The Long Beach Museum of Art, 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.
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.
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.
For more information please call 562-439-2119, ext 228 or visit the museum online, here.
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. For more information, call (562) 439-2119 or visit LBMA.org.