Re: Guided tour to Italy mid-September?

Ken Blake wrote:

In museums I neither like audio guides nor live docents telling me about what I'm seeing. And the funny thing is that I myself am a volunteer docent at a local art museum, and take people on tours through it. I don't mind telling other people if they want to hear it, but I don't like most other docents telling me

Ken, this is fascinating. I'm also a docent at museum, but my experience makes me more inclined to seek out docent-led tours in other museums. At the least, I'm confident that the docent won't be telling me what to think; I can filter what I'm hearing through my own knowledge and experience. In addition, I know how much I learn from our twice-a-month training and I assume docents at other museums are going through an equivalent training process.

Karen Selwyn

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