Technical Help: Interpretation
General
- National Park Service Interpretive Development Program
http://www.nps.gov/idp/interp/index.htm
Costumed Interpreters
- Ohio Historical Society Local History Notebook: All That Work: A Living
History Program
by John Steinle
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/oahsm/notebook/mayjun1988.html - Vintage Base Ball Association
http://www.vbba.org/
Evaluation
Exhibits
- Alaska State Museum Bulletin: Exhibit Labels: Some basic guidelines for
small museums
by Kenneth DeRoux
http://www.museu m s.state.ak.us/Bulletin/labels1.html - Ohio Historical Society Local History Notebook: Exhibit Planning in a
Small Museum
by Raymond F. Schuck
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/oahsm/notebook/sepoct1985.html - Smithsonian Institution: Guide to Accessible Exhibition Design
http://www.si.edu/opa/accessibility/exdesign/start.htm - Tips and Concepts for Planning a Truly "Interpretive" Exhibit
by John Veverka
http://www.geographie.uni-freiburg.de/ipg/forschung/ap6/interpret-europe/Downloads/publications/exhibits.pdf
Historical Markers
- http://www.interpretivesigns.qut.edu.au/
- Minnesota Historical Society Guidelines for Interpretive Historical Marker Proposals, State Historic Preservation Office PDF
History of Interpretation Profession
- Lonie, Nuala. Practice and Profile of Interpretation in Scotland .
July 1998.
Report on 30 years of interpretive work in Scotland, with recommendations for next steps, particularly for increasing professionalism.
http://www.scotinterpnet.org.uk/pdfs/fulllonie.pdf - National Park Service, History Division: Interpretation in the National
Park Service: A Historical Perspective
by Barry Mackintosh
http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/mackintosh2/index.htm - Masters, David and James Carter. Review of Interpretation Teaching and
Research in the British Isles, April 1999.
Study of academic training of heritage interpretation managers in Great Britain with recommendations for further development. It includes a literature search and review.
http://www.scotinterpnet.org.uk/pdfs/review.pdf
Interpretive Planning
- Carter, James, ed. A Sense of Place: An Interpretive Planning Handbook .
Inverness, Scotland: Tourism and Environment Initiative, 1997.
Interpretive planning document that crosses many disciplines beyond historical.
http://www.scotinterpnet.org.uk/pdfs/sofp.pdf - National Park Service Interpretive Development Program
http://www.nps.gov/idp/interp/index.htm - Scottish Natural Heritage. Provoke, Relate, Reveal: SNH's Policy Framework
for Interpretation . Perth, Scotland: SNH Publications, 1997.
An example of an interpretive plan.
http://213.121.208.4/wwo/Interpretation/pdf/PRR.PDF
Public Programs
- Ohio Historical Society Local History Notebook: Details, Details: Successful
Public Programming
by Fred Barrmann
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/oahsm/notebook/julaug1988.html - Ohio Historical Society Local History Notebook: Planning and Producing
Community Celebrations and Special Events
by Jane Goydos
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/oahsm/notebook/julaug1992.html - Planning Interpretive Walking Tours for communities and related historic
districts
by John Veverka
http://www.geographie.uni-freiburg.de/ipg/forschung/ap6/interpret-europe/Downloads/publications/planning-interpretive-walkingtours.pdf
Publishing
- Ohio Historical Society Local History Notebook: Press for Success: Should
Your Historical Society Publish Books? Part I
by Stephen Paschen
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/oahsm/notebook/marapr1994.html - Ohio Historical Society Local History Notebook: Press for Success: Should
Your Historical Society Publish Books? Part II
by Stephen Paschen
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/oahsm/notebook/mayjun1994.html
Women's History
- National Park Service, Exploring a Common Past: Interpreting Women's History
in the National Park Service
http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/hisnps/NPSHistory/womenshistory.htm - National Park Service, Cultural Resources Management: Placing Women in
the Past
http://crm.cr.nps.gov/issue.cfm?volume=20&number=03
