City of Golden (Golden History Museums)

Golden History Museums will produce an introductory film focusing on its landmark 1867 boarding house, Astor House. The film will be an integral component of a new interpretive framework encouraging visitors to consider how living with a community of strangers shapes our perceptions of ourselves and the world around us. It will address what boarding houses were, how they functioned as businesses, how they helped rapidly developing communities house newcomers, and how they contributed to the social and cultural fabric of the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. The museum will compile and verify previously completed research, draft a video script, sub-contract film production, and purchase and install exhibit furniture and media equipment. Evaluation with stakeholders and the Golden community will occur during discrete phases of the project in coordination with the larger effort of reinterpreting the house. The film will be completed by June 2017 to coincide with the reopening of Astor House and commemoration of its 150th anniversary.