{"id":7230,"date":"2026-01-05T11:01:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/?page_id=7230"},"modified":"2026-03-25T16:18:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T20:18:49","slug":"2026-mansion-docent-training","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/?page_id=7230","title":{"rendered":"2026 Mansion Docent Training"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7230\" class=\"elementor elementor-7230\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a6a3f9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a6a3f9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-04bf4f8\" data-id=\"04bf4f8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08173c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"08173c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2026 Mansion Docent Training <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eb99ddd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eb99ddd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fff4804\" data-id=\"fff4804\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f13e3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f13e3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Explore the resources for the 2026 mansion docent training program, including agendas, readings, videos, and handouts. Materials are organized by class topics, beginning with the first session in the program.\u00a0<\/p><h3><strong>How to use the Reading List<\/strong><\/h3><ul><li>All readings on this list are required readings, meaning they are to be read during this training.<\/li><li>Titles that are <strong>bolded<\/strong> are publications that were distributed in December 2025 prior to the training\u2019s start.<\/li><li>To access the readings for each class, click on the desired class topics to expand the page for a complete list of required reading. Click on the hyperlinks to access the videos, articles, or website links provided in this reading list.<\/li><li><strong>Prioritized reading:<\/strong> To help docents-in-training with time management, this reading list is organized into two categories: \u201c<span style=\"color: #365f91;\"><strong>Read\/watch these first<\/strong><\/span>,\u201d i.e.: reading\/watching assignments that must be completed by the due date, and \u201c<span style=\"color: #984806;\"><strong>Read\/watch these second<\/strong><\/span>,\u201d i.e.: if additional time is needed, this section can be tackled throughout the training. The goal is to keep up with the reading as best you are able and complete all reading\/watching materials on this list by the end of the training.<\/li><li><strong>Helpful tip: <\/strong>Hillwood publications often list an accession number, which is a unique identifying number, for objects in the collection. For instance, in <em>The Taste for Splendor<\/em>, the accession number can be located in the section that details the artist\/maker, location, dates, materials, and credit line for each object (at the top of each entry). Using the accession number is the best way to search for the object on Hillwood\u2019s collection database (<a href=\"http:\/\/hillwoodmuseum.org\/collection\">http:\/\/hillwoodmuseum.org\/collection<\/a>).<\/li><\/ul><h3><strong>Further Study<\/strong><\/h3><p>There are additional readings over-and-above those found on this required reading list; these are materials that Hillwood recommends for further study on its collection and founder. Enjoy exploring <a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026_Mansion-Docent-Training_Further-Study-Reading_FINAL_2026-02-06.pdf\"><strong>For Further Study: A Non-Required Reading List<\/strong><\/a> for more in-depth study on particular subjects or general context. As such, docents-in-training may think of that list as where to go for continued education after the docent training is completed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8347001 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8347001\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3963f35\" data-id=\"3963f35\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1985737 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1985737\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f59b893 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f59b893\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-34ac90c\" data-id=\"34ac90c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51d73d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"51d73d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-8581\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-8581\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Introduction to the Mansion Docent Training Program<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-8581\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-8581\"><p><strong>Handouts<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/01-Class_Agenda_Introduction_2026-01-05.pdf\">January 5 Agenda\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><hr \/><p><span style=\"color: #365f91;\"><strong>Read\/watch these first:<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens\u2019 website. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hillwoodmuseum.org\">www.hillwoodmuseum.org<\/a>.\u00a0Please peruse this website to understand the online content available to visitors, paying special attention to the \u201cEstate\u201d section, including \u201cMarjorie Merriweather Post,\u201d \u201cDeveloping Her Taste,\u201d Sir Joseph Duveen,\u201d \u201cFrozen Peas to Faberg\u00e9,\u201d \u201cLife at Hillwood,\u201d and mansion rooms under \u201cMuseum.\u201d<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens\u2019 Orientation Film. Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens. <a href=\"https:\/\/hillwoodmuseum.org\/visit\/plan-your-visit\">https:\/\/hillwoodmuseum.org\/visit\/plan-your-visit. <\/a>The 10-minute visitor orientation film is embedded on the \u201cPlan Your Visit\u201d webpage. This film is shown in the visitor center theater during regular open hours (10 a.m. \u2013 5 p.m.) on the quarter-hour.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Hillwood\u2019s website. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/hillwoodmuseum.org\/hillwoods-rich-soil\">Hillwood\u2019s Rich Soil<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/hillwoodmuseum.