B) Smaller museum structure with an
interpretive exhibit area,
programming area, administrative offices, lab, and storage area, e.g.
incorporating some aspects of Mennonite Heritage Village, Fort Dauphin
Museum, and the Swan Valley Historical Museum (see Appendix B for cost
estimates of building smaller centres/museums)
Nature of the Centre
• modifying an existing building or building a new flexible
structure with opportuni¬ties to infill
• could be a cooperative development with the Antler River
Historical Society Museum, an independent structure built in close
proximity to the museum, or completely sepa¬rate from ARHM
• important that it become a year round structure with annual
local government support for staff, programming, planning, fund
raising, exhibit and program development and curation of collections
• must be identified as a dynamic, innovative centre with
changing exhibits and pro-gramming
• needs interpretive area, collections area, programming area,
administrative/staff area, and laboratory. Check
http://www.heritage-interpretation.org.uk/jouridx.htl, particularly
Vol.1 (3) 1996
Interpretive Area
• needs to be sufficiently large to incorporate
numerous
interpretive modules for back-ground information on specific themes,
sites and tours; see report, Highlights of the Melita and Area
Archaeological Heritage, for examples of the numerous themes that can
be portrayed and interpreted
• focus must be on highly illustrated, interpretive units with
some simple and highly interactive interpretive units
• emphasis needs to be on interpretive materials that attract
young people
• several units are required for visual presentations on DVD's,
including archaeology, history, traditional Native activities, natural
history
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