Interpretive planning for museums : integrating visitor perspectives in decision making / Marcella Wells, Barbara Butler, and Judith Koke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wells, Marcella D., 1953- author.

Contributor:

Butler, Barbara H.

Koke, Judith, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museums--Planning--Decision making.

Museums.

Interpretation of cultural and natural resources--Planning--Decision making.

Interpretation of cultural and natural resources.

Museum visitors--Attitudes.

Museum visitors.

Museums--Social aspects.

Museums--Educational aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Conceptual Foundations

Interpretive Planning

The Outcomes Hierarchy

Integrating Visitor Perspectives in Master Interpretive Planning

Integrating Visitor Perspectives in Project Interpretive Planning

Concluding Thoughts

Appendix A: Glossary

Appendix B: Tables of Contents of Interpretive Plans

Appendix C: Example Outcomes Hierarchy used as an Executive Summary of Visitor Perspectives.

Notes:

First published in 2013 by Left Coast Press, Inc.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-315-42619-6

1-315-42620-X

1-315-42621-8

1-61132-158-1

9781315426211

OCLC:

828792757