Docent: a person who leads guided tours esp. through a museum or art gallery (Webster).
Volunteer: people who devote endless time and talent to things they are passionate about (ISM).
Editor’s note: These folks are priceless to the museum, as they help to involve visitors with the exhibits through additional education. They often have a special interest [...]
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Take a couple of minutes and shoot over to YouTube to see the new video that the museum’s own Leslie Lorance just created about the mastadont dig this summer, up near Culver, Indiana. If you think that scientists are just a bunch of fuddy-duddies, well, this video should help to change your mind [...]
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Have you ever dug though your grandma’s attic or your mom’s cedar chest and wondered at the bits and pieces of family history you found there? Obviously those of us in the museum business have more than an average curiosity about such things. And, we tend to get very excited about certain pieces of art [...]
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