Interpretive Planning

Make Your Site a Sight to See

Preserving your historic site is only the beginning; you need visitors. Compelling interpretation attracts people to historic sites. It’s the vehicle through which we share history, stir emotions, and allow visitors to truly experience echoes of the past. 

From historical research to interpretation, image research to script writing, and public meetings to implementation, we can help make your site a sight to see. 

Call us at (301) 279-9697 or contact History Associates to discuss your heritage interpretation project.

We have helped deliver a variety of creative interpretive solutions for historic sites.

• Smartphone “Battle Apps” of Civil War sites
• Comprehensive interpretive trails with wayside exhibits
• Digital mapping to recreate historic viewsheds
• Writing soldiers’ stories to humanize a WWII cemetery

To do this, History Associates relies on solid planning in close coordination with clients. We start by achieving a deep understanding of the objectives and inherent challenges of the project. 

History Associates’ experienced researchers and veteran script writers are especially adept at creating a story that will capture a visitor’s imagination, bringing together the elements of storytelling with the technical challenges of delivering the story.  We can tell the story of your site in print, on the Web, via smartphone, or in interactive audio and video formats.

Once we know what media will be used, we unite expository text, vivid quotes, maps, contemporary photographs, illustrations, and artifacts to tell the story. Together, these resources introduce the facts and significance of historic events and add detail, color, and human elements to the stories that resonate with visitors and connect them to the place.

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Call us at (301) 279-9697 or contact History Associates to discuss your historic site interpretation project.