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Education & Interpretation at Museums and Historic Sites

Overview of education and interpretation strategies that work well in museums and historic sites.

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Taught in conjunction with Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Georgia.

Book List

Anarchist's Guide to Historic House Museums was the most informative book for me in this class as it uses case studies to make the points in the book.

Topics and Assignments

Topics covered in class:

  • Interpretive principles and techniques

  • School, Adult, and Community programming

  • Staffing, Marketing, and other logistics

Assignments

  • Two Program Evaluations

  • Two Program Plan Proposals

  • Written Tour Guide

  • Two overview essays

  • Final Program Plan

Program Evaluation #1

Southern Spirits

Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History

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Program Evaluation #2

Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello

Monticello Live YouTube Channel

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Program Plan Proposal #1

Life of a Child through the Ages

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Program Plan #2

Eating Through History

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Tour Guide

Task to create a tour guide that we can present on PowerPoint as if we were actually touring or go on the tour if presented on location.

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Learning from Museums Essay

Read and write an essay on Learning from Museums.

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Group Program Plan

Group project to create an education program for children. We created a two hour program geared towards school field trips, the Swan House, and food topics.

Team Overview Essay

End of the semester reflection on how the group project went.

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Tour Presentation

Benefits

What I discovered while taking the class.

Parked School Buses

Learn

Comprehend the different strategy and roles education takes in a museum and historic site setting.

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