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-06\/Hillwood%27s%20Rich%20Soil.pdf\">Before Hillwood: A Brief History of this Land.<\/a>\u201d\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Markert, Kate, Lynn Rossotti, Liana Paredes. <strong><em>Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens<\/em><\/strong>. Washington, DC: Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens, 2015.\u00a0This book is commonly referred to as Hillwood\u2019s \u201csouvenir book.\u201d\u00a0Sections of this book (p. 29-50 and p.91-111) are organized by mansion or garden room. We recommend reading those sections while walking those rooms. Note: only pencils (not pens) are allowed in the mansion.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><em>Visitor Guide and Map with Audio Tour<\/em><\/strong>. Washington, DC: Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens.\u00a0This booklet is commonly referred to as Hillwood\u2019s printed tour booklet.\u00a0We recommend reading the printed tour booklet while walking the mansion\/garden rooms. Note: only pencils (not pens) are allowed in the mansion.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-8582\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-8582\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Marjorie Merriweather Post's Biography and Museum Visitors <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-8582\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-8582\"><p><strong>Handouts:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/02-Class_Agenda_MMP-Bio-and-Museum-Visitors_2026-01-12.pdf\">January 12 Agenda<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/02-Class_Handout_Interpretive-Approaches-Posts-Bio_2026-01-12.pdf\">Thoughts on Interpretative Approaches to Marjorie Merriweather Post&#8217;s Biography<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> (revised January 15, 2026)<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><hr \/><p><strong><span style=\"color: #365f91;\">Read\/watch these first:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Marjorie Merriweather Post\u2019s Biography<\/span><\/em><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Curator Lecture: Hillwood Museum\u2019s Channel. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nyxije5StCg\">Marjorie Merriweather Post\u2019s Biography<\/a>.\u201d YouTube video. 57:53 minutes. Published January 22, 2019. Accessed November 13, 2025.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Audio tour stops 300, 110, 310, 516-518, 525, 470 in <a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Docent-Reading_Audio-Scripts-Mansion-Gardens_Re-ordered-for-Class-Reading-1.pdf\"><em>Mansion and Garden Audio Tour Scripts<\/em><\/a>. Washington, DC: Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens, November 2016. Note: This is a compilation of the scripts from the following audio tours: mansion, garden, family, French collection, and Russian collection. You have two options for accessing this resource: 1) You can read it as a Word document available from the volunteer website or 2) Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhillwoodmuseum.org%2Fvisit%2Fplan-your-visit%2Fguiding-yourself%2Fmobile-audio-tour&amp;data=05%7C02%7Clleyh%40hillwoodmuseum.org%7C0c99d73171d94039167008dde4db56f9%7C4b1b3017d02b4b1ab41d82ba55692122%7C0%7C0%7C638918352956904005%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=XYZH3IGX9rzwveSb10IRw%2BxEy1dmvWbiW3Xm1uav3oU%3D&amp;reserved=0\">mobile app<\/a> from Hillwood\u2019s website, located under \u201cVisit\u201d (the app includes images of the objects and rooms, which is handy). We recommend listening to the audio tour, with audio script in hand while walking the mansion and garden rooms. Note: only pencils (not pens) are allowed in the mansion. The mansion is closed to the public for a deep clean for a few weeks in January and into early February.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Chung, Estella M. <strong><em>Living Artfully: At Home with Marjorie Merriweather Post<\/em><\/strong>, 51-72, 99-128. Washington, DC: Hillwood Museum and Gardens Foundation, in association with D. Giles Limited, 2013.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Chung, Estella M. <strong><em>Marjorie Merriweather Post: The Life Behind the Luxury<\/em>.<\/strong> Washington, DC: Hillwood Museum and Gardens Foundation, in association with D. Giles Limited, 2019.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Life_Behind_Lux_Interp_Messages_and_Vol_Questions_v2.pdf\"><em>Marjorie Merriweather Post: The Life Behind the Luxury<\/em> | Q&amp;A from December 9, 2019 Volunteer Education Sessions.<\/a> Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens.<\/p><p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Museum Visitors<\/span><\/em><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Falk, John H. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Falk-J.-Calling-All-Spiritual-Pilgrims-Identity-in-the-Museum-Experience.pdf\">Calling All Spiritual Pilgrims: Identity in the Museum Experience.<\/a>\u201d <em>Museum<\/em> (Jan\/Feb 2008): 62-67.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026_Mansion-Docent-Training_Reading_Learners-at-Hillwood-1.pdf\">Learners at Hillwood<\/a>. Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(revised January 15, 2026)<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Perry, Deborah L. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Perry_The-Anatomy-of-a-Museum-Visit-What-Visitors-Really-Want.pdf\">The Anatomy of a Museum Visit: What Visitors Really Want.<\/a>\u201d In <em>The Sourcebook: AAM 1994 Annual Meeting, <\/em>69-72. Washington, DC: American Association of Museums, 1994.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Rand, Judy. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Rand_The-Visitors-Bill-of-Rights.pdf\">The Visitors\u2019 Bill of Rights.<\/a>\u201d <em>Reach<\/em>, August 1997.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Silverman, Lois. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Docent-Reading_Silverman_Making-Meaning-Together-1993.pdf\">Making Meaning Together: Lessons from the Field of American History.<\/a>\u201d In <em>Transforming Practice: Selections from the Journal of Museum Education, 1992-1999, <\/em>edited by Joanne S. Hirsch and Lois H. Silverman, 230-239. Washington, DC: Museum Education Roundtable, 2000.