Adirondack Experience

The Adirondack Museum will introduce a new and comprehensive training program to strengthen staff interpretive skills and enhance visitor engagement. The project will build on the museum's shift towards a more immersive approach to learning by including professional development and training in coaching for year-round program managers, and new onboarding and training for the museum's seasonal staff of interpreters. The project is intended to serve as a model for museums that employ seasonal staff and that seek to incorporate active learning for all ages in exhibition and other settings. Project evaluation will include a "reflective practice" process of evaluation for the interpreters, along with ongoing program refinements and coaching over two seasons to enable staff to deepen visitor engagement. Additional evaluation will assess visitor experiences with the newly trained staff.