Our general floor volunteers are referred to as "visitor services". An
accident of our history has reserved the term docent for our outreach and
formal tour volunteers.

At 04:27 PM 7/1/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>I work in a historic home that also has art collections in galleries, and
>we're reconsidering the various titles we give our education staff. Right
>now we have one full-time museum educator, two part time assistants, paid
>college interns who help with classes and tours, and a volunteer docent
>core.
>
>Some of us like the term Interpreter better than Docent or Guide. I
>associate the title Interpreter with historic sites, parks, etc., but not
>so much with art museums. We interpret both our historic house and the art
>collections inside. What is the current trend with this title?
>
>Would this make sense:
>
>Education Coordinator (full time)
>Senior Interpreter (half time, some training responsibilities)
>Interpreter (completes formal training, paid)
>Volunteer Guide (little formal training, unpaid)
>
>Thanks for any and all advice,
>
>Ed Gyllenhaal
>
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