ANN C. CLAUSEN
PRINCIPAL – INTERPRETER / WRITER
www.interpretivesolutions.com
239 Hermitage Street
Philadelphia, PA 19127
Tel: 484-888-5017 · clausen@interpretivesolutions.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
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Work in progress:
Interpretation, exhibit development and design services for restored Charlestown
Mill, Charlestown Township, PA. IS is developing script, providing design
services and managing fabrication/installation of exhibits for a restored mill built
in 1750. Interpretive panels will orient visitors to the key features of the mill’s
history, its associated technology that changed over its 250 year lifespan and its
related social history. [Anticipated completion: September 2016].
Long-Range Interpretive Plan for the Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic
Site, Washington, DC. IS is developing a long-range plan for the Carter G.
Woodson Home which was the residence of Dr. Woodson from 1922 until 1950.
This National Park Service site served as a center for his pioneering work on
scholarly research of African American history and his groundbreaking
educational programs that promoted an appreciation of African American culture
and history throughout the nation and beyond. [Anticipated completion: June
2016].
Facilitated interpretive planning projects:
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Implementation of Interpretive Master Plan for the Fox-Wisconsin Heritage
Parkway (FWHP), Wisconsin. Upon completion and board acceptance of an
interpretive master plan prepared for the FWHP in 2013 for a 283 mile long
heritage corridor, IS facilitated a two-year start-up effort designed to implement
historical and natural resource interpretive message delivery. IS created a field
office in Portage, WI to work with local partner sites to build heritage capacity
along the waterway. The implementation process led to the creation of a
comprehensive planning document, including a “gap analysis” of existing
conditions, as part of an application for National Water Trail status from the
National Park Service [Completed October 2015].
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Long-Range Interpretive Plan for the Ice Age National Scenic Trail, Wisconsin.
The plan is designed to set new standards for interpreting the nearly 1,200 mile
Ice Age National Scenic Trail, established in 1980. It establishes a prototype for
specifying media delivery at the state’s many lakes, river valleys, gently rolling
hills, and ridges. The trail tells the story of Wisconsin as it existed 15,000 years
ago when much of North America lay under a huge glacier. Under an NPS IDIQ
contract, Harpers Ferry Center. [Completed December 2013].
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Interpretive Master Plan for the Fox-Wisconsin Heritage Parkway, Wisconsin.
Developed IMP for heritage area that traces the route of Marquette and Joliet
along a waterway that has been in continuous human use for more than 10,000
years. The parkway is 283 miles long, and encompasses heritage sites, abundant
natural resources, and outstanding recreational opportunities. The 18 month
project included targeted site analysis by Ken Saiki Design, landscape architects
from Madison WI and preservation architecture consultation by Cornerstone
Preservation of Cross Plains, WI. The project followed the NPS interpretive
planning process model, enhanced by IS. [Completed January 2013].
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Long Range Interpretive Plan – for Brown v. Board of Education National
Historic Site, Topeka, KS. Under NPS IDIQ contract, Harpers Ferry Center.
[Completed August 2012].
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Texas Historical Commission, Austin, TX. Interpretive Master Plan for Sam Bell
Maxey House, Paris, TX. Developed interpretive plan that defines programmatic
options for story delivery and related collections use at state historic site.
[Completed August 2012.]
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Strategic Interpretive Plan for Eastern State Penitentiary (part of architectural
master plan). Developed with Atkin Olshin Shade, Architects, Philadelphia for
Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia [Completed August 2011).
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Fort Monroe Authority, Fort Monroe, VA. Development of Interpretive Master
Plan for new heritage/environmental heritage site including cultural business plan
on former army base now owned by the state of Virginia (Completed June 2010).
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Long Range Interpretive Plan – for African Burial Ground National Monument,
New York, NY. Under NPS IDIQ contract, Harpers Ferry Center. [Completed
December 2011].
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Long Range Interpretive Plan – for Civil War Defenses of Washington,
Washington, DC. Under NPS IDIQ contract, Harpers Ferry Center. [Completed
December 2011].
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Long Range Interpretive Plan – for Missouri River National Recreational Area,
Yankton, SD. Under NPS IDIQ contract, Harpers Ferry Center. [Completed
October 2011].
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Texas Historical Commission, Austin, TX. Interpretive Master Plan for
Landmark Inn, Castroville, TX (near San Antonio). Developed interpretive plan
that reevaluates thematic and programmatic options for historic inn and the
Alsatian experience in 19th century Texas. [Completed August 2010.]
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Long Range Interpretive Plan – for Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Medora,
ND. Under NPS IDIQ contract, Harpers Ferry Center. [Completed August 2010].
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Long Range Interpretive Plan – for Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Porter,
IN. Under NPS IDIQ contract, Harpers Ferry Center. [Completed December
2010].
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Long Range Interpretive Plan – for Cape Lookout National Seashore, Harkers
Island, NC. Under NPS IDIQ contract, Harpers Ferry Center. [Completed
November 2010].
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Long Range Interpretive Plan – for Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kitty
Hawk, NC. Under NPS IDIQ contract, Harpers Ferry Center. [Completed January
2011].
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Long Range Interpretive Plan – for Lava Beds National Monument, Tule Lake,
CA. Under NPS IDIQ contract, Harpers Ferry Center. [Completed October 2010].
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Long Range Interpretive Plan – for Frederick Douglass National Historic Site,
Washington DC. Under NPS IDIQ contract, Harpers Ferry Center. [Completed
July 2010].
