Dubuque County Historical Society

The Dubuque County Historical Society will launch a stakeholder-engaged interpretive planning initiative that will produce a master plan aligned to the recently expanded museum campus. Through collaborative activities between staff, board of directors, volunteers, visitors, community members, stakeholders, and an interpretive planning firm, the museum will produce a new master interpretive plan including recommendations for interpretive practices and comprehensive signage. As a result, the museum will gain an increased understanding of visitor knowledge, behaviors, and attitudes, reflect community need and connectivity, inform evaluation practices to best serve the community, creatively integrate the goals of both historic and living collections in exhibits and programs, and create a more cohesive storyline to better join its 14-acre campus and 2-acre heritage site.