<\/p><hr \/><p><strong><span style=\"color: #984806;\">Read these second:<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Marjorie Merriweather Post\u2019s Biography<\/span><\/em><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/A_WORL1.pdf\">A World Unique and Magnificent.<\/a>\u201d <em>Life Magazine<\/em>, November 5, 1965.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Brown, Stephanie. <a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Docent-Reading_MMP-Timeline_UPDATED_12-19-2024.pdf\"><em>Marjorie Merriweather Post: A Timeline, 1887-1973<\/em>.<\/a> Washington, DC: Hillwood Museum &amp; Gardens, 2006.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Descendants_of_CWP_Updated_2022.pdf\">Descendants of Charles William Post.<\/a>\u201d Washington, DC: Hillwood Museum &amp; Gardens, 2022.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Kurlansky, Mark. <a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/KURLAN1.pdf\"><em>Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man<\/em><\/a>, 166-174. New York, NY: Doubleday, 2012.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Tidwell, Mike. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/TIDWEL1.pdf\">The Best Democracy I\u2019ve Known.<\/a>\u201d In <em>American Legacy: Summer 2000<\/em>.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The Oral History Research Office. <a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Oral-History-Research-Office-The-Reminiscences-of-MMP.pdf\"><em>The Reminiscences of Marjorie Merriweather Post.<\/em><\/a> New York: Columbia University, 1964.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-8583\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-8583\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Marjorie Merriweather Post & Staff at Hillwood <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-8583\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-8583\"><p><strong>Handouts:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/03-Class_Agenda_MMP-and-Staff-at-HW_2026-01-20.pdf\">January 20 Agenda<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/03-Class_Handout_MMP-as-Manager-of-Staff-and-Estates.pdf\">Marjorie Merriweather Post as Manager of Staff and Estates<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/03-Class_Handout_MMP-as-an-Art-Collector.pdf\">Marjorie Merriweather Post as an Art Collector<\/a><\/li><\/ul><hr \/><p><strong><span style=\"color: #365f91;\">Read\/watch these first:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Curator Lecture: Hillwood Volunteer Website. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ksblW4CIwpQ\">Living Artfully: At Home with Marjorie Merriweather Post.<\/a>\u201d YouTube video. 1:05:37 minutes. Published January 2019. Accessed November 13, 2025.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Curator Lecture: Hillwood Volunteer Website. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vzI-4qQoHaI\">The Houses and Collection of Marjorie Merriweather Post: The Joy of It.<\/a>\u201d YouTube video. 1:15:49 minutes. Published December 2022. Accessed November 13, 2025.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Audio tour stops 340, 350, 370, 390, 519, 524, 400, 410, 440, 450, 470, 490, 496-497, 460, 480 in <a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Docent-Reading_Audio-Scripts-Mansion-Gardens_Re-ordered-for-Class-Reading-1.pdf\"><em>Mansion and Garden Audio Tour Scripts<\/em><\/a>. Washington, DC: Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens, November 2016.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Chung, Estella M. <strong><em>Living Artfully: At Home with Marjorie Merriweather Post<\/em><\/strong>, 23-50, 73-98. Washington, DC: Hillwood Museum and Gardens Foundation, in association with D. Giles Limited, 2013.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/10-2025_Label-Text_Staff-Dining-Room-Refresh_v2.pdf\">Staff Dining Room Refresh<\/a>.\u201d 2025.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Zeisler, Wilfried. <strong><em>The Houses and Collections of Marjorie Merriweather Post: The Joy of It<\/em><\/strong>, 6-67, 271-281. Washington, DC: Rizzoli Electa, 2022.<\/p><hr \/><p><strong><span style=\"color: #984806;\">Read these second:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Zeisler, Wilfried. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Telephone-Room-Installation.pdf\">Telephone Room: New Behind-the-Scenes Room Opening in March.<\/a>\u201d Hillwood Volunteer Newsletter (February 2023 issue)<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Combined-Eyemat-Articles.pdf\">Combined Volunteer Newsletter Articles on the Eyemats on view in the Russian Porcelain Room and Pavilion<\/a>. Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Post, Marjorie Merriweather. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Notes-on-Organization_Marjorie-Merriweather-Post.pdf\">Notes on Organization.<\/a>\u201d 1965.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-8584\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-8584\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Object-based learning, Critical Thinking, and Inquiry<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-8584\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-8584\"><p><strong>Handouts:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/04-Class_Agenda_OBL-CT-I_2026-01-26.pdf\">January 26 Agenda<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/04-Class_Handout_Interlocking-Frameworks-OBL-CT-Q.pdf\">Interlocking Frameworks: Object-based Learning, Critical Thinking, and Inquiry<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><hr \/><p><strong><span style=\"color: #365f91;\">Read these in order:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Gartenhaus, Alan. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Gartenhaus_Teaching-with-Questions_Website-Version-1.pdf\">Teaching with Questions.<\/a>\u201d <em>The<\/em> <em>Docent Educator<\/em> 1, no. 3 (1992): 2-3.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Marsh, Caryl. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Marsh_Opening-The-Way-for-Questions.pdf\">Opening the Way for Questions: Techniques for Encouraging the Expression of Curiosity.<\/a>\u201d <em>Northeast Training News<\/em> 2, no. 2 (1980): 8-9.