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Serving to instruct; teaching.
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Tour guide in a museum or art gallery.
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an individual who gives tours in museums or historical places such as historic Rockville or The Beall-Dawson House
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A voluntary guide in a zoo, museum or art gallery. (Literally, “that teaches or instructs”).
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a teacher at some universities
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a guide knowledgeable about the contents of a collection
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a person who lead tours through museums or art galleries
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a teacher, serving the museum and community in the field of education
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a volunteer teacher, professionally trained or with expertise in some area vital to the BioPark, who delivers popular interpretive and educational presentations and similar institutions
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a volunteer teacher who works in a museum, gallery, or university
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a volunteer that serves in an educational capacity
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a well trained volunteer who guides visitors through the museum
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A person who acts as a liaison between a cultural institution and its collections, usually employed to superintend galleries. Docents are not necessarily practitioners of interpretation, but generally have excellent customer service; sometimes indifferently referred to as “Blue-Blazers” or “Polo People” by costumed interpreters.
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teacher, or lecturer, often at a museum.
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a person who conducts guided tours through a museum and discusses and comments on the exhibits
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A gallery or museum tour guide/teacher.
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A person trained as a guide and lecturer who conducts groups through an art gallery or a museum.
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A docent (the word being derived from the Latin word docēre, meaning to teach) is officially defined as a professor or university lecturer, but the term has been expanded to designate the corps of volunteer guides who staff many of the museums and other educational institutions in the world.
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