Travel Through History
Applications due: March 1, 2006
Interviews: Beginning March 15, 2006
Orientation Day in early April
Do you like learning about great African American leaders?
Do you like telling others what you know? If you answered
yes, then the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African
American History and Culture’s Junior Docent program
might be for you!
WHAT’S A JUNIOR DOCENT?
Junior Docents are trained museum volunteers, between the
ages of 14 and 17. Junior Docents lead tours and otherwise
help Museum visitors better understand and appreciate the
museum collections.
Other activities encompass on-going training and field trips.
Junior Docents may also be asked to volunteer for special
functions.
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE A JUNIOR DOCENT?
All Junior Docents are required to take training classes.
Classes begin in April and continue through June. Junior
Docents meet at the Museum for two hours, every other Saturday
during training.
Classes focus on the Museum’s permanent collections
of Things Hold, Line Connect; Building Maryland, Building
America, and The Strength of the Mind. Other classes include
Museum operations, and museum policy and procedures. Training
also involves field trips to other museums and places of
significance to Maryland African American history. Junior
Docents are expected to attend all classes. Junior Docents
are expected to remain in the program for one year.
WANT TO GET INVOLVED?
Ten new Junior Docents are selected every other year. Applications
are accepted year-round. Selection is based upon application,
teacher recommendation and an interview. For an application
and teacher recommendation form, call (443) 263-1815. One
application and two teacher recommendation forms are required
for each applicant
Junior
Docents Application (PDF)
