CookbookTeaching and coursesNo. 22
A docent tour bookobject stories by gallery, read on a phone between tours
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The weave room
Docent training for Millrace, Gallery 2: four stops, eight minutes
Notes: Fifteen minutes before we walk the gallery. Check that everyone has the Gallery 2 link and the password on their phone.
The route
Enter under the belt drive. The loom recording plays every ten minutes; let it finish before you speak.
1. The Northrop loom, 1987.14 2. The time clock, 1991.3.2 3. Shuttles and bobbins 4. The pay records, 1898–1903
Notes: Every question in this gallery starts at the loom, so stop there first. We walk it together after this slide.
6:30
When the gate shut at the Upper Mill. Hands punched in from 6:20.
Notes: Visitors always ask what happened if you were late. The answer is on the time clock page; give that one, not your own.
Do not say
- That the loom was built in the valley. It came from Massachusetts.
- Names from the pay ledgers, aloud. The lender’s terms are on the page.
- A date for the weaver’s apron. It is still with the curator.
Notes: Each of these is under Do not say on its object’s page. A story the files do not support stays out, however often visitors ask for it.
After every shift
Email me the questions you could not answer. They go to the curator, and the approved answers come back into the book.
- Pages still marked Question are not on your link
- The link closes when the exhibition does
- Keep the password to yourself
Notes: A correction made on Tuesday is on your phone by Wednesday, so read the page again before each shift.
```element slides
{
"slides": [
{
"id": "title",
"layout": "title",
"notes": "Fifteen minutes before we walk the gallery. Check that everyone has the Gallery 2 link and the password on their phone.",
"regions": {
"heading": {
"text": "The weave room"
},
"sub": {
"text": "Docent training for *Millrace*, Gallery 2: four stops, eight minutes"
}
}
},
{
"id": "route",
"layout": "split",
"side": "right",
"notes": "Every question in this gallery starts at the loom, so stop there first. We walk it together after this slide.",
"regions": {
"heading": {
"text": "The route"
},
"body": {
"text": "Enter under the belt drive. The loom recording plays every ten minutes; let it finish before you speak."
},
"side": {
"text": "1. **The Northrop loom**, 1987.14\n2. **The time clock**, 1991.3.2\n3. **Shuttles and bobbins**\n4. **The pay records**, 1898–1903"
}
}
},
{
"id": "clock",
"layout": "number",
"notes": "Visitors always ask what happened if you were late. The answer is on the time clock page; give that one, not your own.",
"regions": {
"figure": {
"text": "6:30"
},
"label": {
"text": "When the gate shut at the Upper Mill. Hands punched in from 6:20."
}
}
},
{
"id": "dont",
"layout": "text",
"notes": "Each of these is under Do not say on its object’s page. A story the files do not support stays out, however often visitors ask for it.",
"regions": {
"heading": {
"text": "Do not say"
},
"body": {
"text": "- That the loom was built in the valley. It came from Massachusetts.\n- Names from the pay ledgers, aloud. The lender’s terms are on the page.\n- A date for the weaver’s apron. It is still with the curator."
}
}
},
{
"id": "after",
"layout": "split",
"side": "left",
"notes": "A correction made on Tuesday is on your phone by Wednesday, so read the page again before each shift.",
"regions": {
"heading": {
"text": "After every shift"
},
"body": {
"text": "Email me the questions you could not answer. They go to the curator, and the approved answers come back into the book."
},
"side": {
"text": "- Pages still marked *Question* are not on your link\n- The link closes when the exhibition does\n- Keep the password to yourself"
}
}
}
]
}
```How it works
Turn the exhibition’s object list into a tour book docents carry in their pockets. Each gallery is a document, each object a page with its accession number, key facts, a story you can tell in a minute and the questions visitors ask. A correction you make on Tuesday is on every docent’s phone by Wednesday.
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