City of Longmont (Longmont Museum)

The Longmont Museum in Longmont, Colorado, seeks to open an interactive exhibition called Tipis to Tiny Houses that takes audiences through the evolution of home building. The exhibit will question assumptions around how people use their resources and how their decisions impact the environment. The exhibit will invite audiences to learn about alternative construction methods such as rammed earth, hempcrete, straw bale, and Earthbag, showing how each structure tells a different story about human ingenuity and inventive, adaptive responses. As society moves into a post-pandemic world, the museum plans on opening this exhibit in June 2022 with modifications to make it safe and accessible for all visitors.