Museum of Boulder

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Museum of Boulder
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Museum of Boulder
Former name
Boulder History Museum
Established1944
Location2205 Broadway
Boulder, Colorado (United States)
Coordinates 40°00′18″N105°16′38″W / 40.0051°N 105.2771°W / 40.0051; -105.2771
Type History museum
CEOLori Preston
Website museumofboulder.org

The Museum of Boulder, formerly the Boulder History Museum, is a private, nonprofit, local history museum located in Boulder, Colorado and operated by the Boulder Historical Society. [1] From 1985 to 2018, the Museum operated out of the historic Harbeck-Bergheim house [2] on University Hill near the University of Colorado Boulder campus. [3] In April 2013, it purchased the Masonic Lodge building [4] at Broadway and Pine for $2.45 million. [5] Renovations began in 2017 and the new Museum opened on May 19, 2018. [1] [3]

In 2015 the Boettcher Foundation granted the museum $75,000 to renovate the former Masonic Lodge building. In addition, the museum received a $500,000 challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to help aid in renovations. Voters approved, in 2014, $4 million as part of the Community, Culture and Safety Tax. [6] In October 2017, Stephen Tebo donated $1.5 million to the Museum of Boulder, allowing him the opportunity to name the new museum building. [7]

The Museum of Boulder works in conjunction with the Boulder Carnegie Library in order to preserve over 900,000 historic photographs and documents. [2] The museum also has a collection of over 45,000 historical artifacts. [8]

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