The 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