Discover how to create great thematic tours at historic sites in a
one-day workshop for educators, interpreters, curators, and directors of
museums, heritage areas, and history organizations. This workshop,
based on bestselling book, Great Tours!: Thematic Tours and Guide
Training for Historic Sites (AltaMira Press, 2002), will enable
participants to create a thematic tour for a historic site; integrate
material culture and historic biography into theme-based interpretation;
train guides to give thematic tours; and adapt and respond to various
audience types. Large and small group interactive exercises will focus
on a case study of a historic site, providing participants with
practical experience.

The workshop fee of $45.00 includes: a copy of the Great Tours! book,
handouts, lunch, and refreshments. Pre-registration is required, and
the workshop is limited to 35 participants-so register early! For more
information about the workshop or to receive a registration form, send
an e-mail to [log in to unmask]. Staff members from National
Trust Historic Sites are entitled to a 10% discount. The workshop will
be held at the Homestead Museum (www.homesteadmuseum.org), located 20
miles east of downtown Los Angeles in the City of Industry.

The Great Tours! workshop is funded in part by the National Trust for
Historic Preservation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and
the host organization, and sponsored by the American Association for
State and Local History and AltaMira Press.

THE INSTRUCTORS:
Sandra Mackenzie Lloyd holds a degree in American Studies from Smith
College and the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture. She was
the first curator of Wyck, a historic house in Philadelphia, and the
Curator of Education at Cliveden, a property of the National Trust. She
has written several Historic Structures Reports for significant
buildings in Philadelphia, given tours of historic sites for more than
twenty years, conducted guide training, and lectured. She has consulted
for many historic sites including Pennsbury Manor, Paulsdale,
Montpelier, the Woodrow Wilson House, Washington's Crossing, and the
Betsy Ross House.

Max van Balgooy is the Director of Interpretation and Education at the
National Trust for Historic Preservation, working with the Trust's
numerous historic sites to improve, enhance, and expand its educational
activities to diverse audiences, including exhibits, tours, school
programs, and publications. Prior to his arrival at the Trust, van
Balgooy was actively involved in several museums and non-profit
organizations in southern California, including the Workman and Temple
Family Homestead Museum, Cooper Regional History Museum, Chaffey
Communities Cultural Center, Main Street Upland, and the City of Upland
Planning Commission.

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