About
This virtual exhibition is a collaborative effort between staff at the Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising and CSU Libraries at Colorado State University. You can view the digitized archives of the museum in the digital repository Mountain Scholar.
Project Team
- Jenna Allen, Director of Communications, CSU Libraries
- Helen Baer, Digital Repository Unit Head, CSU Libraries
- Trista Barker, Digital and Archives Librarian, CSU Libraries
- Doreen Beard, Director of Operations and Engagement, Avenir Museum
- Carly Boerrigter, Graduate Student Intern, Avenir Museum
- Katie Knowles, Assistant Professor and Curator, Avenir Museum
- Courtney Morgan, Graduate Student Assistant, Avenir Museum
- Megan Osborne, Assistant Curator and Collections Manager, Avenir Museum
- Dawn Paschal, Associate Dean for Research, Digital Library, and Data Services, CSU Libraries
- Mark Shelstad, Associate Professor and Coordinator of Digital and Archive Services, CSU Libraries
- Heather Short, Visitor Services and Venue Coordinator, Avenir Museum
- Zoe Volpa, Community Volunteer, Avenir Museum
- Marcella Wells, Community Volunteer, Avenir Museum
- Yongli Zhou, Associate Professor and Digital Repository Librarian, CSU Libraries
Special Thanks
- Karen Estlund, Dean, CSU Libraries
- Karen Hyllegard, Department Head, Design and Merchandising
- Lise Youngblade, Dean, College of Health and Human Sciences
The Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising is part of the Department of Design and Merchandising in the College of Health and Human Sciences.
Header graphic designed by Philip E. Risbeck for the Friends of the Gustafson Gallery, 1987.
Threads of Our Community: A History of the Avenir Museum has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this exhibition do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
