On Tuesday morning, I had a meeting at the Ft. Snelling State Park visitors center with Judy Thomson, DNR regional naturalist, and Linda Radimecky, DNR Interpretive Naturalist. Judy was the DNR person on the team of people who helped create the Concentration Camp display at the park, and Linda conducts tours at the park that include the history of the Camp.
I wanted to better understand the background on the display (it was constructed by Split Rock Studios “museum outfitters” in Roseville) and further explore the possibility of creating both a web version and a traveling version of the exhibit.
We discussed whether ‘leveraging’ the exhibit in this way would stimulate interest in more people (including teachers and their students) visiting the park and the exhibit, as there’s nothing quite as powerful as a physically visiting a historical site to generate learning and a lasting impression.
