Museum Studies Program Workshop - Interpretation 1: Public Programming

Date: November 1 & 2, 2012
Location: Wallace & Area Museum, 13440 Hwy 6, Wallace, NS
Facilitator: Sally Warren
Enrolment Limits: 20 participants

Learning Outcomes

 

This workshop examines the role that public programming plays in fulfilling the educational goals of museums and creating a successful visitor experience. A particular focus will be how interactive programming can provide a strong link between a museum’s core mandate and an individual’s life experience.

 

Key content/subject areas:

  • types of museum interpretation
  • basic learning styles
  • elements of successful interpretive programs for the public and schools
  • increasing interactivity in museum exhibitions
  • principles of program evaluation

The workshop will combine formal instruction, group discussion, hands-on exercises and a graded take-home assignment.

Note: this workshop is the first module in a two part interpretation workshop series. Module two focuses on exhibition development and presentation and will be offered as part of the Museum Studies Program, 2013/14.

This workshop can be taken as part of the ANSM Museum Studies Program or on its own.

 

Registration Information

 

  • ANSM Members: $100.00
  • Non-Members: $150.00
  • Registration Deadline: October 19, 2012

 

Workshop cost includes breaks on both days and lunch on day one.

 

Registration opens September 10, 2012. To register, send a completed registration form with payment by cheque or money order to: Association of Nova Scotia Museums, 1113 Marginal Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4P7