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Shuh, John Hennigar. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Shuh_Teaching-Yourself-to-Teach-with-Objects.pdf\">Teaching Yourself to Teach with Objects.<\/a>\u201d <em>Journal of Education<\/em> 7, no. 4 (1985): 8-15.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-8585\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-8585\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Furniture and Furnishings and Small Precious Objects, and Frameworks<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-8585\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-8585\"><p><strong>Handouts:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/05-Class_Agenda_Furniture-and-Small-Objects_2026-02-02.pdf\">February 2 Agenda<\/a><\/li><li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/05-Class_Handout_SFP-Framework_2026.pdf\">Style-Function-Production Framework<\/a><\/li><li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/05-Class_Handout_SFP-Notes_French-Furniture_2026.pdf\">French Furniture and Textiles Notes Using SFP Framework<\/a><\/li><li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/05-Class_Handout_SFP-Notes_French-Tapestry_2026.pdf\">French Tapestry-Specific Notes Using SFP Framework<\/a><\/li><li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\">PDF: <a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/05-Class_Handout_OBL-Model-Homework-Form_2026.pdf\">OBL Model Homework Form: Due Feb 9<\/a><\/li><li>Word Doc: <a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/05-Class_Handout_OBL-Model-Homework-Form_2026.pdf\">OBL Model Homework Form: Due Feb 9<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><hr \/><p><strong><span style=\"color: #365f91;\">Read\/watch these first:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Curator Lecture: Hillwood Volunteer Website. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/T-L__65Y5_0\">Furniture and Furnishings and Small Precious Objects.<\/a>\u201d YouTube video. 1:20:02 minutes. Published October 11, 2022. Accessed January 22, 2026.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Review previously assigned readings pertaining to furniture, furnishing, and small precious objects in the: <strong>printed tour booklet<\/strong>, and <strong><em>Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens<\/em> <\/strong>(the \u201csouvenir book\u201d).<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Audio tour stops 311, 312, 320, 321, 323, 510, 522, 523, 353, 354, 355, 366, 430, 461 in <a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Docent-Reading_Audio-Scripts-Mansion-Gardens_Re-ordered-for-Class-Reading-1.pdf\"><em>Mansion and Garden Audio Tour Scripts<\/em><\/a>. Washington, DC: Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens, November 2016.<\/p><p><em>French Tapestries<\/em><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Hillwood Collection Database. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/hillwoodmuseum.org\/collection\/item\/41.1?r=\/collection\/search?s=41.1%20tapestry\">Tapestry with the Scenes \u201cL\u2019Operateur\u201d and \u201cLa Curiosit\u00e9<\/a>\u201d (41.1),\u201c <a href=\"https:\/\/hillwoodmuseum.org\/collection\/item\/41.2?r=\/collection\/search?s=41.2&amp;op=Submit&amp;form_build_id=form-CaMRI6zOwMzxj9Al-ZF5ish5fUhVwbm2wxESSf4Suzo&amp;form_id=hillwood_netx_search_form\">Bacchus and Ariadne<\/a>\u201d (41.2), \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/hillwoodmuseum.org\/collection\/item\/41.3?r=\/collection\/search?s=41.3%20tapestry\">Jupiter and Antiope<\/a>\u201d (41.3). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hillwoodmuseum.org\/collection\">http:\/\/www.hillwoodmuseum.org\/collection<\/a><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Whitehead, John. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/WHITEH2.pdf\">Chapter 10: Textiles.<\/a>\u201d <em>The French Interior in the 18<sup>th<\/sup> Century<\/em>, 199-210<em>.<\/em> London: L. King, 1992.\u00a0<\/p><p><em>French Furniture and Small Precious Objects<\/em><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Hillwood\u2019s website. \u201cRiesener Project:\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/hillwoodmuseum.org\/museum\/entry-hall\/riesener-project\">https:\/\/hillwoodmuseum.org\/museum\/entry-hall\/riesener-project<\/a><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Koeppe, Wolfram. <a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Koeppe-W.-Catalogue-entry-18-In-Extravagant-Inventions.pdf\">Catalogue entry 18.<\/a> In <em>Extravagant Inventions: The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens<\/em>, Wolfram Koeppe and Reinier Baarsen, 94-97. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2012. This attribution of the rolltop desk to Maria Antonia supersedes previous beliefs that this desk was intended for Marie Antoinette. This catalog citation is the most up-to-date information about the desk. For more about the Roentgens, see also Wolfram Koeppe\u2019s lecture on November 18, 2014, as listed in the further study reading list.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Paredes Arend, Liana.<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Paredes_French-Furniture-from-the-Collection-of-Hillwood-Museum-and-Gardens.pdf\"><em> French Furniture from the Collection of Hillwood Museum &amp; Gardens.<\/em><\/a> Washington, DC: Hillwood Museum and Gardens, 2002.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Zeisler, Wilfried. <strong><em>The Houses and Collections of Marjorie Merriweather Post: The Joy of It<\/em><\/strong>, 68-84, 161-170. Washington, DC: Rizzoli Electa, 2022.<\/p><p><em>Russian Furniture and Small Precious Objects<\/em><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Emerson, Julie. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/EMERSO1.pdf\">Vessels of Tradition: The Kovsh.<\/a>\u201d <em>In Moscow: Treasures and Traditions<\/em>, 104-107. Washington, Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1990.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Zeisler, Wilfried. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Summer2019_edition_FINAL.pdf\">Recap of the Monighetti Cabinet Highlighted at the Volunteer Appreciation Reception<\/a>.\u201d Post Serial Newsletter (Summer 2019 issue): 12-13.