CSPMA COMMUNITY GA History matters. Community matters, and when the two come together, it can lead to amazing things. In 2018, the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum (CSPM) experienced a record setting year bringing more people than ever in its 122 year history in different ways to celebrate the Pikes Peak region’s history and culture! You helped us welcome more than 90,000 visitors to explore new exhibits and programs and helped people better understand their community through better understanding its history. The year started with the long-awaited opening of The Story of Us exhibit. Several years in the making, this groundbreaking exhibit seeks to collect and share stories that broaden our understanding of who we are as a community. Using artifacts, photographs and oral histories, this exhibit provides residents and visitors with a foothold for developing community connections, identity and belonging in the hopes of sparking a new era of community pride and citizen engagement. Using GIS mapping technology, the interactive, state-ofthe-art touchscreens allow visitors to explore the region’s history and geography and offers compelling ways to discover the past, make sense of the present and shape the region’s future. The museum hosted a number of major community events to build a broader audience and encourage more people to visit the museum. On April 18, the building stayed true to its civic roots as the city swore in its newly elected City Council members. Throughout the summer, CSPM, along with Imagination Celebration, served as the hub for connecting our community with others worldwide by hosting a Portal, an international, interactive public art installation started by artist Amar Bakshi. Portals use immersive audio-visual technology to connect people in cities where other portals are located. For the later part of the year, CSPM served as temporary home to an Art-o-mat® art vending machine. Art-o-mat® machines are retired cigarette vending machines that have been repurposed to dispense small, handmade works of art, connecting the Colorado Springs creative community to a network of artists and enthusiasts across the globe. Bringing the downtown business community together, Mayor John Suthers asked the Parks Department, the Downtown Partnership and CSPM to collaborate and create Food Truck Tuesdays. More than 10,000 people gathered during the ten weeks and enjoyed good food and fellowship under the shadow of the 1903 El Paso County Courthouse. In addition, thousands of people came together for the annual Waldo Waldo 5K, the Rotary of Colorado Springs’ kaleidoscope of butterflies, Pikes Peak Hospice’s Trees of Life, the What If Festival and the Colorado Farm and Art Market. 90,000th Visitor!
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