Sarah I thought I'd just email to say g'day Sarah - looks like you have lots of interesting plans! I'm sure you will get lots of offers from Northern America - make sure you get up to Quebec - fabulous, particularly Quebec city and Montreal. Ciaou! Adrienne Leith > ---------- > From: Sarah Murphy[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Reply To: Museum discussion list > Sent: Monday, 1 February 1999 23:11 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Interpretation of Heritage Sites & Buildings > > Over the past 12-18 months I have been working with a number of agencies > which wish to better interpret their heritage sites and buildings > (particularly houses) to the public. Many furnish the buildings in such a > way as to suggest that someone has just left the room, others settle for a > brochure. Some sites use audio guides, others use signage. > > I am hoping to travel to the USA and Canada later this year. I would > therefore be keen to visit places which have interpreted their heritage > sites and buildings in a variety of different ways. In addition I would be > keen to follow up on how some museums have dealt with the issue of > refurnishing and reinterpreting a building(s) that has been furnished in > the > same way for many years. In such cases there is often a strong band of > volunteers or the local public who don't want to see changes made because > they like it the way it's always been. The development of interpretation > plans is also of interest. > > I would greatly appreciate it if recommendations of places to visit could > be > sent through to me off-list. Once equipped with names of places, sites or > institutions I can then follow up additional information using other > means. > > Many thanks, > > Sarah Murphy e-mail to: [log in to unmask] > Museum Consultant > Western Australia >