Thematic Tours Workshop
Presented Saturday at Cal State Fullerton
February 24, 2005
Great Tours, the popular one-day
workshop on creating thematic tours at historic sites, will
be held Saturday, February 26, from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. at California State University, Fullerton. Large
and small group interactive exercises are based on a case
study of a historic site, providing participants with practical
experience. Registration is $50 per person and includes the
159-page book “Great Tours! Thematic Tours and Guide
Training for Historic Sites” (AltaMira Press, 2002),
all materials, lunch and refreshments. Attendance is limited.
To register, call the Center for Oral and Public History at
657-278-3580 or visit http://coph.fullerton.edu.
Successful historic site tours have a number
of characteristics in common, most important, that they are
organized around three to five significant themes. Through
a combination of presentations, activities and discussion,
in this one-day workshop attendees will learn how to select
topics and construct themes, understand the principles of
thematic interpretation, integrate material culture and historical
biography and develop a thematic tour outline. Attendees will
discover how to respond to the varied needs of visitors, as
well as how to develop and maintain an outstanding guide program.
This workshop is specifically designed for
educators, interpreters, curators, program directors, and
other staff and volunteers responsible for the content and
management of tours at historic sites, districts or heritage
areas who have at least 2-4 years experience in developing
or presenting guided tours.
Great Tours! is sponsored by the National Trust
for Historic Preservation, Center for Oral and Public History
at Cal State Fullerton, and American Association for State
and Local History and funded in part by the National Endowment
for the Humanities.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation
is a private, nonprofit membership organization dedicated
to protecting the irreplaceable. Recipient of the National
Humanities Medal, the trust was founded in 1949 and provides
leadership, education and advocacy to save America’s
diverse historic places and revitalize communities. Its Washington,
D.C., headquarters staff, six regional offices and 25 historic
sites work with the trust’s 200,000 members and thousands
of local community groups in all 50 states. For more information,
visit the trust’s web site at www.nationaltrust.org.
The Center for Oral and Public History
is a nonprofit organization and part of the College of Humanities
and Social Sciences at Cal State Fullerton. The center grew
out of the university’s Oral History Program (founded
in 1968) and now holds over 3,500 tape-recorded interviews.
As part of its mission to engage in teaching, training, research,
publication and community service, the center offers course
work in oral and public history, and connects the university
with broader communities through contract work and participation
in local and national historical associations. For more information
visit the web site http://coph.fullerton.edu
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