| 2:00 |
Session 4: Guided Tours/Demonstrations
- collections
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| 2:30 |
Coffee Break
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| 2:45 |
- key themes
- guided tour - the basics
- the tour
- supervising tour training - this may be done on a separate occasion; it may also be done more than once until the new staff person becomes skilled at giving tours/demonstrations
- situations that may arise during the tour
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| 5:00 |
End of Day 1
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Day 2
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| 9:00 am |
Review
- provide an overview of the major or important points that were covered in Day 1
- this is also a good opportunity for the summer staff to ask questions about what they have already learned
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| 9:30 |
Session 5: Handling Museum Artifacts
- before beginning session 5, prepare the room (as described on page 48) for the demonstration and practice exercise of handling a number of small and large objects which you have pre-selected and assembled
- rules of handling
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| 10:30 |
Coffee Break
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| 10:45 |
- demonstrate how to handle and move small and large objects
- summer staff practice handling and moving the objects
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| 11:45 |
Wrap-up
- review the key points presented during the morning and give summer staff the opportunity to ask questions
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| 12:00 |
End of Day 2
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