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Museum docent is a title given in the United States of America to people who serve as guides and educators for the institutions they serve, usually as a volunteer (unpaid) position. The English word itself is derived from the Latin word docēns , the present active participle of docēre (to teach, to lecture).
A full-fledged docent and teacher at the museum, her energy captivates and educates the residents of both Guernsey and Muskingum counties. Reconnecting with her high school friend and Cambridge ...
Barbara Brown Lee was involved with the Scholastic Art Awards, a student art competition in Wisconsin. The resulting juried show of student art has been exhibited in the Milwaukee Art Museum since 1976. [7] [8] Barbara helped to start the Milwaukee Art Museum's Junior Docent School Program in 1977 in partnership with the Golda Meir School. [1]
Hamilton Pierce was a museum docent at the San Antonio Museum of Art.While giving a tour there about 1980, a young African-American girl stated that were no black people represented in the works in the museum, which became a springboard for her role promoting the works of African-Americans.
The memorial and museum also serves as a special, welcoming home for many Vietnam veterans who serve as docents and tour guides at the facility. Every day, the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans ...
At least part of the museum's building has been around for more than a century, opening in July 1901 as a grocery store, according to a document provided to TCPalm by a docent at the museum.
Docent is considered equal to or above the title associate professor as used in Western European countries. In the Czech Republic, a docent holder is considered capable of conducting research independently as well as giving lectures. In Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus, docent is an academic title below professor.
Docents Beth Caldwell, left, and Jil Hickey, answer questions in a bedroom of the Conrad-Caldwell House Museum as they and the Brennan House on Fifth Street downtown join up for a Victorian ...