Telling Your Byways Story

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Telling Your Byways Story

• Seaway Trail Discovery Center

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Tangible Byway

• In 1991, Seaway Trail Inc. Board of Directors
  expressed interest in a site
• Funding
• Location
• Partnership

• Self-sufficient
• Awareness
• Foster synergism
• Measurable attendance
• Measurable referrals packaging

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Seaway Trail Discovery Center
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Entrance to Orientation

• Entrance extends Outdoors feeling to main
  orientation area
• Introduces birding list
• Bright cheerful
• Provides direction

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Main Orientation Area

• Orientation upon demand
• Sit with group/family
• Reinforce travel by car on byway
• Accommodate agile handicapped
• Short video-4 seasons

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Main Orientation cont.

• Architecture of room accentuated by design
• Bright outdoors colors
• Mixed usage highway waterway
• Windows overlook lake

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Recreation Trail Byways

• Large photos
• Child play area reinforces
• highway/ waterway
• rural to urban travel
• location of National designated byways in a
  changeable format

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Architecture

• Encourages awareness knowledge - styles of
  Architecture
• rural urban setting colors are wine/gray
• Exhibit has moving parts but no electricity
• Support exhibit for children
• Guidebook on styles

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Natural History Theme

• Wall murals interpret nature
• Dune walkover style creates outdoor feel
• Railing exhibit encourage site visit
• Seating ideal for rest or lecture opportunity

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Cultural Byway

• Speaking desk clerk/mannequin greets visitors
• Luggage to contain collection replicas from
  Trail sites -may be opened to discover new sites
  added value
• Room color is red - warm friendly

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Maritime History - Lighthouses

• Lighthouse captioned for deaf
• Seating area
• Photo site
• Color is Blue/Green
• Utilize art from outdoor existing interpretation

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Maritime - War of 1812

• Historical theme - War of 1812
• Map reinforces signage
• Prints show sites
• Supportive exhibits include music, letter quotes

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Culture - Agriculture

• Awareness of fresh products
• Wreaths produce changed seasonally
• Chalkboard tells daily update
• Colors cheery yellow - Martha Stewart look

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Culture - Agriculture

• Dairy interpretation
• Cow speaks - surprise element, 4 tapes
• Photo opportunity
• Seating uses 3- legged stools
• Farm background