There are many museums, and they are all different. It is not always possible for a person to understand, without a guide, what story this or this exhibit carries. In this case, a good guide can help visitors to the museum. Its task is not only to tell the audience about the exposition presented in the museum, but also to interest them. Make people want to bring their friends to share with them interesting facts that they learned about through your story.
Instructions
Step 1
Before taking a group or one visitor, prepare for a guided tour. It is not enough just to walk through the floors of a building and see what is presented in the exhibitions. Read the sources, find out the history of each exhibit. This is necessary in order to identify what is most important to tell visitors. Compose a rough text for your story, write it down on sheets of paper, or type it out on your computer.
Step 2
When your one-on-one tour is ready, take another tour of the museum, imagine that you are already leading a group and telling people your story. It is not necessary to stop at every exhibit or painting. Tell the most interesting stories. Listen to yourself and imagine that you have come to the museum. Are you interested in listening?
Step 3
When it comes to a real tour, try to find out in advance which group you will be working with. If they are children or adolescents, the story may be less formal. But it is more difficult to interest such an audience. Since most often children come to museums on the initiative of parents or teachers. It's easier with adults, because they purposefully went to the museum to hear your story.
Step 4
Be sure to say hello to the group, introduce yourself. Tell your visitors how to get to this or that hall. During the tour, be prepared to ask questions about all the exhibits, as you will be surprised at what little things an art lover might pay attention to. At the end of the tour, thank your audience and invite them to your museum for other exhibitions. The main thing in the work of a guide is benevolence and the ability to interest visitors.
