Museum and gallery guide - Queensland Industry Tourism Council
Museum and gallery guide
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Museum and gallery guide
Museum and gallery guides direct and guide visitors in galleries and museums and escort visitors on sightseeing, educational and other tours.
Day-to-day
- Meet and greet visitors
- Control visitors’ access to exhibits
- Ensure safety of collections
- Maintain attendance records
- Plan and rearrange schedules and itineraries
- Plan, organise and conduct tours
- Arrange transportation and accommodation for visitors following planned itineraries
- Arrange entry to places of interest
- Answer questions, provide commentary, issue brochures and tour literature, show audiovisual presentations and explain features and procedures at tour sites
- Might assist with installing and dismantling exhibits
Future demand
How to become a Museum and gallery guide
- You can work as a museum or gallery guide without formal qualifications, however, they may be useful. Vocational Education and Training (VET) and university are both common study pathways.
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