Our Mission
To collect, preserve, and share the significant history and culture of Kentucky and the Ohio Valley.
Our Purpose
We believe that communities build a stronger future by better knowing the past.
Strategic Goals (2025-2027)
Sustainability
- Identify and focus on the activities and services that best advance the mission and work to
maximize their impact.
- Expand membership and participation by addressing barriers to access for communities
and individuals with lower prior engagement with the Filson.
- Maximize the effective use of resources including time, space, and funds across the
organization.
Wellbeing
- Create a culture of commitment, collaboration, respect, transparency, and trust across the
board, leadership, and staff through meaningful dialogue and investment in solutions.
- Create structured assessments of organizational well-being and invest in solutions to
identified problems.
- Expand opportunities for education and awareness about operations and activities across
the board, leadership, and staff.
Engagement
- Build a supportive network of individual and organizational collaborators in business,
government, and nonprofit sectors in the Ohio Valley region.
- Assess initiatives, events, and relationships for their mutual benefit to the Filson, its
partners, and the broader cultural and civic life of the region.
- Identify and demonstrate creative strategies, media, and platforms to maximize awareness
of the Filson in the Ohio Valley region.
