The Highlights Tour takes place at 1:30 p.m. every day the Museum is open. Additionally, groups of 15 or more can call in advance to arrange a Highlight’s Tour at another time. It lasts up to an hour and a half, and introduces visitors to each gallery theme with some in-depth discussion of one or two works in each gallery.
To become a docent, individuals must attend an 18-week course at the Booth Museum. Here, veteran docent Spencer Dillard leads a training session for the docent class.
Beginning in the Museum Atrium, the docent leading the tour will point out the two Harry Jackson murals located on either end of the Great Hall. From there, the docent leads tour participants into the Enduring Traditions Gallery – a new gallery which allows guests to experience a 100 year overview of early Western art with examples of work by George Catlin, Charles M. Russell, Frederic Remington and more. The docent will then take guests through the First Peoples, Colliding Cultures, and Wild, Wooly & Wicked? galleries before leading the group upstairs.
On the second floor, docents highlight the American Cowboy, Faces, and Heading West galleries before moving into the new wing and pointing out some notable sculptures in the two-story sculpture court, and works in the new Modern West gallery which also includes more than 200 Native American artifacts.
While the tour gives a great overview of the Museum, guests are encouraged to go back into each gallery as well as explore the Civil War Gallery, Presidential Gallery, and lower level of the Museum. So what are you waiting for?! Come enjoy a delicious lunch in the Museum Café and then take advantage of our Highlights Tour at 1:30 p.m.
As always, call 770-387-1300 or visit http://www.boothmuseum.org/ for more information.
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