Would you like to introduce visitors and Buffalonians to the history and architecture of our fair city? Would you like to guide tours of Buffalo?
This summer, the Preservation Coalition and Landmark Society will jointly present a tour series of Lincoln Parkway, the Larkin Estate, the exterior of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, and several other neighboring sites. Each will be its own tour, a 45-minute walk, to run before Shakespeare in the Park and after Jazz at the Albright-Knox. To do this, we will need lots of enthusiastic docents. Beginning February 11th, we will offer a ten-week docent training and certification course.
The objective of the course is that the docent trainee will be able to deliver these architectural tours with adequate knowledge of the architecture and history, while learning basic skills as a confident guide.
Classes will meet on Saturdays at the Historical Society from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm. There will be a class fee of $50 which will cover the required textbook, a docent baseball cap, handouts, and other expenses of the course. Membership in either the Preservation Coalition or Landmark Society is also required.
If you are interested in this course, please contact Denise Prince at princed@ecc.edu or 716-834-3844. Advance registration is required.
Preservation Coalition of Erie County 340 DELAWARE AVENUE – BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14202-1804 – PHONE 716-849-4222 – FAX 716-849-4228