Alice Parman worked for 16 years as a museum educator and manager (Field Museum, UO Museum of Natural & Cultural History, WISTEC/Science Factory) before joining Formations, Inc., as senior exhibit planner/writer in 1989.

In 2003 she launched her own business as an interpretive planner and organizational consultant.

Recent interpretive planning clients include:

Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Seattle, Washington

University of Oregon’s Museum of Natural & Cultural History, Eugene, Oregon

Eudora Welty House, Jackson, Mississippi

Idaho Historical Society, Boise, Idaho

Parrett Mountain Farm, Newberg, Oregon

Hoonah Indian Association, Hoonah, Alaska

Recent strategic planning clients include:

Cowlitz County Museum, Kelso, Washington

Eugene Public Library Foundation

Centro LatinoAmericano, Eugene, Oregon

For a complete client list and detailed information about Alice’s services, see her website: www.aparman.com

Exhibit Makeovers: A Do-It-Yourself Workbook for Small Museums
By Alice Parman and Jeffrey Jane Flowers (AltaMira Press, 2008).

Reviewed in Museum, July/August 2008:
"Watch out, reality TV: Exhibition makeovers could be the new craze! This handbook offers step-by-step instruction to update and renovate tired, faded or merely disorganized museum displays..."

Download printable Exhibit Makeovers worksheets (pdf)

Read the review

Learn more and order your copy of Exhibit Makeovers

Preview the upcoming EXHIBIT MAKEOVERS workshop presented by AASLH

For a free initial consultation, contact Alice at:
(541) 342-3464

alice@aparman.com