DISCLAIMER: This Guide is not approved or authorized by the Florida State Parks (FSP) or the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP). The purpose is to serve as an example for how to help visitors engage in a more meaningful way with various types of exhibitions. Effectively designed visitor's guides can be an inexpensive, easy to implement solution to exhibit design problems that interfere with visitor engagement.Â
ABOUT THE CURATOR: The Bulow Plantation Ruins Visitor's Guide website is frequently maintained and updated by Andrew "Drew" Medearis. Drew recently graduated from Flagler Palm Coast High School in Palm Coast, Florida, and at Daytona State College with his Associates of Arts (AA) degree in May 2026. Currently, he is now studying at DSC to pursue his Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Technology (BSET) since this Fall. Drew started working on the Bulow Visitor's Guide website through a college Service-Learning Project in the Fall of 2024 and has learned a lot about website design, project management, digital storytelling, stakeholder agreements, User Experience vs User Interface, and proper communication over the past 2 years, which will help him in his future career as an engineer.