John Veverka & Associates
Interpretive Consultants
For the Cutting edge in Heritage Interpretation
Interpretive Planning, Training, Evaluation and more!
World Wide
2069 Ashland Ave, Okemos, Michigan 48864
(517) 347-2166 FAX (517) 347-2064 jvainterp@aol.com
From interpretive planning for castles in Wales for the National Trust and bird sanctuaries in Michigan for the Kellogg Biological Station, to interpretive training in Alabama for the US Army Corps of Engineers, and museum exhibit evaluation in Wisconsin - (bottom row) and critiquing ancient temples interpretation on Malta for Malta Heritage, prehistoric archaeological site interpretation in Utah for Nine Mile Canyon/BLM, and docent/interpretive staff training for the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, we do that - and more!
Heritage Interpretation: Interpretive Planning, Training and Consultation Services
Serving Parks, Museums, Historic Sites, Zoos & Botanical Gardens, Heritage Tourism Sites and Facilities, Commercial Tourism Attractions, and related interpretive sites and facilities -
WORLD WIDE 
Summit County Historical Society,
Akron, Ohio. JVA will provide interpretive planning consultation and a
objective workshop session for the Society, with focus on their "John Brown
House" becoming an education and community oral history/ethnography center.
April, 2008. You can visit this client at: 
The Museum of the
Shenandoah Valley - Glen Burnie Historic House and Gardens Interpretive Plan.
JVA was selected to develop the interpretive master plan for the Glen Burnie Historic
House and Gardens facility within the museum campus. You are invited to visit this
client at: 
International Crane Foundation, Baraboo,
Wisconsin. Provide interpretive training and interpretive planning
consultation services for development of new outdoor exhibits for the Center, February,
2008. You can visit this site at: 
Lackawanna Heritage Valley,
Scranton, PA. Provide an interpretive training workshop for LHV
sites. March 31st, 2008. You can visit this client at: 
JVA has been asked to provide an interpretive
training course for the National Waterfront Museum -
a part of the National Museums of Wales, UK, May, 2008. This is a
large and unique museum. The workshop will focus on interpretive planning for
programs and new exhibit planning. You are invited to visit this museums web site
for more details on its programs, galleries and services. 
Texas Historical Commission. Provide
three interpretive workshop sessions for the THC annual conference, 1-3 May, 2008.
You can learn more about the THC at 
Wisconsin DNR Division of Forestry - Forestry
Education and Awareness Center Interpretive Master Plan. JVA was
selected to develop the Interpretive Plan for the new Forestry Education and Awareness
Center, Milwaukee County, WI. June 07 - April 08.
Snowdonia National Park Training
Center, Wales. Interpretive Master Planning Course, May 2008 held at
Plas Tan y Bwlch. This was a three - day interprjetive training course supported in
part by a grant from the Countryside Counsil of Wales.
Norfolk Tourism, Norwich, and
the Broads Authority ENGLAND, received a LEADER + grant for a major interpretive
project for the Norfolk Tourism region and Broads National Park Authority. JVA was
the winning proposal for Phase I of this project to develop a structured
interpretive assessment of all current interpretive sites and facilities within the region
and their interpretive services, develop a regional interpretive strategy, and regional
interpretive planning and training program. Phase I was completed in
September 2007. JVA was recently awarded the contract for Phase II
of this large project, and will be developing several interpretive training courses
offered in the Region, as well as developing 10 interpretive plans for selected
"priority development" sites within the Broads. The project ran from
October 2007 - March 2008.
