Introduction
We are pleased to present the proceedings of the March 2-4, 1998 workshop, The Fine Art of Interpretation. This is the fourth year that materials from the session have been reproduced. We know they will be a continuing resource for conference participants and other readers.
The proceedings are the product of the seventh annual workshop on interpretation development sponsored collaboratively by Historic Southern Indiana, an outreach program of the University of Southern Indiana, and the Indiana State Museum and State Historic Sites System. Begun in 1992, these spring workshops have sought to strengthen our appreciation for and understanding of our heritage and to enhance the quality of services offered visitors in our special places.
Special thanks to the workshop organizers, chaired by Rachel Perry. Their names, affiliations and titles are provided in the proceedings.
Darrel Bigham
Director, Historic Southern Indiana
Professor of History, University of Southern Indiana
Table of Contents
Workshop Speaker and Session Descriptions
Me, Myself &
I. First Person Character Development
By: Nan Brooks
The Customer is
Always Right
By: Paula Werne
Here They Come,
There They Go
By: Virginia Terpening
Lets Get Physical
By: Al Tolken, Mark Young, and Laura Minzes
Connecting the
Tangible to the Intangible
By: David Larsen
A Model for
Successful Interpretation
By: David Larsen
Take A Hike
By Karen Dalman
Our Town: Using
Your Community as a Form of Interpretation
By: Jon Kay
Views from the Past,
Teaching History with Art
By: James May
Can We Talk
By: Jon Kay
Beams from the Past
By: Scott Beam
The Politics of
History in Contemporary America
By: Lawrence Friedman
Summary of Workshop Evaluations
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