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Long Range Interpretive Plan for six Manhattan Sites (MASI) in the Greater New
York City area, including Federal Hall National Monument, Castle Clinton National
Monument, Hamilton Grange National Memorial, General Grant National Memorial,
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site and St. Paul’s Church National
Historic Site, Mt. Vernon, NY. Under NPS IDIQ contract, Harpers Ferry Center.
[Completed July 2009].
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Long Range Interpretive Plan for Thomas A. Edison National Historic Site, West
Orange, NJ. Under NPS IDIQ contract, Harpers Ferry Center. [Completed August
2009].
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Long Range Interpretive Plan for Fort Necessity Battlefield Park, PA. Under NPS
IDIQ contract, Harpers Ferry Center. [Completed May 2009].
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Park Visitor Center Experience Assessment and Planning for Cuyahoga Valley
National Park, Brecksville, OH. Under NPS IDIQ contract, Harpers Ferry Center.
[Completed February 2009].
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Beaver County Industrial Museum, Midland, PA. Interpretive plan, thematic floor
plan and preliminary script for new museum interpreting steel and glass
industries of Beaver County, PA. [Steel industry scripting completed: March
2004. Scripting for glass industry story prepared under a Rivers of Steel National
Heritage Area grant to the BCIM. [Completed May 2007].
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Interpretive Plan for Old Allentown Cemetery. Department of City Planning,
Allentown, PA. Existing conditions analysis and interpretive plan to define 250
year old cemetery’s significance and to identify media options for delivering a
new visitor experience in city’s Historic District. Project developed in association
with Brown Design Corporation, Landscape Architects, Allentown, PA.
[Completed February 2008].
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Develop and design Interpretive Kiosk System for Lackawanna Heritage Valley
Authority, Scranton, PA. Develop comprehensive interpretive planning strategy
to thematically link 10 cultural heritage sites including Steamtown National
Historical Park. Update Steamtown NHS exhibits for NPS and conceptualize
visitor experience for cell-phone media programming. [Completed May 2008].
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Develop “Museum Without Walls,” interpretive strategy for downtown Lancaster
City, PA to promote the city’s heritage assets as a visitor destination. For
Lancaster County Planning Commission, Lancaster, PA. [Completed Spring
2009].
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South Cle Elum Railyard Interpretation, South Cle Elum, WA. Feasibility study
and interpretive strategy for historic Milwaukee Road site in the Cascade
Mountains. Prepared for the Cascade Rail Foundation in association with the
Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. [Completed Spring 2005].
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Interpretive planning training projects:
Develop interpretive planning manual, Sowing Stories; Reaping Meaning, for the
for Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area, Waterloo, IA. [Completed
August 2012].
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Develop Interpretation Toolkit for National Heritage Areas, Trails and Gateways
for NHA managers in the National Park Service’s North East Region,
Philadelphia, PA. [Completed: July 2010].
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Create regional interpretive planning manual, “Telling Our Stories: An
Interpretation Manual for Heritage Partners.” For Lancaster County Planning
Commission, Lancaster, PA. [Completed October 2007].
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Selected exhibit development and design projects:
Interpretive strategy, script, design and fabrication services for Heritage Park,
East Pikeland Township, Chester County PA. Developed waysides interpretive
strategy and exhibits as part of Township’s heritage trail system incorporated
within the Schuylkill National Heritage Area. The park commemorates the site of
the Continental Powder Works, the only state owned and operated gunpowder
mill and gunlock factory during the Revolutionary War. [Completed April 2013].
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Exhibit development, scripting, and design services for Li’l Le-Hi Trout Nursery
for the Parks and Recreation Department, City of Allentown, PA. Developed
system of interpretive wayside exhibits interpreting the first fish hatchery in
Pennsylvania. [Completed December 2012].
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Beczak Environmental Education Center, Yonkers, NY. Interpretation, script
development and geological model development for environmental center
interpreting the Hudson River Valley’s Palisades formation. [Completed 2009].
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Parks and Recreation Department, City of Allentown, PA. Developed interpretive
wayside exhibits and multi-media program celebrating the centennial of the City’s
first park. [Completed September 2008].
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Interpretive planning, exhibit development, and exhibit design services for
Pennsbury Manor, Morrisville, PA. Produced under IDIQ contract for
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. [Completed: Spring, 2010].
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Visitor center exhibit development, design and fabrication services for Cornwall
Iron Furnace, Cornwall, PA. Under IDIQ for Pennsylvania Historical and
Museum Commission. Exhibit completed 2005; interpretation plan. [Completed
2006].
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Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center exhibit, Philadelphia, PA for
Philadelphia Water Department. Exhibit development and script writing for new
interpretive center at historic Fairmount Water Works. [Completed 2003].
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Exhibit research, scripting and exhibit design for Missouri National Recreational
River Visitor Center at Ponca State Park, Nebraska. Work completed under FiveYear IDIQ for Exhibit Planning and Design, National Park Service, Harpers
Ferry, WV. [Completed 2003].
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
June-September 1985. EXHIBIT COORDINATOR, freelance consultant.
Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn, New York.
March 1981-June 1985. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR PROGRAM RESOURCES,
Brooklyn Children's Museum. [Served as Acting Director, 1983-1984.]
July 1980-March 1981. SUPERVISOR OF EDUCATION, Brooklyn Children's
Museum, Brooklyn, New York.
May 1977-October 1979. DIRECTOR, Watkins Community Museum,
Lawrence, Kansas.
April 1976-May 1977. DIRECTOR'S ASSISTANT, Museum of Natural History,
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.
EDUCATION:
BA, University of Arizona, 1969, Anthropology.
MA, University of Arizona, 1973, Anthropology (museum studies concentration)
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