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Zeisler, Wilfried. <strong><em>The Houses and Collections of Marjorie Merriweather Post: The Joy of It<\/em><\/strong>, 84-119, 170-187. Washington, DC: Rizzoli Electa, 2022.<\/p><p><em>Frameworks <\/em><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Carson, Barbara G. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/B.Carson_Interpreting_History_Through_Objects.pdf\">Interpreting History through Objects.<\/a>\u201d In <em>Patterns in Practice: Selections from the Journal of Museum Education<\/em>, edited by Susan K. Nichols, 129-133. Washington, DC: Museum Education Roundtable, 1992.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Miner, Susan. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Miner_An-Object-Lesson.pdf\">An Object Lesson.<\/a>\u201d <em>The Docent Educator<\/em> 4, no. 3 (1995): 7.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Zimmerman, Philip D. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Zimmerman-P.-Introduction-In-Seeing-Things-Differently.pdf\">Introduction.<\/a>\u201d In <em>Seeing Things Differently<\/em>, 7. Winterthur, DE: Winterthur Museum, 1992; and Winterthur exhibition brochure \u201cPerspectives on the Decorative Arts in Early America.\u201d<\/p><hr \/><p><strong><span style=\"color: #984806;\">Read these second:<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><em>French Furniture &amp; Tapestries <\/em><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/A-Taste-for-Splendor_Catalogue-Entries_French-Furniture-and-Tapestries.pdf\">Catalogue entries 40-44; 46; 88-98<\/a> in <em>A Taste for Splendor: Russian Imperial and European Treasures from the Hillwood Museum.<\/em><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">DeJean, Joan. <a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DEJEAN1.pdf\"><em>The Age of Comfort: When Paris Discovered Causal \u2013 and the Modern Home Began<\/em>.<\/a> New York, NY, 2009: Chapter 6<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Tilles, Rebecca. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Summer2019_edition_FINAL.pdf\">New Research on the Miniature Bed<\/a>.\u201d Post Serial Newsletter (Summer 2019 issue): 9<\/p><p><em>Russian Furniture and Small Precious Objects<\/em><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/A-Taste-for-Splendor_Catalogue-Entries_Russian-Furniture-and-Small-Precious-Objects.pdf\">Catalogue entries 118-120; 157; 168<\/a> in <em>A Taste for Splendor: Russian Imperial and European Treasures from the Hillwood Museum.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-8586\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-8586\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">French Porcelain, and Frameworks continued<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-8586\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-8586\"><p><strong>Handouts:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/06-Class_Agenda_French-Porcelain-and-Frameworks_2026.pdf\">Feb 9 Agenda<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/06-Class_Handout_SFP-Notes_French-Porcelain.pdf\">French Porcelain Notes Using SFP Framework<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/06-Class_Handout_OBL-Model-Commode_2026.pdf\">Object-based Learning Model: Commode Example<\/a><\/li><li>Word Doc: <a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/06-Class_Homework_Distallation-Worksheet_2026.docx\">Homework: Distillation of Main Ideas about French Furniture &amp; Textiles Worksheet &#8211; <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Due Feb 17<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><p>PDF: <a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/06-Class_Homework_Distallation-Worksheet_2026.pdf\">Homework: Distillation of Main Ideas about French Furniture &amp; Textiles Worksheet \u2013 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Due Feb 17<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><hr \/><p><strong><span style=\"color: #365f91;\">Read\/watch these first:<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Curator Lecture: Hillwood Volunteer Website. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-hsFisL4j38\">Porcelain and Glass.<\/a>\u201d YouTube video. 1:26:10 minutes. Published October 14,\u00a02022. Accessed January 22, 2026.\u00a0<strong>Viewing note:<\/strong> As the first 34 minutes are dedicated to French porcelain, please stop the recording at 34:14, where the Russian porcelain collection begins.<\/p><p><em>French Porcelain<\/em><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Review previously assigned readings pertaining to porcelain and glass in the: <strong>printed tour booklet<\/strong>, and <strong><em>Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens<\/em><\/strong> (the \u201csouvenir book\u201d).<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Audio tour stops 341, 382, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 513 in <a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Docent-Reading_Audio-Scripts-Mansion-Gardens_Re-ordered-for-Class-Reading-1.pdf\"><em>Mansion and Garden Audio Tour Scripts<\/em><\/a>. Washington, DC: Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens, November 2016.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Zeisler, Wilfried. <strong><em>The Houses and Collections of Marjorie Merriweather Post: The Joy of It<\/em><\/strong>, 189-195. Washington, DC: Rizzoli Electa, 2022.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Paredes Arend, Liana. <a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Paredes_Sevres-Porcelain-at-Hillwood.pdf\"><em>S\u00e8vres Porcelain at Hillwood.<\/em><\/a> Washington, DC: Hillwood Museum and Gardens, 1998.<\/p><hr \/><p><strong><span style=\"color: #984806;\">Read these second:<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><em>French Porcelain<\/em><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/A-Taste-for-Splendor_Catalogue_Entries_French-Porcelain.pdf\">Catalog entries 32-34; 66-74; 83-84; 110; 116-117<\/a> in <em>A Taste for Splendor: Russian Imperial and European Treasures from the Hillwood Museum.