<\/div>\n The Long Beach Museum of Art<\/a>, the city’s most established visual arts venue, is currently accepting applicants to its volunteer docent program. Docents provide tours of the museum’s exhibitions and assist with hands-on artmaking activities for local school children. No experience is necessary, just a desire to learn and an interest in sharing your love of art with children.<\/p>\n An informational open house will be held at the Museum on Thursday, April 3 at 10 a.m. The 12-week training session will be conducted from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. the first and third Thursdays of the month starting April 17. <\/p>\n New docents will join a wide circle of men and women who share similar interests and have the satisfaction of bringing the cultural heritage of the visual arts to museum visitors and school groups.<\/p>\n For more information please call 562-439-2119, ext 228 or visit the museum online, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Located on a magnificent bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the Long Beach Museum of Art features a significant permanent collection, changing exhibitions, artmaking workshops for all ages, an historic mansion and carriage house, expansive galleries and gardens, oceanfront dining at Claire’s at the Museum, and a unique Museum Store. The galleries and store are open Tuesday – Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Claire’s at the Museum is open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday – Friday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission is $7 for adults, $6 for students and seniors (age 62 and older), free for Museum members and children under 12, and free for everyone on Friday. 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