6-836: The National Historic Trails Interpretive Center (NHTIC) is an 11,000-square-foot (1,000 m) interpretive center about several of the National Historic Trails and is located northwest of Casper, Wyoming on Interstate 25 . It is operated through a partnership between the Bureau of Land Management , the City of Casper, and the National Historic Trails Center Foundation. The center offers interpretive programs, exhibits, multi-media presentations, and special events. The idea for an interpretive center in Casper began with
12-420: Is an institution for dissemination of knowledge of natural or cultural heritage . Interpretation centres are a kind of new-style museum, often associated with visitor centres or ecomuseums , and located in connection to cultural, historic or natural sites. Interpretation centres use different means of communication to enhance the understanding of heritage. To aid and stimulate the discovery process and
18-502: The center's exhibits. The Wyoming State Legislature also passed a bill to help fund the center that same year. By 1997 plans for the center were complete, and a bill to support construction and operating costs was signed into law by President Bill Clinton . The groundbreaking for construction took place on June 21, 1999, and the center officially opened August 9, 2002. The center contains several permanent exhibits and hosts temporary, traveling, exhibits as well. Permanent exhibits are on
24-614: The creation of a small trails committee; eventually this committee became the non-profit, National Historic Trails Center Foundation (NHTCF). In 1992 the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) joined with the NHTCF to work on the project, committing to pay half of the $ 10 million estimated cost. The city of Casper donated 10 acres of land for the center's site. In 1994, voters in Casper passed the Optional One Cent Tax, which helped fund construction of
30-414: The four trails that run together through Wyoming: Entrance to the center is free. 42°51′59″N 106°20′15″W / 42.866457°N 106.337413°W / 42.866457; -106.337413 This Wyoming -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Interpretive center An interpretation centre , interpretive centre , or visitor interpretive centre
36-486: The visitor's intellectual and emotional connection to heritage, the main presentation strategy tends to be user-friendly and interactive, and often use scenographic exhibitions and multimedia programs. Many interpretation centres have temporary exhibitions related to a specific aspect of the site. An interpretation centre can be a viable solution for effective communication of heritage information in municipalities and rural areas where resources may not exist to establish
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