Museum Advisory Board Meeting, September 21, 2026

The Longmont Museum Advisory Board met on September 21, 2026, to review museum operations and the 2027 budget. The city budget includes funding for a part-time exhibits position and partial funding for gallery teachers for the new Dream Lab exhibit; the museum will need to address coverage because the allocation funds 44 of its 56 weekly open hours. Other requested support, including low-sensory Sunday mornings, was not funded. A council member discussed an approximately $18,000 shortfall in the museum’s requests, estimated at about 0.5% of its budget. The museum also reported raising about $160,000 at its Sunset Soirée for the permanent history exhibit and receiving a Colorado Creative Industries grant for artistic programming. Contracts are in place with Indigenous-history and Latino-history advisory consultants; no contract amounts were stated, and no procurement-related vote was reported.

The board also received updates on the October 17 reopening, exhibit development, and the Longmont flag project, whose finalists are expected to proceed to a community preference poll and then City Council selection. A council member reported that consolidation proposals involving the museum advisory board were not moving forward, following a 4–3 discussion or vote as described in the transcript. The board unanimously approved meeting materials; no other spending or purchasing motions were identified.