By Preservation Buffalo Niagara (PBN):
PBN’s Docent Training Program has educated hundreds of Western New Yorkers on the fundamentals of becoming a great tour leader for our region’s most significant sites.
Want to share your passion for Buffalo, or give a tour of architecture, or bring the history of Buffalo’s historic waterfront alive? Want to learn more about Olmsted’s park and parkway system, the 1901 Pan-American Exposition, or the magnificent Mansions along Delaware Avenue? Enroll in PBN’s Docent Training Program and become a volunteer ambassador to thousands of visitors to our region every year!
Each year PBN operates hundreds of tours to unique and historic sites throughout Western New York.Upon graduating from the program, participants become certified to present an engaging, informative tour. Anyone interested in participating in the training to become volunteer docents for Preservation Buffalo Niagara, Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens, Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy, Richardson-Olmsted Center, is welcome and bring a friend!
The program is open to anyone interested in becoming a docent, a chaperone or simply learning more about our community. A separate training will be held in Niagara Falls for volunteers interested in becoming guides in the Niagara Reservation State Park or for leading walking tour of downtown Niagara Falls.
The 2014 Docent Training Program
First session: Saturday, January 25th
9:00am – 12:30pm
Buffalo History Museum | One Museum Court, Buffalo, NY 14216
Preservation Buffalo Niagara’s 2014 Tour Program is sponsored by M&T Bank