Like a giant magnet, the iron rails and massive steam engines of the North Carolina Transportation Museum attract visitors and volunteers from miles surrounding its location in the small southern town of Spencer, North Carolina. Fifty miles from the nearest metropolitan center, this museum-in-the-making draws in volunteers with an ease …
The Storm King Art Center, in Mountainville, New York, is considered among the pre-eminent sculpture park museums in America. Its facilities consist of 500 acres of manicured lawns, terraced fields, and woodlands. On approximately 1/2 of the property, over 120 sculptures — by many large scale — by most of …
The North Carolina Docent Symposium 1997, “Under the Oaks — Many Branches,” was held in Raleigh, the “City of Oaks,” September 14 -15. Fulfilling a dream of docents who had attended national docent symposiums, this first statewide symposium was hosted at the North Carolina Museum of History. The 146 docent …
Creative Funding When you register as a guest at a Doubletree Hotel or Guest Suites in Minneapolis, you receive a slim, one-page flyer with your room key. The flyer states that “Doubletree Hotels and Guest Suites of Minneapolis is pleased to introduce you, our valued Guest, to ‘Stepping Out with …
Finally, all the planning is complete! The speakers are confirmed, the homework assignments for each week are prepared, the sponsors are matched up, and I’ve double-checked that all the buildings are still standing! As I put together the decent education program tor the upcoming training class, I get a rush …
The Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, in Bonn, is a museum of contemporary history of the Federal Republic of Germany. Displays feature contemporary German history from the end of World War II to the present day. The exhibition is chronologically structured, offering a route full of visual and acoustic …
The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) is the unit of the Smithsonian Institution that was established to further our understanding of tropical nature and its significance to the world at large; to train students in tropical research; and to promote conservation by making the public aware of the beauty, importance, …
The American Museum in Britain is a museum of American decorative arts displayed through a series of room settings from the late 17th century to the eve of the Civil War. Located in Bath, England, the American Museum in Britain also maintains an outstanding collection of textiles, as well as …
When you became a subscriber to The Docent Educator, you joined a large and growing cadre of educators — staff members and volunteers — who are striving to improve the quality of education in museums, historic sites, zoos, parks, and gardens. Every three months, this publication serves as a mini-convention, …