Historical interpretation, if done with accuracy and precision, can be a most demanding endeavor. With less than a handful of paid staff, the Great Bridge Battlefield and Waterways Museum relies ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Like many museums nationwide, the Art Institute of Chicago pledged this year to better prioritize equity and diversity. But the ...

Docents, the kindly volunteers who give museum tours to school children, may not seem like a group prone to setting off firestorms in right-wing media. But that’s exactly what happened when the Art ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Art Institute of Chicago is getting backlash for changing its docent program. Conservative critics say the change is giving ...

In September, docents at the Art Institute of Chicago received a letter announcing that the current docent program would be dissolved. Veronica Stein, the Women’s Board Executive Director of Learning ...

For years, I had a vision for my retirement in which I would be a docent at the Cleveland Museum of Art. I knew their lengthy onboarding process was rigorous, but it seemed worthwhile in exchange for ...

GLOUCESTER — Dawn Dexter was surprised to learn that an outdoor lunch meant for a new class of docents, museum volunteers and existing docents at the James Center at Cape Ann Museum Green on Friday ...

For a half century, the Oakland Museum of California has relied on a dedicated volunteer force of some 200 docents to guide visitors, including school kids, through its galleries, sharing their ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum announced the launch of its 2025 Docent Program. Below is a press release on the announcement: The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) is ...

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The Art Institute of Chicago is getting backlash for what conservative critics are saying is giving into 'woke' culture. But changing its docent program could make museums more equitable for people of ...