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Who we are
Dedicated to Service
Todd Christopher McMahon Founder and CEO of Interpret Site L.L.C. was a Staff Archaeologist and the Colorado State Curation Coordinator at History Colorado (Office of the State Archaeologist). Todd McMahon retired from History Colorado in December 2022 after 30 years of public service at this institution. He formally managed and established the State-Approved Museums and Curatorial Repositories Program, a statewide network of local museums and institutions that hold artifacts and fossil collections in-trust for the State of Colorado. In that role, he was also a member of the Cultural Historical Resource Task Force (CHR) and supported these institutions when dealing with disaster threats to their collections. Prior to that, in addition to other duties, he managed and coordinated the State-wide Archaeology and Historic Preservation Week events and mini-event grant program by managing a large multi-year State Historical Fund grant. Todd also has extensive experience using geographical information systems, site archaeological data, and as a Section 106 National Historic Preservation Act reviewer. He also holds research interests in the Formative Period in west-central Colorado, Peruvian archaeology, Front-range archaeology, Hawai'ian archaeology and the prehistoric North American four-corner’s area.
Qualifications
Todd McMahon has over 30 years of employment as a professional archaeologist that includes over 10 years of work authoring the legal State standards, rules and guidelines as well as successful completion of inter-agency co-operative agreements for collections care and curation. Through authoring rules, publications, training presentations and direct collections care work, professional service, field and laboratory work Todd meets the Secretary of the Interior (SOI) standards for Curation (Curator) (see Todd's Curation Collections Care Portfolio) . Todd McMahon is also a Certified Interpretive Planner as recognized by the National Association for Interpretation. As a Staff member of History Colorado, Todd also led the development of three past archaeology exhibits (see Todd's past Non-Personal Media Portfolio).
Todd is a 4th generation Colorado native, married with three children and has actively served on many educational, neighborhood, archaeology and historic preservation committees and boards. Todd currently serves as the Chair of the Aurora Historic Preservation Commission, is a member of the Society for American Archaeology's Excellence in Public Education Awards Committee, the Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists and a member of the National Association for Interpretation.
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Completed Projects:
Douglas County Virtual Museum Interpretive Plan 8/2023 (pdf) and Douglas County Virtual Museum (URL link)
Interpretive Plan Progress Report - Native Arts Exhibit for the Tread of Pioneers Museum 2/2024 (pdf)
Virtual guided tour of the William Converse Homestead (URL link)
A Photo History and Tour of Mission Viejo, Aurora, Colorado (URL link)
Interpretive Plan for the Thunder Tree Sand Creek Lateral Cultural Heritage Site Wayside Signage 11/2024 (pdf)
Virtual guided tour of the Historic Greenland Townsite (URL link)
Interpretive Plan for the Greenland Townsite, Douglas County, CO 11/2024 (pdf)
Interpretive Plan for the Senac Site, Aurora Historic Landmark 12/2024 (pdf)
01. Interpret Site L.L.C. is dedicated to learning, maintaining and promoting best practices.
02. Interpret Site L.L.C. supports indigenous voices and repatriation of important items of cultural patrimony.
03. At Interpret Site L.L.C. we have a passion for protecting the past and informing the public. Our passion is our motivation!
Building on a base of dedicted service and program development we are ready to help you with your historic site interpretation, museum exhibit or repository project!
We believe in the Interpretive Approach
With Exhibit Developmemt - we follow Interpretative Practices and Project Archaeology Methods
