Interpreting Portraiture Collections

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• Interpretation - how?
• Interpretation - of what?
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• Beningborough Hall Case Study
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Interpretation - How?

Wherever possible conduct formative evaluation on all proposed interpretation - even a small sample of visitors will find any real glitches (obviously some interactives are hard to mock up cheaply but at least try out the idea on visitors - they are generally more than willing to help and will make any necessary allowances)

• Interpretation in Words
• Written Interpretation: Continuous Text
• Written Interpretation: Questioning Text
• Spoken Words
• Visual Interpretation
• Visual Interpretation: Images
• Visual Interpretation: Drawing
• Interpretation through Activities
• Interpretation through Activities: Web
• High-tech Interactives
• Low-tech Interactives
• Small-scale, portable interactives