A docent is a volunteer, usually at a museum, historical site, nature park, etc... They usually do public interface work rather than behind the scenes support work. I spent a lot of time as a "living history" docent at a local historic site before being hired as interpretive staff.
Katrina Worley [email protected] -- History: special people in special places at special times Anthropology: everyone else the rest of the time. K.Worley, 1997 On Feb 13, 2011, at 1:34 PM, Sue Fink wrote: > I have now seen the word 'docents' on Arachne a few times and I am ashamed > to say I haven't a clue what it means!! Could someone explain? > > > > Sue Fink, > > Masterton, New Zealand > > Where it is still lovely hot summer > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected]. Photo site: > http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