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-8587\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-8587\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Faberg\u00e9<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-8587\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-8587\"><p><strong>Handouts:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/07-Class_Agenda_Faberge_202-02-17.pdf\">Feb 17 Agenda<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/07-Class_Handout_SFP-Notes_Faberge_2026.pdf\">Faberg\u00e9 Notes Using SFP Framework<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/07-Class_Handout_Faberge-Egg-List_2026.pdf\">Russian Imperial Easter Egg List<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/07-Class_Handout_Faberge-Egg-Interior-Images_2026.pdf\">Interior Images of Hillwood\u2019s Russian Imperial Faberg\u00e9 Eggs<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/07-Class_Handout_Distillation-in-Class-Worksheet_2026.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">PDF:<\/span> Applying the Style-Function-Production Framework to a Piece of French Furniture in the Mansion<\/a><\/li><li>Word: <a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/07-Class_Handout_Distillation-in-Class-Worksheet_2026.docx\">Applying the Style-Function-Production Framework to a Piece of French Furniture in the Mansion<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/07-Class_Handout_Example-SFP-Framework-Roentgen-Desk-FDR_2026.pdf\">Example of an Application of the Style-Function-Production Framework: Rolltop Desk<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><hr \/><p><strong><span style=\"color: #365f91;\">Read\/watch these first:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Curator Lecture: Hillwood Volunteer Website. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UpML_11yQJU\">Faberg\u00e9.<\/a>\u201d YouTube video. 1:04:22 minutes. Published October 14, 2022. Accessed January 22, 2026.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Review previously assigned readings pertaining Faberg\u00e9 and Russian metalwork in the: <strong>printed tour booklet<\/strong>, and <strong><em>Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens<\/em><\/strong> (the \u201csouvenir book\u201d).<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Audio tour stops 360, 361, 362, 363, 365, 367, 369, 373, 374, 375, 376, 512, 526 in <a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Docent-Reading_Audio-Scripts-Mansion-Gardens_Re-ordered-for-Class-Reading-1.pdf\"><em>Mansion and Garden Audio Tour Scripts<\/em><\/a>. Washington, DC: Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens, November 2016.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Birbaum, Franz. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Birbaum-F.-Birbaum-Memoirs.pdf\">Birbaum Memoirs.<\/a>\u201d In <em>Faberg<\/em>\u00e9<em>: Imperial Jeweler<\/em>, G\u00e9za von Habsburg and Marina Lopato, 444-461. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1994.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Zeisler, Wilfried. <strong><em>Faberg\u00e9 Rediscovered<\/em><\/strong>. Washington, DC: Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens; London: in association with D. Giles Limited, 2018.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Zeisler, Wilfried. <strong><em>The Houses and Collections of Marjorie Merriweather Post: The Joy of It<\/em><\/strong>, 218-224. Washington, DC: Rizzoli Electa, 2022.<\/p><hr \/><p><strong><span style=\"color: #984806;\">Read these second:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/A-Taste-for-Splendor_Catalogue-Entries_Faberge.pdf\">Catalog entries 10-13; 25; 50; 52; 55-61; 108; 118; 122-123; 132; 160; 162-164; 174-179<\/a> in <em>A Taste for Splendor: Russian Imperial and European Treasures from the Hillwood Museum.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-8588\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-8588\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Workshop: Five-Minute Object Lesson Development<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-8588\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-8588\"><p><strong>Handouts:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/08-Class-Agenda_Workshop-5MOL_2026.pdf\">Feb 23 Agenda<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/08-Class_Handout_Example-5MOL_Ben-Franklin-Cup_2026_EA.pdf\">An Example of a Written Lesson Plan for a Five-Minute Object Lesson<\/a><\/li><li>Template for a Written Lesson Plan for a Five-Minute Object Lesson: <a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/08-Class_First-5MOL_Template-Lesson-Plan_2026.docx\">Word<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/08-Class_First-5MOL_Template-Lesson-Plan_2026.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/08-Class_Handout_Guidelines-for-Developing-5MOL_2026.pdf\">Guidelines for Developing a Five-Minute Object Lesson<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/08-Class_Handout_Learning-with-from-Each-Other-and-Yourself_2026.pdf\">Learning With and From Each Other and Yourself<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/08-Class_Handout_5MOL-Process_First-Object_2026.pdf\">First Five-Minute Object Lesson Presentation Process<\/a><\/li><li>Brainstorming in the Mansion for the First Five-Minute Object Lesson: <a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/08-Class_Handout_First-5MOL-Mansion-Brainstorm-Worksheet_2026.docx\">Word<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/08-Class_Handout_First-5MOL-Mansion-Brainstorm-Worksheet_2026.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/li><li>Word: <a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/08-Class_Handout_First-5MOL_Self-Assess-Worksheet_2026.docx\">First Five-Minute Object Lesson: Self-Assessment Worksheet<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><hr \/><p><strong><span style=\"color: #365f91;\">Read these first:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Gartenhaus, Alan. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Gartenhaus_Crafting-a-Tour.pdf\">Crafting a Tour.<\/a>\u201d <em>The Docent Educator <\/em>5, no. 1 (1995): 2-4.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Gartenhaus, Alan. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Gartenhaus_Hey-Whats-the-Big-Idea.pdf\">Hey, What\u2019s the Big Idea?