Formative Evaluation of a Visitor Center Exhibit Design Plan, Fort Union National Monument, New Mexico

Evaluation Scorecard
Fort Union National Monument Museum Evaluation

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TOPIC AREA 1:- Respondents’ Characteristics and Knowledge
What is your Gender? Please mark one.
o Male
o Female

What is your age? ______

Are you Hispanic or Latino?
Please mark one.
o
o

What is your race? Please mark one or more.
o American Indian or Alaska Native
o Asian
o Black or African American
o Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
o White

Yes, Hispanic or Latino
No, not Hispanic or Latino

Directions: Please indicate how well you agree with the stated goal(s) for each exhibit. Please
use the scale below that has a range of values from “Strongly disagree” to "Strongly agree ".
Write your score in the box to the right of the statement. Please make any comment about this
exhibit in the space below each goal.
Formative Evaluation Scoring Guide
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TOPIC AREA 4 - Preferences/Motives/ Attitudes
1) Welcome and Introduction to the Monument
After entering the visitor center, visitors will feel welcomed and will want to
explore the monument’s grounds and its museum’s exhibits.
Visitors will identify Fort Union as a critical post on the Southwest Frontier.

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TOPIC AREA 4 - Preferences/Motives/ Attitudes
2) Native America

After experiencing this exhibit, visitors will know this area is the ancestral
homelands of many tribes and pueblos and is still important to them today.
Any comments?

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TOPIC AREA 4 - Preferences/Motives/ Attitudes
3) Santa Fe Trail
After experiencing this exhibit, visitors will understand the Santa Fe Trail was
primarily a trade route that brought together many nations and cultures.
After experiencing this exhibit, visitors will know that the military, gold
seekers, and other travelers used the Santa Fe Trail.
Any comments?

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4) Transition Concepts: Manifest Destiny, US-Mexican War
After experiencing this exhibit, visitors will understand that American
expansionism under the rationale of Manifest Destiny had impacts to
Native American and Hispanic populations in the area.
Any comments?

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TOPIC AREA 4 - Preferences/Motives/ Attitudes
5) First Fort: 1851-1861

After experiencing this exhibit, visitors will know that Fort Union was
established to protect U.S. interests in the New Mexico Territory.

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Any comments?

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6) Second Fort: Civil War 1861-1862
After experiencing this exhibit, visitors will know the Civil War was fought in
the New Mexico Territory with soldiers trained and quartered at Fort Union
Any comments?

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7) Third Fort: 1863-1891
After experiencing this exhibit, visitors will know that Fort Union was the
largest supply depot in the New Mexico Territory.
After experiencing this exhibit, visitors will get a sense of everyday life for
soldiers and civilians, at the Third Fort and the surrounding community.
Any comments?

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TOPIC AREA 4 - Preferences/Motives/ Attitudes
8) Indian Wars

After experiencing this exhibit, visitors will understand that Native Americans
experienced the loss of lives, land, resources, and lifestyles.
Any comments?

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9) Quartermaster’s Office: Replica
After experiencing this exhibit, visitors will get a sense of a Quartermaster’s
work at Fort Union.
Any comments?

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TOPIC AREA 4 - Preferences/Motives/ Attitudes
10) Decline of Fort Union 1879-1891
After experiencing this exhibit, visitors will know the arrival of the railroad
spelled the demise of the Santa Fe Trail and consequently, Fort Union.
Any comments?

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TOPIC AREA 4 - Preferences/Motives/ Attitudes
11) Post-Fort 1891-Present

After experiencing this exhibit, visitors will know that Fort Union was
preserved as a national monument through local grassroots efforts.
Any comments?

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12) Multipurpose Room
After experiencing this exhibit, visitors will appreciate the Artist in Residence
pieces on display.
After experiencing this exhibit, visitors will be encouraged to return because
of the possibility of new exhibits, displays, and artifacts.
After experiencing this exhibit, visitors will be encouraged to attend
community and special events.
Any comments?

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TOPIC AREA 4 - Preferences/Motives/ Attitudes
Finish) Consider The Entire Museum

“The impacts of Fort Union rippled across many nations, people,
and time in the American Southwest”.
The planned exhibits in the sequence presented work together to support this
statement.
The planned exhibits will appeal to a variety of visitors of different ages, or
with different learning styles, knowledge and experience levels

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Thank You. Please use the space below to make any additional comments that you may have.

PRIVACY ACT and PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT: 16 U.S.C. 1a‐7 authorizes collection of this
information. This information will be used by Fort Union National Monument managers to better understand how
well the new, planned exhibits at the Visitor Center will help visitors understand and connect to the park. Response to
this request is voluntary. No action may be taken against you for refusing to supply the information requested. Your
responses will be anonymous. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a
collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB number.
BURDEN ESTIMATE STATEMENT: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 60 to complete the
session. Direct comment regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this form to: Marie Frais Sauter,
Superintendent, Fort Union National Monument, PO Box 127, Watrous, NM 87753.
OMB Control Number 1024-0224
Current Expiration Date: 8-31-2014

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