To see extensive National Park Service literature and models on interpretive 
planning, go to the NPS Harpers Ferry Center's interpretive plannig section at 
http://www.nps.gov/hfc/products/ip.htm.   AAM also did a series on 
interpretive planning about 5 years ago but I don't know if the resources are 
stll on line.  

I am a longtime member of both the Southeastern Museums Conference 
(SEMC, the southeastern regional of AAM) and a group called the National 
Association for Interpretation (NAI), whose members include some fine arts 
museums, SI, historic houses, etc., but also include almost all the federal and 
state parks systems, nature centers, environmental centers, zoos, and 
botanical gardens in North America.  NAI is MUCH more into interpretive 
planning than AAM and even offers a certification program for IP (which I have 
just completed). 

 It has always seemed an odd "disconnect" to me that these two 
organizations don't seem to know much about each other.  I am a lifelong 
independent museum/exhibit professional (historian by training; interpretive 
planner, researcher and exhibit writer for Museum of Mobile, Charles Towne 
Landing, NPS archaeological sites, etc), and I only discovered NAI when a US 
Fish & Wildlife interpretive center I wrote (Okefenokee) won a national award 
from them.   

Hope this helps.  And if you reach a point where you really need outside help, 
I'd be happy to take a look; contact me at [log in to unmask]
 

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