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5. Heritage interpretation and university education times within overarching scientific fields (like information/communication sciences or geography, management, conservation, or tourism). It is worth mentioning that in some countries, such as Brazil or Japan, museum curators are required by law to have a grad - uation in museology before they can perform any museum work. If we compare the aforesaid situation in museology/museum studies with heritage interpretation we might conclude that the body of knowledge and experiences in herit - age interpretation started to develop mainly after the seminal book by F. Tilden 8 , which was first published in 1957, although only its third edition (published in 1977) achieved significant relevance worldwide. With time, and particularly after the 1990s, and even more in the 21 st century, the book, as well as many other works published on the fields of study related to heritage interpretation, encouraged other authors to make contributions on heritage interpretation going beyond just practical aspects of the work. The last peri - od is by far a critical moment, where universities and, more importantly, their associated researchers start to look for new options; some possible new development trends, de- pending on quality and quantity of the accumulated body of knowledge within the newborn discipline. 8 Interpreting Our Heritage Museum set-up for the display of fossils. La Rinconada Museum, Seville, Spain. Picture by Anna Elías. 79