Like many museums nationwide, the Art Institute of Chicago pledged this year to better prioritize equity and diversity. But the latest of these efforts – a decision to dismantle its decades-old docent ...

Conservative critics say the change is giving into 'woke' culture and harming mostly white docents. Yet museum studies experts say paying docents, as the museum plans to do, makes the field equitable.

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 ...

When Kayla Curley, a 17-year-old senior at Warren Easton High School, applied for the competitive Ogden Museum of Southern Art’s Teen Docent Program, she had no idea that the summer activity would be ...

OROVILLE — There is a small hardworking group of 35 women and men whose volunteer work keeps the doors of the city’s five museums open to the public and they are looking for others to join them in ...

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 ...

If you are an art lover who enjoys sharing knowledge with others, then the Everson Museum of Art is looking for you! With upwards of 20 changing exhibitions every year and an increasing demand for ...

When Norma and Steve Chodos retired and relocated to Solana Beach from Los Angeles four years ago, it didn’t take them long to get involved in the community. With their new home overlooking San Elijo ...

The City of Goleta and community partner Ellwood Friends is requesting your input to help shape the future of the monarch butterfly docent program. Since its inception, the docent program has ...

The Art Institute of Chicago is getting backlash for changing its docent program. Conservative critics say the change is giving into 'woke' culture and harming mostly white docents. Yet museum studies ...

GOLETA, CA, May 7, 2025 – The City of Goleta and community partner Ellwood Friends is requesting your input to help shape the future of the monarch butterfly docent program. Since its inception, the ...