Purpose of the NDSC

National Docents Symposium Council-St. Louis Art MuseumNational Docents Symposium Council-St. Louis Art Museum

National Docents Symposium Council-St. Louis Art MuseumThe Purpose of the National Docent Symposium Council is to provide an ongoing forum to promote docent education and the exchange of ideas. This is accomplished through biennial symposia, sales of The Docent Handbook and with our interactive website www.nationaldocents.org.

Sites of the National Docent Symposia

1981 Indianapolis Art Museum, Indiana

1983 Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin

1985 Oakland Museum of California

1987 Toledo Art Museum, Ohio

1989 National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

1991 Denver Art Museum, Colorado

1993 High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia

1995 Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, California

1997 Seattle Art Museum, Washington

1999 Philadelphia Art Museum, Pennsylvania

2001 McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas

2003 The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois

2005 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts

2007 Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona

2009 Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada

2011 St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri

2013 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California

2015 Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio