Reed Covered Wagon
Work with authentic artifacts. The Reed family brought this covered wagon across the plains in 1850.

Course Meeting Dates

Now Available!

Class dates for Fall '08 are October 4 and 25. The Fall 2008 syllabus is now available!

Planning Interpretive Exhibits

Course Description

Interpretive exhibits bring objects, images, and ideas to life for visitors through storytelling, diverse presentation media, and learning opportunities that engage multiple intelligences. In this workshop you’ll learn the basics of exhibit planning, organization, and text writing. Using examples from actual exhibit projects and working with real images and objects, you’ll experiment with ways to make exhibit content meaningful and memorable for visitors. The instructor will share a proven approach to exhibit planning. Discussion, group work, and individual writing projects, with on-the-spot feedback, will give you a taste of the specialized, but growing field of interpretive exhibit development and design.

Course Syllabus

• Planning Interpretive Exhibits