In the field of Interpretive Planning our concept developers provide original research, or work with an existing scholarly narrative, to distill the essential messages, concepts and topics for presentation for a general audience. These can be wide-ranging histories of entire communities over long periods of time, or specialized stories of distinctive times, places and people. Beyond the conceptual level, our designers and exhibit developers integrate graphics and signage, individual exhibit labels, interactive areas, and audio-visual components to tell your story in interesting and varied ways. Below are some examples of our work in this area.
Lakewood Heritage Center, Lakewood, Colorado. In this project Germann & Associates worked with Sunshine Exhibit Services of Aurora Colorado, to provide interpretive planning, artifact, photograph and document selection, exhibit label writing and exhibition design services for “The Spirit of Lakewood,” a long-term historical exhibit portraying the story of this community between Denver and the Rocky Mountains from the 1880s until incorporation as a city in 1969.
Working with Thompson Museum Consulting of St.Paul, Minnesota, as Senior Consultant, Germann was the lead interpretive planner on a number of exhibits. In all of the instances below, the exhibit designer was John Palmer Low, of John Palmer Low Design, Los Angeles, California. They include:
Missouri State Fair - One Hundred Years in Sedalia, opened at the Missouri State Fairgrounds, August, 2002. (client - Missouri State Fair Commission)
Sedalia and the Railroad, opened in the restored 1896 Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Depot, Sedalia, Missouri, May, 2003. (client - Sedalia Chamber of Commerce)
New France Center, St. Ignace, Michigan, is in development. The conceptual plan, completed in 2001, has been accepted. (client - the Michigan Historical Museum)
The History of Fort Brady (working title), awaits final commitment from the administration to fund the project. The conceptual plan was accepted by the client in 2002.
(client - Lake Superior State University, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan)
The Robinson Family and Abolition (working title), is nearly funded. The conceptual plan and the design/development plan was accepted by the client and their scholarly advisory committee in 2002. (client - Rokeby Museum, Ferrisburgh, Vermont)
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