The Interpreters Training Manual for Museums by Mary Kay Cunningham

Absolutely the best text available.

Holly Marie Bethune
MER Coordinator
Mathers Museum of World Cultures
601 E. 8th St.
Bloomington, IN  47408
812-855-0197
http://www.indiana.edu/~mathers/


Quoting Marilynn Havelka <[log in to unmask]>:

> I am Havelka
> Ruthven Park National Historic Site
> > 
> > From: "Scher, Thomae Dawn" <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: 2005/09/23 Fri AM 10:22:23 EST
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: museum interpreter information
> > 
> > Greetings! I am looking for information on training adult docents as
> museum
> > interpreters (but not for tours). Information that discusses, perhaps,
> ways
> > of interacting with the public in a more informal and less structured
> manner
> > in the exhibit areas. If you have a manual or handbook that you use at
> your
> > museum, I would love a copy. You can contact me directly at [log in to unmask]
> > or send it to the address below. 
> > 
> > Many thanks,
> > Dawn Scher Thomae
> > Milwaukee Public Museum
> > 800 W. Wells Street
> > Milwaukee, WI  53233
> > 
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