Interpretive Planning for Museums Integrating Visitor Perspectives in Decision Making

Name: Interpretive Planning for Museums Integrating Visitor Perspectives in Decision Making
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ISBN: 9781611321579

ISBN-10: 1611321573

ISBN-13: 9781611321579

Edition: 2013

Authors: Marcella Wells, Barbara H. Butler, Judith Koke

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Museum professionals' increased focus on visitors in recent years has been demonstrated by, among other things, the enhanced practice of evaluation and the development of interpretive plans. Yet too often, these efforts function independent of one another. This book helps museums integrate visitors' perspectives into interpretive planning by recognizing, defining, and recording desired visitor outcomes throughout the process. The integration of visitor studies in the practice of interpretive planning is also based on the belief that the greater our understanding, tracking, and monitoring of learners, the greater the impact museums will make on public understanding of the science and…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 2/1/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



List of Figures


List of Tables


Preface



Introduction



True Story: Developing without a Plan



The Need for This Book



The Purpose of This Book



Audiences for This Book



Conceptual Foundations



Museums as Learning Institutions



How We Have Come to Understand Visitors



Theoretical Foundations of Interpretation



Planning for Interpretation and Learning



Interpretive Planning



Definition



Scope and Scale of Planning



Planning Team Considerations



Integrating Visitor Perspectives into Interpretive Planning



The Outcomes Hierarchy



Visitor Perspectives and the Nature of Outcomes



The Outcomes Hierarchy



Developing Outcomes and Impacts



Integrating Visitor Perspectives in Master Interpretive Planning



Introduction



Situation and Need



Purpose and Goals



Inventory



Analysis



Themes and Visitor Experiences



Recommendations



Implementation Guidelines



Integrating Visitor Perspectives in Project Interpretive Planning



Introduction



Situation and Need



Purpose and Goals



Inventory



Analysis



Themes and Visitor Experiences



Recommendations



Implementation Guidelines



Concluding Thoughts



Revisiting Issues



Outcomes, Impact, and Public Value



Twenty-First-Century Planning



Example of Outcomes Hierarchy Used as an Executive Summary of Visitor Perspectives



Sample Tables of Contents of Interpretive Plans


Notes


Glossary


References


Index


About the Authors