building in 1992.
We initiated a new family program at the Museum during the summer
with two nights of Mork and Mindy Mania. We invited families to bring
their 70s beanbag chairs and dress as their favorite Mork and Mindy character
while watching early episodes of the Mork and Mindy TV series.
Collaborative Programs
Every year we collaborate with the Carnegie Library to host interesting talks on Boulder’s
history. This year we also worked with Historic Boulder on a series of programs called
“Friday’s in the Park.” Each program was held at a different location and was highlighted
by talks on the history of that particular area. The locations were Central Park in Downtown
Boulder, Chautauqua Park and Eldorado Springs.
Annual Boulder History Day
Celebration
Boulder History Day on May 18 th
was another very successful event,
drawing over 750 people. The Museum
once again collaborated with
the University Hill Neighborhood
Association and invited a variety of
groups to perform and present fun
historic programs.
Sports Exhibit Opening
Ready, set…Boulder! Colorado’s Sports Mecca,
our new exhibit on Boulder’s remarkable outdoor
sports community was the jumping off
point for a series of great programs. We invited
over 100 Olympic and World Class athletes
who live in the Boulder area to our grand
opening celebration on October 9 th. Over 230
people crowded into the Museum for the event.
In collaboration with Chautauqua, we hosted
three programs in November and December at
the Chautauqua Community House. ‘Three on
the Rocks’ was a showing of three fun films on
local climbers. Gary Neptune gave a very entertaining narration of
his bold winter assent of Longs Peak in 1972. The other two programs
included the Rocky Mountain Rescue Group and a wonderful
slide presentation by two veterans from Colorado’s Tenth Mountain Division.
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SCHOOL AND SCOUT PROGRAMS
Laura Martin, New Curator of Education
We are very excited and fortunate to have Laura Martin on staff as
our new Curator of Education.
Laura joined the BHM staff in August
after receiving her Master’s
Degree from CU in Museum Studies.
She brings much enthusiasm,
lots of energy and great ideas to the
Museum.
School Programs
We expanded our offerings to schools this year and
they have been very successful. We added
more activities including a neighborhood
walking tour, games, portrait photography,
maps and oral histories. Nearly 1,000 school
children visited the Museum in 2005.
FACILITIES
Harbeck House
The maintenance of the Harbeck
House continues to be a priority.
With support from the City’s Parks
Historic Fund, we finally have insulation,
heat and air conditioning
in the attic of the Harbeck House.
That space is now a favorite meeting
area in the building and is
used as an office for our Curator
of Education, as well as for small
groups of students.
Brownie and Girl Scout Programs
Once again our programs for Brownies and
Girls Scouts were a great success. 275 girls attended
programs at the Museum and the Carnegie
Library to earn badges on topics including
Folk Arts, Local Lore and Listening to the
Past.
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COLLECTIONS
New Collections Storage Facility
In July 2005 we purchased a 12,000 square foot
storage facility to house the Museum’s extensive collection
of over 35,000 historic artifacts. The space
consists of four condominium units. In the fall we
retrofitted two of the four units (7,000 sq. ft.). We will
move the collection in four phases between January
and June 2006. The other two units will be leased
until we are ready to expand into them. Our current
storage facility is only 3,000 square feet and is not
adequately climate controlled. The new facility will
allow us to spread out our collection and store it in a
proper environment and under professional museum
standards. This is a major step for the Boulder History
Museum in continuing our responsibility to collect
and preserve the history of our community.
New Storage Facility Under Construction
Old Warehouse
New Collections Storage Facility
New Acquisitions
In 2005 we added some interesting objects to the Museum’s collection. These include
some wonderful WWII posters from Laurence Paddock, a 16 foot long,
1,000 pound, Crossroads Mall sign, a sign from the Penny Lane Coffee House
and a fascinating dress from the Nomad Theatre with Daily Camera articles
printed all over it. In the fall of 2005 we put a moratorium on accepting new acquisitions
until we finish our move into our new Collections Storage Facility. Potential
donors are asked to hold on to their gifts until after October 2006 when
our normal collection policy practices will resume.
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FUNDRAISING
In 2004 the Boulder History Museum received a challenge grant from the LMC Community
Foundation to establish an endowment to support Museum operations. The challenge
period ended in July 2005 and we are pleased to announce that we met our goal
of building the fund to $410,000. We will continue to grow this endowment to insure
that the Museum has operating support on a continual basis. This endowment will provide
the Museum with a consistent stream of funds to support annual operations.
