There will be sounds, smells and at the very best sites the chance to handle objects. People learn better when using as many senses as possible. Often these are memorable in themselves and will also provide a real learning experience. By this stage most visitors will have begun to question what they are seeing and hearing in the process of 'active discovery'. People learn that which appears most relevant and useful to them'.
Visitors are most interested in the 'ordinary' activities which they are in some way familiar with.
Questions help people derive meanings from an experience'. Interpretive provision which generates social interaction is more likely to promote learning'. When the group cannot find the answer to a question they naturally turn to the interpreters and it is at this point that the advantage of first person interpretation becomes apparent. People are interested in other people, their lives and experiences, especially if empathy can be established, This explains the decision taken at many sites to portray servants and other people of a similar status rather than famous or wealthy people. Visitors relate better to performers they perceive to be of a similar or slightly lower social standing than themselves.