What Does Your Visitor Experience? Making the Most of Live Interpretation in a Unique Setting

Archaeological Open-Air Museums (AOAM) offer a unique setting in which live interpretation can make history come truly alive. For many, or perhaps all, AOAM history is the product being sold to the public. During the five years the OpenArch project has run the partners have spent many hours discussi...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:7a81f9404deb4371bd33d4623c984a672021-12-01T14:42:32ZWhat Does Your Visitor Experience? Making the Most of Live Interpretation in a Unique Setting2212-8956https://doaj.org/article/7a81f9404deb4371bd33d4623c984a672015-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10200https://doaj.org/toc/2212-8956Archaeological Open-Air Museums (AOAM) offer a unique setting in which live interpretation can make history come truly alive. For many, or perhaps all, AOAM history is the product being sold to the public. During the five years the OpenArch project has run the partners have spent many hours discussing the merits of live interpretation in the unique setting of an AOAM. It is an effective method—whether done in first or third person—to entertain and educate. But what does the visitor experience when faced with live interpretation? How does it affect the transfer of information and what are the specific goals of this method? Are there alternatives?Marc van HasseltEXARCarticleliving historyeducationtheatrenewest erathe netherlandsMuseums. Collectors and collectingAM1-501ArchaeologyCC1-960ENEXARC Journal, Iss 2015/3 (2015)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic living history
education
theatre
newest era
the netherlands
Museums. Collectors and collecting
AM1-501
Archaeology
CC1-960
spellingShingle living history
education
theatre
newest era
the netherlands
Museums. Collectors and collecting
AM1-501
Archaeology
CC1-960
Marc van Hasselt
What Does Your Visitor Experience? Making the Most of Live Interpretation in a Unique Setting
description Archaeological Open-Air Museums (AOAM) offer a unique setting in which live interpretation can make history come truly alive. For many, or perhaps all, AOAM history is the product being sold to the public. During the five years the OpenArch project has run the partners have spent many hours discussing the merits of live interpretation in the unique setting of an AOAM. It is an effective method—whether done in first or third person—to entertain and educate. But what does the visitor experience when faced with live interpretation? How does it affect the transfer of information and what are the specific goals of this method? Are there alternatives?
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title What Does Your Visitor Experience? Making the Most of Live Interpretation in a Unique Setting
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