Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site

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Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site
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Interpreted Archeological Info

• Present time
• Small exhibit in temporary welcome center
• Some signage on archaeological features in situ
  and reconstructed
• Formal archaeological program for 4th grade
• Future Plan
• Weekend programs (tours or excavations)
• Waysides in development
• New Visitor Center in development

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Management Issues

• Declining budget and Staff
• Move towards self-sufficiency
• Declining facilities
• Costs related to the Adventure
• Multiple Themes and Resources within the Park
• Prehistoric, Early Settlement, Colonial,
  Plantation, Modern, Zoo
• Removal of Non-relevant elements
• Old visitor center remains, Landing Brave
• Refinement of Public Expectations

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Planning Teams

• State Level
• Interpreter, Resources, Arch
• Regional Level
• Interpreter
• Park Staff
• Archaeologist
• Interpreter
• Manager

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Success

• Effective
• Going through major changes, in process of
  creating a new team
• Time will tell

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Critique

• Landing Site
• Not currently the main emphasis of the site.
• Crop Garden
• Partnership needs, horticultural society,
  schools, revise the formal garden structure
• Illustrate the variety of time periods through
  use of landscape design.

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Recommendations

• Brochures
• Change organization of numbers
• Break into time periods through
• Removal on inapproiate elements
• Landing Brave, Bricks, Settlers Life Area

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More. . .

• Money making Opportunities
• Ship rides
• Sell bricks
• Heritage expedition
• Sell camelia
• Earthwatch type
• Work with Volunteer Organizations
• Interpretation
• Maintenance (ship, buildings, garden)
• YCC
• Americore
• Garden Society for Crop area and other vegetation

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And More . . .

• Marketing
• Focus on something for everyone
• Videos with Famous Archaeologist
• To discuss site, future, relevance
• Use site maps and sketches to enhance site
  interpretation
• Internship
• Web design
• Interpretation
• GIS
• Thesis work history, archaeology, geography