re: Museum Theater Training The Indiana State Museum have many characters like what you are describing. I do know that they are paid actor's, but I do not know the background of their training. I'm sure someone at the museum could tell you more about this program. http://www.in.gov/ism/ -Alice Smith-Goeke, CIG Museum Studies MA student. Indianapolis, IN > > Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 13:55:00 -0400 > From: "Light, Stephen" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Museum Theater Training > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > ------_=_NextPart_001_01C911DC.038AC050 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="us-ascii" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Hi everyone, > =20 > Throughout the summer at the Baseball Hall of Fame we offer short 15 > minute character presentations in the musuem throughout the day. For > these presentations our program host takes on a specific role. A host > dressed as a World War II pilot or Rosie the Riveter type figure tells > visitors about the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League > during the war, while a host presenting as a ballpark vendor talks to > visitors abou the history of vending in baseball and allows them to test > out how heavy the hot dog containers are that get lugged up and down > stadium stairs. > =20 > Our program hosts typically consist of summer interns and part-time > seasonal staff. As a result, there is often little time for training > before these presenters are out in front of the public. I was wondering > if others on the list have run similar museum theater programs, and > could explain what type of training their presenters went through. > =20 > Stephen Light > Manager of Museum Programs > National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum > 25 Main Street, Cooperstown, NY, 13326 > [log in to unmask] > 607.547.0329 (p) > 607.547.4094 (f) > http://www.baseballhalloffame.org > <blocked::http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/>=20 > > ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).