Training.

Teach with clarity. Facilitate with purpose.

Our professional trainings support museum educators and interpreters in building and deepening their facilitation skills, strengthening audience engagement, and bringing inclusive, inquiry-based practices into their work. Whether you're new to the field or a seasoned practitioner, we offer tools and strategies that elevate your impact on your visitors.

Empowering museum professionals to lead with empathy, clarity, and creativity.

    • Museum educators

    • Gallery guides and docents

    • Public program staff

    • Cultural interpreters

    • Visitor experience professionals

    • Half-day or full-day trainings

    • Virtual or on-site options

    • Customizable content based on institutional goals

    • Optional follow-up coaching or facilitated peer learning sessions

    • For writing, editing, or critiquing projects, hours on task are billed until final version is agreed upon

  • We understand the realities of nonprofit work—tight budgets, mission-driven priorities, and the need to stretch every dollar with creativity and care. Having spent over 15 years in the nonprofit sector, we deeply respect the role museums and community organizations play in shaping culture and connection. That’s why we offer flexible pricing structures and scaled program options to ensure our trainings remain accessible and impactful for organizations of all sizes.

Thank you so much for two fantastic workshops! You really got our docents thinking – exactly what we were hoping for!
— Samantha Nelson, Exec Director, Boston by Foot

FRONTLINE TRAINING TOPICS

  • inquiry-based facilitation

  • Visual Thinking Strategies & its broad applications

  • museum education 101

  • age-appropriate teaching

  • dealing with difficult visitors

  • improvisation

  • self-identity and its impact on teaching

WRITING/EDITING/CRITIQUING

  • editing education materials

  • writing/editing tour scripts

  • writing program descriptions

  • writing/editing exhibit text/labels

  • editing academic content

  • copy editing

  • program review & feedback

  • creating gallery activities

  • frontline training review & feedback

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