The Longmont Museum will reopen to the public today.
It can again host visitors after the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment last week amended a public health order to allow museums to operate at 25% of occupancy limit, not to exceed 25 people.
The Museum shuttered in March at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, and reopened in July before closing again to in-person visits on Nov. 20, when Boulder County moved to the more restrictive red status on the state’s COVID dial.
When it opens again today, COVID-related precautions will remain in place, including enhanced cleaning and sanitation, physical distancing requirements and limited hours. The Museum will be open from 9 a.m to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
All visitors 3 and older must wear masks, and free disposable masks are available for visitors who arrive without one. Hands-on areas of the Museum, including the third-floor Longs Peak Room treehouse, will remain closed.
Exhibits visitors can view include the 20th annual Dia de los Muertos Exhibition, which runs through Jan. 9. In addition to community altars created by local artists and activists, the exhibit also features the work of Colorado artist Tony Ortega.
“Ortega’s lifelong goal is to contribute to a better understanding of diversity by addressing the culture, history, and experiences of Latinx people through his vibrant art,” the Museum states on its website. “The exhibition includes his paintings, prints, mixed media works, illustrations from book collaborations with George Rivera.”
View the virtual tour of the exhibit here.
Also on display is “Front Range Rising,” the Museum’s permanent exhibition documenting 14,000 years of human history in the St. Vrain Valley. The exhibit includes a multimedia show on the growth of human settlement at the base of the Rocky Mountains and traces Longmont’s growth to the 1960s. It features re-creations of a trading fort and Longmont landmark, Cheaper Charlie's Shed.
A new exhibit, “Enduring Impressions: Degas, Monet, Pissarro & Their Printmaker George William Thornley,” will open on Jan. 29.
Photo provided by the Longmont Museum. 