In addition to our endowment, we secured $5,600 in sponsorships from local companies
for our sports exhibit and $8,000 from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District
(SCFD) for general operating support.
ATTENDANCE
The exhibits and programs at the Boulder History
Museum in the last couple of years have been
highly successful and have boosted and diversified
our annual attendance. In addition, the
press coverage the Museum has received has
been very positive. In the past year we have had
stories in the Boulder Daily Camera, the Denver
Post/Rocky Mountain News, The Colorado Daily,
5280 and Fit Magazine.
2005
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Karl Anuta, President
John Sullivan, Vice President
Larry Matthews, Vice President
Dennis Channer, Treasurer
Barbara Gigone, Secretary
Dennis Berry
Nancy Blackwood
Marilyn Haas
Kei Izawa
John Layman
Ted Manning
Jeannie Myers
George Ray Russell
Nancy Sievers
Michael Smith
Courtland Spicer
Jim Swaeby
HONORARY BOARD
Patricia Limerick
Laurence Paddock
�� 3,809 visitors to the Harbeck House
�� 3,104 attendees to programs off-site
�� More than 5,000 experienced exhibits
and outreach materials off-site
2005
MUSEUM STAFF
Nancy Geyer, Chief Executive Officer
Laura Lee, Curator of Collections
Susan Linde, Marketing and Public Relations
Laura Martin, Curator of Education
Julie Schumaker, Curator of Exhibits & Facilities
Tara Williams, Bookkeeper
Sarah Box, Gift Shop & Membership (Volunteer)
INTERNS
Laura Martin, Education
Sarah Price, Collections
Jill McDonald Roeder, Collections
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2005
EXPENSES
General and
Administrative
$54,861 10%
Bookstore Sales
$2,920 .5%
Rent $20,509 3%
Investment Income
$322,002 54%
Fundraising $19,174
4%
Special Events
$5,437 1%
Program Services
$459,106 86%
REVENUE
Government Support
$42,026 7%
Grants and
Contributions
$133,342 22%
In-kind donations
$65,001 11%
Admissions $4,117 1%
Membership $5,940
1%
Programs $2,640 .4%
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BOULDER HISTORICAL SOCIETY
A/K/A BOULDER HISTORY MUSEUM
(A COLORADO NON-PROFIT CORPORATION)
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
DECEMBER 31, 2005
WITH SUMMARIZED FINACIAL INFORMATION
AT DECEMBER 31, 2004
ASSETS
2005 2004
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents $ 22,254 $ 33,510
Prepaid expenses 10,959 8,369
Inventory 7,322 6,850
Investments 1,379,804 1,820,607
Other current assets 6,605 3,645
Total current assets 1,426,944 1,872,981
Property and equipment
Furniture and fixtures 27,647 27,647
Leasehold improvements 36,752 36,752
Machinery and equipment 43,863 43,863
Collections storage facility 978,496 -
Land 225,937 -
Total 1,312,695 108,262
Less accumulated depreciation (101,358) (83,717)
Property and equipment, net 1,211,337 24,545
Long-term investments 7,555,185 7,371,798
Total assets $ 10,193,466 $ 9,269,324
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BOULDER HISTORICAL SOCIETY
A/K/A BOULDER HISTORY MUSEUM
(A COLORADO NON-PROFIT CORPORATION)
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION (CONTINUED)
DECEMBER 31, 2005
WITH SUMMARIZED FINACIAL INFORMATION
AT DECEMBER 31, 2004
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
