Huntington Beach State Park Summary

Atalaya Internship at Huntington Beach State Park Throughout history, the idea of using interpretation and preservation in order to fully keep up a National Historic Landmark has always been very important. Without really putting in the work to make such landmarks presentable and runnable, visitors would not be able to entirely enjoy and learn the rich history that the historic place has to offer. During my role as an intern at Atalaya Castle, the winter home of Archer and Anna Hyatt Huntington, at Huntington Beach State Park, I was able to abundantly understand how important it is to pay close attention to understanding the importance of explanation and conservation. While interning at Atalaya, I was in charge of completing several tasks …show more content…
Tilden starts off by stating how important national historic landmarks are, especially since they can give a visitors a greater chance at learning or retaining than reading from a book can …show more content…
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. II. Information, as such, is not Interpretation. Interpretation is revelation based upon information. But they are entirely different things. However, all interpretation includes information. III. Interpretation is an art, which combines many arts, whether the materials presented are scientific, historical or architectural. Any art is in some degree teachable. IV. The chief aim of Interpretation is not instruction, but provocation. V. Interpretation should aim to present a whole man rather than a part, and must address itself to the whole man rather than any phase. VI. Interpretation addressed to children (say, up to the age of twelve) should not be a dilution of the presentation to adults, but should follow a fundamentally different approach. To be at its best it will require a separate