Become a Docent

About the role

Gallery Guides—also known as Docents—plan and lead welcoming and interactive guided tours in the UAMA galleries for K12, college, and adult groups. New trainees attend ongoing trainings, shadow and receive mentorship from experienced guides and museum staff, and complete at least one practice tour prior to leading groups on their own. We take on a limited number of new trainees during each recruitment period so that we can meaningfully support all guides and not exceed current demand for guided tours.

Schedule

New gallery guides must join a roughly semester-long training cohort. Ongoing trainings are held 1–3 times per month, from 10am–12pm on Mondays. A full training schedule will be provided.

• Guides can expect to shadow or lead anywhere from 5–15+ tours per semester.
• Guides may select which tours they shadow or lead according to their schedules.
• Tours happen Tuesday through Friday, 9am–4:30pm; Guides must have availability at least one day during this time.
• Most tours are 60 minutes long and occur between 9am and 3pm; K12 tours are usually before 12pm.

Interested students may also enroll in internship credits through their academic department, requiring 45 hours per semester per credit. Internships are limited based on UAMA staff capacity and current projects.