2005 2004
Current liabilities
Accounts payable, general
Accrued payroll and vaca-
$ 16,777 $ 3,586
tion
Pass-through
10,607 7,040
grant 5,475 -
Other current liabilities 2,134 4,280
Current portion of long term debt 23,041 -
Total current liabilities 58,034 14,906
Long-term liabilities 810,221 -
Total liabilities 868,255 14,906
Net assets
Unrestricted 1,070,745 686,563
Temporarily restricted 699,281 1,218,050
Permanently restricted 7,555,185 7,349,805
Total net assets 9,325,211 9,254,418
Total liabilities and net assets $ 10,193,466 $ 9,269,324
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BOULDER HISTORICAL SOCIETY
A/K/A BOULDER HISTORY MUSEUM
(A COLORADO NON-PROFIT CORPORATION)
STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2005
WITH SUMMARIZED FINACIAL INFORMATION
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2004
Temporarily Permanently 2005 2004
Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total Total
Support and revenues
Public support
Government support $ 42,026 $ - $ - $ 42,026 $ 53,640
Grants and contributions 28,492 - 104,850 133,342 151,473
In-kind donations
Revenue from programs
65,001 - - 65,001 65,620
Admissions 4,117 - - 4,117 7,346
Membership 5,940 - - 5,940 3,680
Program education 2,640 - - 2,640 2,754
Events/fundraising 5,437 - - 5,437 17,374
Investment Income
Miscellaneous Income
57,063 269,259 (4,320) 322,002 566,134
Rent
Museum store sales
20,509 - - 20,509 0
Gross sales 3,556 - - 3,556 3,496
Less cost of sales
Net assets contributed
(636) - - (636) (3,492)
to endowment
Net assets released
(104,850) - 104,850 - -
from restriction 788,028 (788,028) - - -
Total support and revenue
Expenses
917,323 (518,769) 205,380 603,934 868,025
Program services 459,106 - - 459,106 380,437
General and administrative 54,861 - - 54,861 47,327
Fund-raising 19,174 - - 19,174 37,136
Total expenses 533,141
- - 533,141 464,900
Change in net assets 384,182 (518,769) 205,380 70,793 403,075
Net assets, beginning of year 686,563 1,218,050 7,349,805 9,254,418 8,851,343
Net assets, end of year $ 1,070,745 $ 699,281 $ 7,555,185 $ 9,325,211 $ 9,254,418
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2005 CONTRIBUTIONS
Barbara & Karl Anuta Karen Hagler Andy Pruitt
Dennis Berry Edwin Hardy Joellen Rountree
Jim Bowers June Howard Nancy Sievers
Wanee Butler Investors Independent Trust Michael Smith
Priscilla Corielle Kei Izawa Tomas Smith
Constance Crump Mila Kalish Courtland Spicer
Anne Ophelia Dowden Neil Kelley Jack Stoakes
Anne Dyni John Layman Jim Swaeby
Tom Eldridge Ted Manning Taggart Insurance
Theo Ertl Tom Meier Barbara Tamplin
Janet Folden Margaret Miyasaki Lee & Tommy Thompson
Kristina Getty Jeannine Myers Lorraine Todd
Nancy Geyer Margaret Nelson Dorothy Venckus
Barbara Gigone Danielle Okin Jack Walker
Gail Gray Jane Olson Rita Weiss
Mary Greenwald Patricia Ostwald John & Valerie Williamson
Maud Greer Laurence Paddock Nicky Wolman
Active Cities U.S.A.
Boulder Mountain Lodge
Brock Publishing
City Club
Colorado Business Bank
Colt Reproductions
Daily Camera
Descente, Ltd.
2005 GRANTS
Boulder Arts Commission
Boulder Rotary Club
City of Boulder
Denver Foundation
LMC Community Foundation
SCFD
2005 SPONSORS
Eldora Mountain Resort
Flatiron Athletic Club
Flatirons Imports, Inc.