<\/a>\u201d <em>The Docent Educator <\/em>5, no. 1 (1995): 6-7<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-8589\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"9\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-8589\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Jewelry & Costumes Collections<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-8589\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"9\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-8589\"><p><strong>Handouts:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><div role=\"presentation\"><a id=\"OWA8e2fa87d-144b-4f94-2533-5fca9d26ed1b\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"Original URL: http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/09-Class_Agenda_Jewelry-and-Costume-Collections_2026.pdf. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fvolunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2F09-Class_Agenda_Jewelry-and-Costume-Collections_2026.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ceallen%40hillwoodmuseum.org%7Ce99013c2b8214812667908de842dd849%7C4b1b3017d02b4b1ab41d82ba55692122%7C0%7C0%7C639093529636964900%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=D21ngzK7PT681CUOwmDgWhzKvOnUm8TXWOaTTyaQouM%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Mar 16 Agenda<\/a><\/div><\/li><li><div role=\"presentation\"><a id=\"OWA6555ed8a-aa1b-cf88-d280-6b3e8722870f\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"Original URL: http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/09-Class_Handout_Notes_Jewelry-and-Costume-Collections_2026.pdf. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fvolunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2F09-Class_Handout_Notes_Jewelry-and-Costume-Collections_2026.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ceallen%40hillwoodmuseum.org%7Ce99013c2b8214812667908de842dd849%7C4b1b3017d02b4b1ab41d82ba55692122%7C0%7C0%7C639093529637011146%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=UW%2FImQkLjFnmi2Wc13V623O5BkvLaxp9GS49LvP6Mbo%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\">Notes on the\u00a0<span class=\"markkrpnrmp40\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Jewelry<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"markhdaqnu7ri\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"mark2aocuhqty\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Costume<\/span>\u00a0Collections<\/a><\/div><\/li><li><div role=\"presentation\">Second 5MOL Mansion Brainstorm Worksheet:\u00a0<a id=\"OWA656382c4-8d78-57f8-8674-fe12802b0e4c\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"Original URL: http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2nd-5MOL_Mansion-Brainstorm-Worksheet_2026.pdf. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fvolunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2F2nd-5MOL_Mansion-Brainstorm-Worksheet_2026.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ceallen%40hillwoodmuseum.org%7Ce99013c2b8214812667908de842dd849%7C4b1b3017d02b4b1ab41d82ba55692122%7C0%7C0%7C639093529637055548%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=sJlLPGbkwmWM%2F%2FDPDlJ44phjjMvC0x6qapMeIMiwUGw%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"3\">PDF<\/a>\u00a0<span class=\"markhdaqnu7ri\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<a id=\"OWA6f19ce20-2c09-8c72-6d18-3c8196b8a5bd\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"Original URL: http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2nd-5MOL_Mansion-Brainstorm-Worksheet_2026.docx. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fvolunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2F2nd-5MOL_Mansion-Brainstorm-Worksheet_2026.docx&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ceallen%40hillwoodmuseum.org%7Ce99013c2b8214812667908de842dd849%7C4b1b3017d02b4b1ab41d82ba55692122%7C0%7C0%7C639093529637102646%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=QuBQLsaohi4rQPoOLGfqDcxk2W3ncHJLdpi1WsuJg2U%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"4\">Word<\/a><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><hr \/><p><strong><span style=\"color: #365f91;\">Read\/watch these first:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Curator Lecture: Hillwood Volunteer Website. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9hymeNQKBoE\">Jewelry &amp; Costumes Collections.<\/a>\u201d YouTube video. 1:04:22 minutes. Published December 2022. Accessed January 22, 2026.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Paredes, Liana. <strong><em>Spectacular: Gems and Jewelry from the Merriweather Post Collection<\/em><\/strong>, 11-21. Washington, DC: Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens; London: in association with D. Giles Limited, 2017.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Zeisler, Wilfried. <strong><em>The Houses and Collections of Marjorie Merriweather Post: The Joy of It<\/em><\/strong>, 224-259. Washington, DC: Rizzoli Electa, 2022.<\/p><p><em>Ann Lowe<\/em><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Major, Gerri. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MAJOR_1.pdf\">Dean of American Designers: Frail New Yorker has Spent 50 Years Creating Fashions for Nation\u2019s Top Society<\/a>,\u201d In <em>Ebony<\/em> magazine. December 1966 issue.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Way, Elizabeth. <a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Way_Anne-Lowe-American-Couturier.pdf\"><em>Ann Lowe: American Couturier<\/em><\/a>, 71-149, 175-197. New York, NY, Rizzoli Electa, 2023.<\/p><hr \/><p><strong><span style=\"color: #984806;\">Read these second:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Martinelli, Megan. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Ann-Lowe_WZ_MM.pdf\">This is Miss Lowe, Head of the American House of Ann Lowe!