docent

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I found her nametag from work as a docent in a historical museum.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

The Beach Boys performed there, and stars including Frank Sinatra, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz vacationed there, according to Linda Beal, a volunteer docent at the closed Salton Sea History Museum.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2024

The docent program is funded by the nonprofit Point Lobos Foundation, which also sponsors park visits from fourth-graders who attend schools in the region’s poorest communities, including farming regions in and around Salinas.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2024

The study supports previous calls to either lower or remove the current recommended lower limit of a weight gain of at least 5 kg, according to Kari Johansson, docent at the Department of Medicine, Solna.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2024

Even when the docent was taking us around the Fossil Lab and then on to the Observation Pit to see the real bones of a saber-toothed cat, Lily and Nathan were lukewarm in their enthusiasm.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English