Wanted: Docent Tour Guides

The Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society is seeking docent tour guides, volunteers for community outreach programs, assistants for special events,  and research team members. 

This is a great opportunity for anyone interested in learning about history and sharing their knowledge—all are invited to attend the upcoming FREE orientation and training sessions.

Sat January 21, 10am-Noon: Outreach Program Training. Learn how the museum provides outreach programs to the community, how to use equipment, and intro to program topics. Exhibit training continues at noon. Sat January 21, Noon-2pm: Exhibits: Natives, Red Jacket, Pioneer Sat February 18, Noon-2pm: Exhibits: Street of Shops, Neighbors Sat March 17, Noon-2pm: History of BECHS, Road to Freedom Sat April 21, Noon-2pm: Pan Am exhibit at Resource Center

Prospective docent tour guides will receive an information packet including the Docent Manual, exhibit tour scripts, a list of publications available in our research library, should you care to do extended reading, and other exhibit-specific and general suggested reading.

Volunteers and tour guides may be college students or older; we do ask that those interested are flexible in their schedules. We have an ongoing need for weekday tour guides. To register or for more information, contact Tara Lyons, Program Manager, at 873-9644 x311 or bechsedu@bechs.org.