DAR Museum Docent

State Chairman ~ Barbara McJoynt

The DAR Museum exists as a department of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, and has as its mission to support the Society's goals of preservation, education and patriotism by collecting, preserving, exhibiting and interpreting the material cculture and social history of pre-inductrial America.

The DAR Museum Docent Committee is a volunteer committee under the direction of the Curator General and the DAR Museum staff. As a member of the committee, the docent's mission is to support the goals of the DAR Museum by providing the public with tours of the DAR Museum in an educated, well-trained and professional manner.

DAR Museum Docents provide an invaluable link between visitors and the collection. Museum Docents offer guided tours of the 31 museum period rooms and volunteer at least 2 days a month and serve walk-in visitors as well as special groups and school children.

New Docents participate in a 4-5 day training course on the museum collection, decorative arts and tour techniques, while experienced Docents benefit from monthly educational meetings and trips to local museums and historical attractions. New Docent Training occurs once or twice a year, as needed but prospective Docents are encouraged to begin their training through our mentoring program.

Museum Docents are eligible to purchase and wear a DAR Museum Docent pin after 20 hours of professional training and 60 hours of an apprenticeship. A bar may be added to the Docent pin for each 300 hours the Docent serves.

**Web hyperlinks to non-DAR sites are not the responsibility of the NSDAR, the state organizations, or individual DAR chapters.**

Last updated: August 8, 2024
State Webmaster: M.E. Campbell