Interpretive Planning

You have stories to tell, and we can help you envision the best ways to tell them.  Interpretive planning is an area in which we have a great deal of experience. 

An effective visitor experience begins with a clear understanding of the key stories that inform your site or institution.  We work closely with you to understand those stories, and can help you determine the most compelling ways to tell them, whether through artifacts, exhibitry, re-enactment, performance, or an online experience.

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Examples of Our Work

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The first home of John James Audubon in America
We produced an interpretive plan for the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove in Audubon, PA.  The planning process included interactive meetings with site staff, stakeholders and educators to identify key interpretive themes.  View project page

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An artifact display at Wyck
We wrote an interpretive plan for Wyck that departed from the traditional historic house model.  The groundwork for this included surveying best practices, and conducting interactive workshops with staff, outside advisers, community focus groups and board members.  Together we identified key interpretive themes, and recommended a new tour strategy for the site.  View project page

They accommodated a lot of nontraditional and continually evolving components of our project and successfully facilitated conversations about it with diverse groups of stakeholders. 
-- Eileen Rojas, Executive Director, The Wyck Association
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At an interpretive planning workshop
We worked with five 20th-century African American heritage sites in Philadelphia to develop an interpretive strategy for collaboration on programming, audience outreach and marketing.  View project page

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Draft panel design for the Franklin Museum, with rooms based on character traits
We developed an interpretive plan for the forthcoming Benjamin Franklin Museum at Franklin Court.  The plan serves as the basis for the permanent exhibition on Franklin's life and legacy.  View project page

Client List:
Interpretive Planning

  • John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Audubon, PA
  • Ohio Historical Society - Rankin House, Ripley, OH
  • Wyck (historic house and gardens), Germantown, Philadelphia  
  • Independence National Historical Park - The Benjamin Franklin Museum, Philadelphia  
  • Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, Boston
  • Preservation Alliance, Philadelphia (African American heritage sites)  
  • Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary, Philadelphia  (View project page)
  • Independence National Historical Park - Liberty Bell Pavilion, Philadelphia
  • National Constitution Center, Philadelphia
  • Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg (historic markers)
  • Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
  • Beauvoir (home of Jefferson Davis), Biloxi, MI
  • Betsy Ross House, Philadelphia
  • U.S. Department of State - Diplomatic Reception Rooms, Washington, DC
  • Gill Works, Ltd., Breinigsville, PA
  • Historic Bethlehem, Inc. - Goundie House, Bethlehem, PA
  • Munson Williams Proctor Museum of Art, Utica, NY
  • Robert Mussey, Inc., Boston
  • Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia ("Making Connections: the School of Design for Women and Philadelphia Industry")
  • Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, Delaware
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