"Through interpretation, understanding; through understanding, appreciation; through appreciation, protection."
"An educational activity which aims to reveal meanings and relationships through the use of original objects, by firsthand experience, and by illustrative media, rather than simply to communicate factual information."
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Source: Freeman Tilden (2009). “Interpreting Our Heritage”, p.17, Univ of North Carolina Press
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