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Heritage Resource Management 561: Advanced Issues in Interpretive Programming explores theoretical and applied issues in interpretive programming through a range of readings and assignments that deal with the purpose of museum interpretation, its central concepts and terminology, as well as the significant issues and debates in the field.

Required Readings

Unit 1

Introduction to Museum Interpretation
M. Christine Castle. “Critiquing Tours and Public Programs” MERT [Museum Education & Interpretation Journal] 4, no. 2 (March 15, 2002): 1–5.
Lynn Uyen Tran and Heather King. “The Professionalization of Museum Educators: The Case in Science Museums.” Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship 22, no. 2 (June 2007): 131–149.
Pamela Carter-Birken. “Interpretation and the Role of the Viewer in Museums of Modern and Contemporary Art.” Curator 51, no. 2 (April 2008): 171–178.

Unit 2

Informal and Formal Learning Strategies
Castle, M. Christine. “Is Anybody Learning in Canada’s Museums?” MUSE (September/October 2005): 19–23.
Falk, John H. “An Identity-Centered Approach to Understanding Museum Learning.” Curator 49, no. 2 (April 2006): 151–166.

Unit 3

Interpretation in Museum Exhibitions
Charlotte P. Lee. “Reconsidering Conflict in Exhibition Development Teams.” Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship 22, no. 2 (June 2007): 183–199.
Margaret Lindauer. “From Salad Bars to Vivid Stories: Four Game Plans for Developing ‘Educationally Successful’ Exhibitions.” Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship 20, no. 1 (2005): 41–55.

Unit 4

Different Forms of Exhibition
Kathleen McLean. “Do Museum Exhibitions Have a Future?” Curator 50, no. 1 (January 2007): 109–121.
Leslie Bedford. “Lost Cases, Recovered Lives: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic, The New York State Museum at Albany.” Curator 48, no. 2 (April 2005): 213–220.

Unit 5

Interpretation Using Print
Glen Kaye. “Why Johnny Won’t Read Labels” in Visitor Studies: Theory, Research and Practice 6 (1994): 20–23.

Unit 6

Interpretation Using New Media
M. Christine Castle. “Teaching in the Virtual Museum.” Toronto: Ontario Museum Association, 2004, 1–12.
Barbara Soren. “Best Practices in Creating Quality Online Experiences for Museum Users.” Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship 20 (2005): 131–148.
Angelina Russo, Jerry Watkins, Lynda Kelly, and Sebastian Chan. “Participatory Communication with Social Media.” Curator 51, no. 1 (January 2008): 21–31.
Paul F. Marty. “Museum Websites and Museum Visitors: Digital Museum Resources and their Use.” Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship 23, no. 1 (March 2008): 81–99.

Unit 7

Bringing History Alive: First and Third Person Interpretation
Jeff Camhi. “Pathways for Communicating about Objects on Guided Tours.” Curator 51, no. 3 (July 2008) 275–294.
M. Christine Castle. “Intellectual and Seductive: Teaching in Museums, Galleries, and Parks” in Proceedings of the Sixth Ontario Museum Association Colloquium on Learning in Museums, Waterloo, ON, 2001: 19–25.

Jane Malcolm-Davies. “Borrowed Robes: The Educational Value of Costumed Interpretation at Historic Sites.” International Journal of Heritage Studies 10, no. 3 (July 2004): 277–293.

Unit 8

Visitor Studies
Judy Rand. “The 227-Mile Museum, or a Visitors’ Bill of Rights.” Curator 44, no. 1 (January 2001): 7–14.
Douglas Worts. “Gallery Enhancement: Forging a New Partnership with the Public” in Visitor Studies: Theory, Research and Practice. Albuquerque, NM: Visitor Studies Association, 1994, 176–197.
Deborah Perry. “The Museum Impact and Evaluation Study: How Visitors Relate to Science and Technology Museums” in Visitor Studies: Theory, Research and Practice. Albuquerque, NM: Visitor Studies Association, 1993, 254–259.

Unit 9

Community Partnerships and Interpretation
Despina Kalessopoulou. “Children’s Museums in Hospitals” in Museums, Society, Inequality, edited by Richard Sandell. London: Routledge, 2002, 190–199.
Note: This link takes you to the main page of this book, where you will follow the links to View this eBook, then the Table of Contents, then Part 2 Strategies for Inclusion, then choose Chapter 14.

Unit 10

School Programs in Museums
M. Christine Castle. “Teaching History in Museums.” Ontario History no. 1 (Spring 2002): 1–18.