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Bridal is always cognizant of the need to remain on mission, and encourages not just cooperation but collaboration between departments that may at first seem at odds. She offers several clear paths to such collaboration, and the end results can only benefit museum patrons. Packed with effective, audience-tested, real world examples from some of the country's great institutions, Effective Exhibit Interpretation and Design is a thoughtful and thought provoking book that that will refocus those teams that already employ the techniques, and energize institutions that have yet to discover the rich and wonderful world of museum theater. Tessa Bridal has given the museum community an invaluable gift, and we would do well to follow the example and share the lessons of this gift with our visitors. -- Douglas Coler, Assistant Manager, (In)Formal Education, Discovery Place, North Carolina Tessa Bridal has a depth of experience creating interpretation that engages the attendee and spurs their minds while respecting the art and history of the exhibit. Her approach and perspective have made life-long museum attendees and members of many who envisioned a museum as stale and dry only to find it alive and vibrant from her interpretive approach. I believe firmly in her marriage of theater and learning to create an experience for the attendee that stays with them long after they have left. Her approach in this text allows people to develop this style of appropriately engaging interpretation for their museum environment. -- David Grindle, Executive Director, United States Institute for Theatre Technology This whip-smart publication combines the nuts-and-bolts content of a must-have reference book with the charm of a personal narrative. Tom Mason & Kent Calder translate a lifetime of experience into a compact, compelling guide. Whether you're a novice author or a seasoned historian, you'll appreciate their insights. -- Jessica Dorman, Director of Publications, The Historic New Orleans Collection

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Tessa Bridal has over 30 years of experience working with museums, and as a consultant nationally and internationally, and received theAmerican Association of Museums’Education Committee Award for Excellence in Practice, given to individuals who have greatly influenced the work of the museum education field. She is the author of a prize winning novel, a contributor to several anthologies, has served as editor of newsletters and museum publications, and of the non-fiction book Exploring Museum Theatre, also published by Alta Mira Press. She can be contacted at tessa.bridal@icloud.net.

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