Freeman Tilden

Freeman Tilden, 1883-1980 (National Park Service

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Freeman Tilden.

Freeman Tilden (August 22, 1883 May 13, 1980) was

one of the rst people to set down the principles and theories of Heritage Interpretation in his 1957 book, Interpreting Our Heritage.
His work with the United States National Park Service
inspired generations of interpreters across the world and
continues to be a denitive text for the discipline. According to thematic interpretation expert, Sam H. Ham,
Tildens quotation on page 38 of Interpreting Our Heritage (which was taken from a US National Park Service
administrative manual) has become one of the most cited
phrases in the interpretation literature worldwide:
Through interpretation, understanding;
through understanding, appreciation; through
appreciation, protection.

References
Tilden, F. Interpreting our Heritage (University of
North Carolina Press, 1957) ISBN 0-8078-4016-5
Ham, S. From Interpretation to Protection--Is There
a Theoretical Basis? (Journal of Interpretation Research, 14(2): 49-57, 2009)
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