Please excuse my
cross-posting:
Live
Interpretation Blog plus Minds-on Engagement
In preparation
for a workshop this spring, I contacted this listserv and several others and
asked for examples of successful interpretive strategies that incorporate
hands-on or minds-on engagement for use in a space where people are not
permitted to touch objects (i.e., an historic house). Museum professionals from
across the country sent in their thoughts and examples.
The responses were practical and thoughtful, and I organized them into the
broad categories below:
I combined the
above information, along with research findings from a wide variety of sources,
for several workshops and talks I later presented about live interpretation
topics: making connections with visitors, engaging audiences in spaces where
they can’t touch objects, and using museum theatre.
I realized I
wanted to find a way to share the research and information about live
interpretation that I was gathering. That desire led to starting a blog,
Live Interpretation, at http://live-interpretation.blogspot.com.
My first posting, with your responses, includes “Minds-on
Engagement.” In subsequent posts, I’ll review
“Hands-on Activities,” “Personal Connections” and
“Overall Approaches.” I’ll also include links to
resources, comments by leaders in the field and anything else I can think of
that helps us understand and become effective at one of the most powerful
visitor experiences – live interpretation.
Please feel free
to check out the blog and read the first post on “Minds-on
Interpretation.”
Dale Jones
Making History
Connections
live-interpretation.blogspot.com
affiliated with QM2
at qm2.org
443-472-2670
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