Ken's New Mexico History Museum Tours &

Tips to Being a Successful Docent


Museum Tours

I completed a 7 month Guide/Docent class at the New Mexico History Museum in May 2019 and am now giving tours at the Museum and the Palace of the Governors. I even made an online study guide for the course.I am usually there on Tuesday and/or Thursday mornings. Check the calendar below to see the times when I will be there in the coming months. If you are in town come hear and see about New Mexico history first hand! These are my virtual tours of Telling New Mexico and the Palace of the Governors.


 

2019

21 One-hour Tours (Participants = 2 children, 153 adults; Total = 155)

2020

6 One-hour Tours

(Total = 36 participants)

2021 (no tours)

 

2022

6 One-hour Tours (140 participants); 47 hours served

2023

63 One-hour Tours (423 participants) 163.15 hours served

 

2024

51 "Telling NM" tours + 37 Palace tours (88); 134 hrs. including meetings; 136 hours served

(Nunber of participants; "Telling"= 655, p= "Palace of the Governors" = 546; Total= 1,201)

 

2019-2024

Total tours = 184

Total tour hours = 230

Total Participants = 1,955

 


2025

(I will give a 20 min.walk-through the Palace at noon after the regular 45 min. "Telling New Mexico" museum tour)

"Telling NM" tours=3, Palace tours=2; Total=7.5 hrs. including meetings, etc.

(nunber of participants; p=Palace of the Governors)

Total tours from 2019 =187; Total tour hours =237.5


January, 11:00 a.m. & 12:00 noon - 2nd (35p10 ), 7th (12p10), 16th (6p0)


Proposed

January, 11:00 a.m. & 12:00 noon. - 23rd, 28th, 30th

February, 11:00 a.m. & 12:00 noon - 4th, 13th, 20th

March, 11:00 a.m. & 12:00 noon. - 4th, 6th, 11th, 13th, 18th, 20th, 25th, 27th

April, 11:00 a.m. & 12:00 noon - 1st, 3rd, 8th, 10th, 15th, 17th, 22nd, 24th, 29th

May, 11:00 a.m. & 12:00 noon- 1st, 6th, 8th, 13th, 15th, 20th, 22nd, 27th, 29th

June, 11:00 a.m. & 12:00 noon - 3rd, 10th, 12th, 17th, 19th, 24th, 26th


Successful Docenting in the New Mexico History Museum