Fleet Feet
Global Chili
Liquor Mart
Spyder Active Sports
St. Julien Hotel
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Frank Abbot
Bruce Adams
Ian Adamson
Richard & Alma Alber
Sidney Anderson
Barbara & Karl Anuta
Bill Arndt
Rick Athearn
Mitzi Baier
Bunki Bankaitis-Davis
Venable Barclay
Paul & Mildred Barrick
Arturo Barrios
Kathryn Barth
Albert Bartlett
Ann Battelle
Sally Battig
Diane Benedict
Beth Bennett
Dennis Berry
Nancy Blackwood
Cliff Bosley
Jim Bowers
Sarah & Jack Box
Roy & Lynn Boyer
Liz Bradley
Christopher& Margot Brauchi
Tom Brock
Mr. & Mrs. Brodie
Diane Brookfield & Bob Burdick
Travis Brown
Sally Burlingame
Faith Butler
Wanee & Joe Butler
Beulah Cladwell
Marie Campbell
Colleen Cannon
Connie Carpenter
Rich Castro
Dennis & Marie Channer
Marilyn Chapman
Susan Charlesworth
Bobbi Chenoweth
Chi Hui Robert Chow
Bill & Betty Chronic
Anna Clements
Richard & Judith Collins
Benjamin & Maxine Cook
Ann Cooper
2005 MEMBERSHIP
Dan & Sharyn Corson
David Currier
Kenneth & Joyce Davies
David Davis
Susan Deans, Publisher
Mike Devecka
Nancy Dunn
Anne Dyni
Clark Edwards
Tom Eldridge
Doug Emerson
Peter Enichen
Jim Erickson
Theo Ertl
Rett Ertl
Catherine & Jerry Felknor
Jamie Ferguson
Janet Folden
Pamela Forcey
Mary Ellen & Jack Ford
Rick Foster
Janice Garbarini
George & Mary Garcia
Carlota Geyer
Nancy Geyer & Lee Silbert
Barbara & Jim Gigone
Charles & Gail Gray
Mary Greenwald
Christian Griffith
Marilyn & Barry Haas
Karen Hagler
Tyler Hamilton
Andy Hampsten
Jim Hanifin
Kathy Hawk
Justin Henderson
Minna Hewes
Clifton & Rose Mary Highman
Mr. & Mrs. David Hight
Elizabeth Horton
June Howard
Charles & JoAnne Howe
Jeanie Hunter
Jens Husted
Huntley Ingalls
Linda Ingraham
Kei Izawa
David Jacobs
LaVern Johnson
Jo Ann Joselyn
Dawson Joyner
Liz Judd
Richard & Mila Kalish
Nancy Kauffold
Neil Kelley
Lesley Kinder
Mark Klein
Howard & Barbara Klemme
Willie Knierim
Michael Koertje
Chela Kunasz
Jack Lacy
Mike Lammers
John & Linsey Laymen
Laura Lee
Joan & William Light
Patricia Limerick
Susan Linde
Siri Lindley
Elizabeth Lipstreu
Anne Long
Martin & Kay Lukoskie
Douglas Lundberg
Loretta & Gene Lundeen
Mary Macenroe
Bruce & Jeanette MacKenzie
Ted & Jeanne Manning
Barbara Margolf
Phyllis & Ken Martin
Larry Matthews
Mark Mavrogianes
Cindy Maynard
McGuckin Hardware
Polly McLean
Marge McLellan
John & Glennys McPhilimy
Tom & Beverly Meier
Brian Metzler
Sara Michl
Linda Miller
Jason and Terri Mitchell
David Morgan
Jeannine Myers
Margaret Nelson
Gary Neptune
Nancy Nilon
Janet Nuzum
Terry O'Donnell
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2005 MEMBERSHIP CONTINUED
Jane Olsen
Betty Paddock
Mr. & Mrs. Laurence Paddock
Chris Pappas
Candy Parkhurst
Mr. & Mrs. J. Patterson
Virginia Patterson
Bob & Peggy Pease
Silvia Pettem
Joan & Howard Pilgram
Lynn Preston
Andrew Pruitt
Gail Reichert
Mary Reilly-McNellan
Judy Richtel
Janet Roberts
Sharon Rosall
Virginia Ross
Carolyn Roth
Mark Rucker
John Ruger
George Russell
Mr. & Mrs. Saunders
Julie Schumaker
Jeff Scott
Keith Shaver
Donna Shay
Scott Shipley
Frank Shorter
Jerry Siebert
Nancy Sievers
Barry Siff
Ty Silbert
Matthew Silverman
Gina Simmerung-Lanterman
Lydia & Liviu Simone
Rick Sinner
Allyson Smith
Michael Smith
T.K. Smith
Court & Carolyn Spicer
Angela Stanford
Dale Stetina
Jack Stoakes
Stewart & Lynn Strickler
Erik Sullivan
John Sullivan
James & Susan Swaeby
Barbara Tamplin
Steve Tebo
Tim Tetreault
Mattie Teufel
Jay Thompson
Josh Thompson
Lee & Tommy Thompson
Lorraine Todd
Matt Tomasko
Ann Trombley
Petie Van Everen
Sam & Phyllis Whalfeldt
Jack Walker
Susan and Bob Walsh
Hugh Walton
Lysa Wegman-French
John & Helen Whitbeck
John & Valerie Williamson
Susan Wills
Eugene H. Wilson
Gerry Wilson
Lenore Wobido
Marvin & Hannah Woolf
Mark & Katherine Young
Ellen Zazzarino
Fred Ziffer
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