Museum & Cultural Advisory Board minutes 5/28/2026

EXHIBIT A
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Preserving Mesa’s Past, Discovering Mesa’s Future
Mesa Historical Museum

Opened in 1914, the Lehi School
was the third school to stand on
this site.
In 1939 the auditorium was built,
The Lehi School was shut down
in 1977 and today is home to the
Mesa Historical Museum.
Lehi School holds the title as the
oldest standing schoolhouse in
Mesa at over 100 years old.
It was listed on the National
Historic Register in 2001 along
with the auditorium.

Mesa History Room
The first pioneers to Mesa:
The Utah Company and the Mesa Company

Founding
Families Exhibit
This exhibit showcases a wide array
of photos, collections and stories
from members of the first founding
families who settled in Mesa and
Lehi. Some of the family collections
include Dana, Pomeroy,Crismon
and Rogers to name a few.

Special Rotating
Exhibit
• Women in Aviation
• Diversity of Mesa
• Buckhorn Baths
• Entertainment in Mesa
• Return of the Buffalo
• Coming Soon: Mesa A to Z

Karen Kuykendall
• Received from AZMNH in
2019
• Over 200 boxes
• Rotated annually
• Highly popular
• Annual Catfest event

Akimel O’odham
Piipaash Exhibit
Permanent exhibit room created with Salt River Pima Maricopa Cultural
Resources Department

Preserving and
sharing the
rich history of
baseball in Arizona


Exterior Before and After

Interior Before








City of
Mesa
Support







EXHIBIT B
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KPI I
Cultural Vibrancy Through Participation & Diversified Experiences
TARGET WHAT IT MEASURES YEAR 1 INDICATORS
3% increase Participation and experience Total offerings and attendance by
mix across institutions, category: new, rotating, experimental
programs, festivals, classes,
camps and events. Participation by season, audience type,
Asks / answers time of day and repeat visitation
Are offerings expanding the
breadth and variation of
experiences available to the Distribution across content, audience,
community, and helping fill participation and format
different parts of the
downtown calendar?
Downtown calendar coverage by offering
type and timing
Year 1 is a baseline and refinement
period.
Designed to move from anecdote to evidence while
preserving the story of people, participation and place.
Draft work in progress | Arts & Culture KPI Framework 2/4

KPI II
Cultural Vibrancy Through Expanded Accessibility & Community Reach
TARGET WHAT IT MEASURES YEAR 1 INDICATORS
Accessibility and community Offerings with expanded accessibility: free,
5% increase reduced admission, memberships or
reach through cost, time, outreach
location, schools, families
and outreach. School participation, family learning and
Asks / answers education connections
Are offerings reducing
barriers, reaching more Participation in accessible offerings by
people and making audience, geography and location
participation more realistic
across Mesa?
Offerings with multiple forms of
expanded accessibility
Year 1 is a baseline and refinement
period.
Designed to show who is being reached, where barriers are
being reduced and how participation grows over time.
Draft work in progress | Arts & Culture KPI Framework 3/4

KPI III
Economic Vitality Through Visitation, Revenue & Downtown Activity
TARGET WHAT IT MEASURES YEAR 1 INDICATORS
Baseline TBD Correlation between Total offerings and event traffic during
activation, visitation, visitor defined peak periods
origin, tourism links and sales
tax activity. Visitor origin, tourism links, downtown
Asks / answers referrals and partnerships
Are offerings contributing to
participation, visitor activity Local sales tax and connections to
restaurants, hotels, parking and retail
and stronger connections to
the downtown economy?
Participation by institution and offering
type during peak periods
Year 1 is a baseline and refinement
period.
Designed to build a stronger shared picture of how
culture contributes to Mesa’s economy.
Draft work in progress | Arts & Culture KPI Framework 4/4