parks heritage

Albertosaurus named Albert

• displays
• signage
• interactive media

• guided tours
• educational programs
• community programs

• Relate – a whale is 3 football fields long
• Reveal
• Art
• Provoke
• Whole
• Children – different program not just watered down

• Words
• Sounds
• Images
• Performing arts

• parks
• Museums
• hiking trails
• lodges
• conservation areas
• zoos
• roadside stops

• natural sciences
• social sciences
• history communicates

• focus on ideas and relationship vs. facts and figures
• Eg: pet owners, antque rod show

• Specific
• Measurable
• achievable
• realistic
• time-bound

• puppet shows
• roving interpretation
• information station
• educational
• living history demonstrations

Any interpretation that does not somehow relate what is being displayed or described to something within the personality or experience of the visitor will be sterile

Information is not interpretation. Interpretation is revelation based upon information. They are entirely different things, however, all interpretation includes information

Interpretation is an art, which combines many arts, whether the materials presented are scientific, historical, or architectural. Any art is in some degree teachable

The chief aim of interpretation is not instruction but provocation

Interpretation should aim to present a whole rather than a part, and must address itself to the whole person rather than any phase

Interpretation addressed to children should presented different then to adults

• Relate
• Revelation
• Art
• Provocation
• Whole
• Children