Thoughts on Museums and Heritage Experiences
Dearest Mother Pt 6: I have received no letter from you lately
Postcards from a Métis Trooper in the First World War In 2024, my father shared with me some postcards he had kept. They were passed down by his great-grandmother, Eliza Scheer (nee Desmarais) a Métis midwife who ran a boarding house in Fort MacLeod in the early decades of the 20th century. Most were from…
Dearest Mother Pt 5: Up Hear Near the Firing Line
Postcards from a Métis Trooper in the First World War In 2024, my father shared with me some postcards he had kept. They were passed down by his great-grandmother, Eliza Scheer (nee Desmarais) a Métis midwife who ran a boarding house in Fort MacLeod in the early decades of the 20th century. Most were from…
Dearest Mother Pt 4: …In Strange Contrast to the Farms of the Prairie
Postcards from a Métis Trooper in the First World War In 2024, my father shared with me some postcards he had kept. They were passed down by his great-grandmother, Eliza Scheer (nee Desmarais) a Métis midwife who ran a boarding house in Fort MacLeod in the early decades of the 20th century. Most were from…
Dearest Mother Pt 3: Imagine Me Walking About This Place
Postcards from a Métis Trooper in the First World War In 2024, my father shared with me some postcards he had kept. They were passed down by his great-grandmother, Eliza Scheer (nee Desmarais) a Métis midwife who ran a boarding house in Fort MacLeod in the early decades of the 20th century. Most were from…
Dearest Mother Pt 2: In a Continual Downpour
Postcards from a Métis Trooper in the First World War In 2024, my father shared with me some postcards he had kept. They were passed down by his great-grandmother, Eliza Scheer (nee Desmarais) a Métis midwife who ran a boarding house in Fort MacLeod in the early decades of the 20th century. Most were from…
Dearest Mother Pt 1: Hurrying Us Through
Postcards from a Métis Trooper in the First World War In 2024, my father shared with me some postcards he had kept. They were passed down by his great-grandmother, Eliza Scheer (nee Desmarais) a Métis midwife who ran a boarding house in Fort MacLeod in the early decades of the 20th century. Most were from…
Steal this Idea: Whenfinding
This isn’t a new or really different idea, but it’s surprising how many museums don’t do this very well. Simple, clean design and clear calls to action. Give your guests a reason to come back. Also did I just coin “whenfinding?” It must appear somewhere else, right? Got other examples? Put them in the comments!…
Interpre-meme: Guide on the Side
Interpreters can fall into a number of easy traps, but the most common is making yourself the star of the show. Good interpreters remember that they are equal to their visitors, and help facilitate engagement with the resource. Ideally visitors go away wondering about questions that neither of them can answer.
Interpre-meme: Getting off topic
In unstructured interpretation (that is, not on a tour or more structured programme), it can sometimes be difficult to stay focused on your themes and your mission. But unstructured interpretation has great strengths as well, able to meet visitors where they are and engage on a variety of topics in a variety of ways, unlike…
Clio’s Armada The 1893 Santa Maria and the 1492 Fleet
I recently covered the Viking ship replica which appeared at the 1893 Chicago Exposition, and feel I ought to give some space to the vessel(s) which Viking was in many ways a response to: the 1893 Santa Maria and other ships of Christopher Columbus. “In 1893, the Spanish government built replicas of Christopher Columbus’ ships…
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