Interpretation is the revelation of a larger truth that lies behind any statement of fact.

1. Interpretation is the revelation of a larger truth that lies behind any statement of fact.`` Freeman Tilden

3. NAI Definition of Interpretation Interpretation is a communication process that forges emotional and intellectual connections between the interests of the audience and the inherent meanings in the resource.

4. What�s the history behind the interpretive profession?

5. I�ll interpret the rocks and trees . . . John Muir

6. A guide�s �chief aim was to arouse a permanent interest in nature�s ways, and this by illuminating big principles.� Enos Mills 1920

7. The Interpretive Profession 500,000 + Interpretive Guides world-wide 15,000 Full-time, Year-round Interpreters in U.S. 2,000 in the U.S. National Park Service

9. Tilden�s First Principle Any interpretation that does not somehow relate what is being displayed or described to something within the personality or experience of the visitor will be sterile.

10. Tilden�s Second Principle Information, as such, is not interpretation. Interpretation is revelation based upon information.

11. Tilden�s Third Principle Interpretation is an art, which combines many arts, whether the materials presented are scientific, historical, or architectural. Any art is to some degree teachable.

12. Tilden�s Fourth Principle The chief aim of interpretation is not instruction, but provocation.

13. Tilden�s Fifth Principle Interpretation should aim to present a whole rather than a part, and must address itself to the whole man rather than any phase.

14. Tilden�s Sixth Principle Interpretation addressed to children should not be dilution of the presentation to adults, but should follow a fundamentally different approach.