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We provide interpretive media and services to national parks

Interpretive media is our passion—place-based, purpose-built. We produce films, exhibits, publications, mobile apps, waysides, interpretive plans, historic furnishings, artifacts, signs and so much more to help your visitors experience your national park. At Harpers Ferry Center, it's our mission to provide parks with the tools and services needed to interpret our most special places.

Harpers Ferry Center provides:

  • Media development planning
  • Accurate media cost estimates
  • Answers to technical media questions
  • Professional help with designing, developing, and producing media projects
  • Planning for interpretation, education, and visitor experiences
  • Museum conservation services for exhibitions
  • Graphics research
  • Media contracting
  • Project management

To get started, call us at 304-535-5050, or email us.

Four images in a collage: photo one is a family looking at a wayside exhibit, photo two is a room of exhibits inside a visitor's center, photo three is a woman with tweezers and a magnifying glass, working on stuffed bird for an exhibit, photo four is a section of a Yosemite National Park map.

Features

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    Media Products

    Media Development Process

    Describes the general phases of development of the various types of media created for NPS.

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    Publications

    Style and Usage Guidelines

    Learn how Harpers Ferry Center is guided by the principles of clarity, simplicity, and nonbiased language.

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    Accessibility

    Guidelines for Accessibility

    The Accessibility Guidelines for NPS Interpretive Media is for NPS employees and contractors who develop and approve interpretive media.

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    Wayside Exhibits

    Download the Wayside Guide

    The Wayside Guide is an 84-page illustrated PDF document organized around the work process.

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