Creating a Humanities Center for Longmont: Expanding the Longmont Museum & Cultural Center

FAIN: CH-51189-14

City of Longmont (Longmont, CO 80501-8989)
Wesley Jessup (Project Director: May 2013 to November 2017)
Kim Elizabeth Manajek (Project Director: November 2017 to June 2019)

Construction of an addition to the current galleries to create an educational center with a 250-seat auditorium, a classroom/gallery, and an event space.

The Longmont Museum and Cultural Center (LMCC) respectfully requests a challenge grant of $200,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support the construction of an addition to the current galleries, which have received national merit awards for their historical content, and affected 62,024 people last year. The challenge grant will provide us with the funding necessary to construct a 250-seat auditorium and an educational center gallery space, the result of feasibility studies and strategic planning. This grant will provide students and community members with a venue to hear historical lectures and films, greater visibility of the permanent collections, and new programs for children and families.

Media Coverage

Longmont Museum opens long-awaited auditorium (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Amy Bounds
Publication: Longmont Times-Call
Date: 6/14/2016
Abstract: Story on opening of Stewart Auditorium in local paper
URL: http://www.timescall.com/news/ci_28313706/longmont-museums-long-awaited-auditorium-opens

Concerts move from gym to auditorium (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Quentin Young
Publication: Longmont Times-Call
Date: 11/13/2015
Abstract: Story about new auditorium concerts serving community
URL: http://www.timescall.com/entertainment/ci_29104315/concerts-move-from-gym-auditorium

New Longmont holiday festival sells out (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Karen Antonacci
Publication: Longmont Times-Call
Date: 12/11/2015
Abstract: New annual holiday festival in Stewart Auditorium
URL: http://www.timescall.com/ci_29237762/new-longmont-holiday-festival-sells-out-by-first

Longmont Museum going niche with cult-classic films and cocktails (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Karen Antonacci
Publication: Longmont Times-Call
Date: 4/7/2016
Abstract: Coverage on film series in new auditorium
URL: http://www.timescall.com/entertainment/ci_29740156/longmont-museum-going-niche-with-cultclassic-films-and-cocktails

Associated Products

Longmont Museum nears end of fundraising with NEH challenge grant (Article)
Title: Longmont Museum nears end of fundraising with NEH challenge grant
Author: Scott Rochat
Abstract: The Longmont City Council will come back from the holidays Tuesday to find a $200,000 present waiting for the Longmont Museum. The council will be asked Tuesday to sign off on a National Endowment for the Humanities challenge grant that will give $200,000 to the museum's auditorium project if $600,000 can be raised locally. That's already been done, city staff said, since gifts dating back to Dec. 1, 2012 can be counted as part of the match.
Year: 2014
Primary URL: http://http://www.timescall.com/longmont-local-news/ci_24842781/longmont-museum-nears-end-fundraising-neh-challenge-grant
Format: Newspaper
Periodical Title: Longmont Times Call

Winter Program Brochure (Catalog)
Title: Winter Program Brochure
Author: Joan Harrold
Abstract: Brochure of programming offerings for Winter and Spring 2016 at the Museum and Stewart Auditorium
Year: 2016
Primary URL: https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/Home/ShowDocument?id=11837
Catalog Type: Exhibition Catalog
Publisher: Longmont Museum

Summer 2016 Program Brochure (Catalog)
Title: Summer 2016 Program Brochure
Author: Joan Harrold
Abstract: Brochure of program offerings for summer 2016 at the Museum and auditorium
Year: 2016
Primary URL: https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/Home/ShowDocument?id=13577
Catalog Type: Exhibition Catalog
Publisher: Longmont Museum

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