Also called: Gallery Guide
Leads visitors through museums and historic sites, sharing stories behind the exhibits.
Gives five tours a day, adapts each to the group—tourists, retirees, students—and trains volunteer docents.
Estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school; training on the job.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: History, Art History.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years). Estimate.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Phone audio guides and AI chat compete for visitors' time; live, adaptable storytelling still draws people.
Age 16+. One way to start: Apply to museums, zoos or historic sites for tour guide or education assistant jobs
Classes: AP US History, Speech, A second language.
Official data: O*NET occupation 39-7011.
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