Interpreters are people who explain natural or cultural resources for visitors at places like parks, nature centers, museums, zoos, botanical gardens, aquariums, and tour companies. Interpretation also includes writing and graphic design of exhibits and signs. The Idaho State Museum in Boise has excellent examples of exhibits. I visited it on November 16th.
The Origins exhibit on the ground floor introduces the state’s five federally recognized tribes. Permanent exhibits on the second floor include Idaho: The Land & Its People, divided into three regions as follows:
“Lakes and Forests: North Idaho
Learn the rich history of mining, forestry, and transportation and how some of Idaho’s natural resources are used around the world today. Watch a spark turn into the blaze that became the Big Burn of 1910, and how this historic fire continues to influence forest management today.
Mountains and Rivers: Central Idaho
Central Idaho’s mountains are a recreational paradise. Experience what it’s like to ride a chairlift up Mt. Baldy, or sit around a campfire where you’ll learn about the first group to urge protections for our wilderness areas.
Deserts and Canyons: South Idaho
Discover the hard road travelers faced on the Oregon Trail, the challenges of developing agriculture in the desert, and Idaho’s atomic past and high-tech future. Take a virtual bike ride through historic Pocatello or downtown Boise.”
Entrances for those three regions are shown above, as is the next sign explaining North Idaho.
In north Idaho there is an explanatory sign and display about Logging Camp Life as shown above.
A display case about mining with an ore cart is shown above, as is another display in an alcove.
Signs on the left and right sides of the alcove are shown above.These organized displays and accompanying signs should inspire carefully organized speechwriting.
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