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Welcome to our site. Tom and Barbara are a pair of museum professionals who love to collaborate and commiserate with others in the field, deliver training sessions, present on historical topics, and otherwise get involved in the scene.
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New module: Tools for Inclusivity and Accessibility for Neurodiverse Audiences in Heritage Interpretation
How do you prepare your interpreters, tour guides, and educators to support neurodiverse students and audiences? We have a new module that can help. Through our careers, Barbara and I have met and associated with many diverse professionals with expertise and presenting skill. One of them has recently developed a presentation that will be of…
New presentation: Beyond the Box and Panel
Barbara and I have relocated to New Zealand, but we’re still finding ways to continue training tour guides and telling stories. Having recently assumed the Manager position at Mangawhai Museum, I was asked by the local Rebus club to fill in for a cancelled speaker. The talk I gave was a new one. Beyond the…
New interpretive module: Giving Great Guided Tours
It’s interesting that some of our best modules come out of museum’s specific requests. In this case, Barbara’s new workplace, the Kauri Museum had a specific need. They only had two staff-members who knew how to give an introductory tour to the frankly massive facility, yet demand was only increasing. Tom sat down with Barbara…
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