City of Longmont (Longmont Museum)

The Longmont Museum will complete the design of and implement the new long-term exhibit "Boundary Lines: The World of the Rocky Mountain Front Range" and create educational programming to accompany the exhibit. Completion of this exhibit will reshape the museum’s interpretation and provide an exhibit grounded in scholarly research, designed to meet the needs of museum visitors. Based on the concept that the interaction between mountains and plains in Colorado has been a major force shaping human history and culture, the exhibit will survey the history of the northern Colorado Front Range, with Longmont as the case study area. Using a large central relief map with a state-of-the-art projection system, the exhibit will interpret the complex interplay between humans and the local environment. An artifact-rich presentation and reproduced building facades are designed to give the visitor an immersive experience. "Boundary Lines" will engage visitors in an exploration of local history and the forces that shape that history. Over two years, the museum will prototype interactive displays, test educational programs, build casework, and work with an exhibition fabricator to create the most complex exhibit elements. Museum staff will install the exhibit in time for a September 2007 opening. An audio tour, available in both English and Spanish, will allow a broad range of visitors to fully experience the exhibit.