NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AT

PERIYAR TIGER RESERVE

SUBMITTED BY,
T.UMA.,I.F.S.,
2009-BATCH
 NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AT
PERIYAR TIGER RESERVE

OBJECTIVE:

 To draw a complete blue print of a NATURAL

HISTORY MUSEUM
 Cascading of themes flows like universe, earth, water,
evolution& endemism etc.
 Aim to design every aspects of NHM like
 Themes
 Building design
 Design of chambers
 Name of every hall
 Diorama models
 Signage
 High tech visitor management etc
 Keeping in mind the ideas as a world, India, western
ghats and also PTR.
Designing based on following principles

 Motto:” Education while Entertaining”

 Connect us with our natural and cultural heritage,
deepen our understanding and expand our
horizons.
 Not for teach anybody anything ,but enable them to
think.
 Celebrates rather than extract from environment.
 Enable communities to better understanding of
their heritage.
  Changing the tourism product to an experience.
 Satisfy all strata of visitors from children to adult.
 Provision for future tourism planning and
development based on clear feed back from
visitors.

In his book Interpreting Our Heritage", Freeman Tilden defined six

principles of interpretation.

1. Any interpretation that does not somehow relate what is being

displayed or described to something within the personality or
experience of the visitor will be sterile.

2. Information, as such, is not Interpretation. Interpretation is

revelation based upon information. But they are entirely different
things. However all interpretation includes information.

3. Interpretation is an art, which combines many arts, whether the

materials presented are scientific, historical or architectural. Any
art is in some degree teachable.

4. The chief aim of Interpretation is not instruction, but

provocation.

5. Interpretation should aim to present a whole rather than a part,

and must address itself to the whole man rather than any phase.

6. Interpretation addressed to children (say up to the age of twelve)

should not be a dilution of the presentation to adults, but should
follow a fundamentally different approach. To be at its best it will
require a separate program.

For the past 50 years, Tilden's principles have remained highly

relevant to interpreters across the world

In this project all these principles will be followed.

Methodology:
Based on secondary data analysis

References:
• GEER foundation Gandhinagar-Gujarat.
• All important interpretation centers of India.
• References from NHM all over the world.
• Literature related with NHM.
• PERIAR INHERITANCE-book by sanctuary Asia etc.