<\/a>\u201d Hillwood Volunteer Newsletter (September 2023 issue)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-85810\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"10\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-85810\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Paintings and Portraiture<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-85810\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"10\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-85810\"><p><strong>Handouts:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><div role=\"presentation\"><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/10-Class_Agenda_Paintings-and-Portraiture_2026.pdf\">Mar 23 Agenda<\/a><\/div><\/li><li><div role=\"presentation\"><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/10-Class_Handout_Using-Paintings-and-Portraits-on-Tours_2026-03-23.pdf\">Using Paintings and Portraits on Tours<\/a><\/div><\/li><li><div role=\"presentation\"><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/10-Class_Handout_S-F-P-Notes_Russian-Icons.pdf\">Russian Icons Notes Using SFP Framework<\/a><\/div><\/li><li><div role=\"presentation\">Second 5MOL Mansion Brainstorm Worksheet: <a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2nd-5MOL_Mansion-Brainstorm-Worksheet_2026.pdf\">PDF<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fvolunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2F2nd-5MOL_Mansion-Brainstorm-Worksheet_2026.docx&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ceallen%40hillwoodmuseum.org%7Cd90293ca340940dc771a08de89e2a5ef%7C4b1b3017d02b4b1ab41d82ba55692122%7C0%7C0%7C639099803696893074%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2Fv9lOiLpzMnV5UqLrBJmNPlfxYgk7vLbMoXZykRJpwc%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Word<\/a><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><hr \/><p><strong><span style=\"color: #365f91;\">Read\/watch these first:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Curator Lecture: Hillwood Volunteer Website. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/V33s0x7w0jk\">Paintings and Portraiture.<\/a>\u201d YouTube video. 1:08:41 minutes. Published January 2023. Accessed January 22, 2026.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Review previously assigned readings pertaining to paintings and portraiture in the: <strong>printed tour booklet<\/strong>, and <strong><em>Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens<\/em><\/strong> (the \u201csouvenir book\u201d).<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Audio tour stops 313, 431, 436, 322, 351, 352, 364, 371, 462 in <a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Docent-Reading_Audio-Scripts-Mansion-Gardens_Re-ordered-for-Class-Reading-1.pdf\"><em>Mansion and Garden Audio Tour Scripts<\/em><\/a>. Washington, DC: Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens, November 2016.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Aurisch-Kessler, Helga. <a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Aurisch-Kessler-Winterhalter.pdf\"><em>High Society: The Portraits of Franz Xaver Winterhalter<\/em><\/a>, 3, 56, 170. Arnoldsche Art Publishers\/ Museum of Fine Arts, Houston\/Augustinermuseum Freiburg\u00a0(2016)<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Lloyd, Sandra Mackenzie. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lloyd_Giving-Objects-Their-Voice.pdf\">Giving Objects Their Voice.<\/a>\u201d <em>The Docent Educator <\/em>4, no. 3 (1995): 14-16.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Salmond, Wendy R., Russell Martin, Wilfried Zeisler. <strong><em>Konstantin Makovsky: The Tsar\u2019s Painter in America and Paris<\/em><\/strong>, 14-58. Washington, DC: Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens; London: in association with D Giles Limited, 2015.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Salmond, Wendy R. <strong><em>Russian Icons at Hillwood<\/em><\/strong><em>.<\/em> Washington, DC: Hillwood Museum, 1998.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Visitor_Center_Label_from_Konstantin_Makovsky_The_Tsars_Painter.pdf\">Visitor Center Label from \u201cKonstantin Makovsky: The Tsar\u2019s Painter.<\/a>\u201d Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens, 2016.\u00a0This exhibition was on view in the mansion with special displays in the visitor center February 13-June 12, 2016.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Zeisler, Wilfried. <strong><em>The Houses and Collections of Marjorie Merriweather Post: The Joy of It<\/em><\/strong>, 124-159. Washington, DC: Rizzoli Electa, 2022.<\/p><hr \/><p><strong><span style=\"color: #984806;\">Read these second:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/A-Taste-for-Splendor_Catalogue-Entries_Paintings-and-Portraiture.pdf\">Catalog entries 1; 15; 49; 97; 100-103; 145-146; 150; 158-159; 185<\/a> in <em>A Taste for: Russian Imperial and European Treasures from the Hillwood Museum<\/em><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Martinelli, Megan and Rebecca Tilles. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/A_Portrait_and_Its_Frame_Grinling_Gibbons.pdf\">A Portrait and Its Frame: Two Fascinating Stories<\/a>.\u201d Hillwood Volunteer Newsletter (April 2022 issue)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-85811\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"11\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-85811\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Russian Porcelain and Glass <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-85811\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"11\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-85811\"><hr \/><p><strong><span style=\"color: #365f91;\">Read\/watch these first:<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Curator Lecture: Hillwood Volunteer Website. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-hsFisL4j38\">Porcelain and Glass.<\/a>\u201d YouTube video. 1:26:10 minutes. Published October 14,\u00a02022. Accessed January 22, 2026.\u00a0<strong>Viewing note:<\/strong> Please start the recording at the 34:14 mark to view the Russian porcelain collection.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Review previously assigned readings pertaining to paintings and portraiture in the: <strong>printed tour booklet<\/strong>, and <strong><em>Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens<\/em><\/strong> (the \u201csouvenir book\u201d).<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Audio tour stops 330, 331, 332, 333, 511, 432, 433, 434, 435, 514, 515 in <a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Docent-Reading_Audio-Scripts-Mansion-Gardens_Re-ordered-for-Class-Reading-1.pdf\"><em>Mansion and Garden Audio Tour Scripts<\/em><\/a>. Washington, DC: Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens, November 2016.<\/p><p><em>Porcelain and Glass \u2013 General <\/em><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Odom, Anne. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Odom-A.-American-Collectors-of-Russian-Decorative-Art.pdf\">American Collectors of Russian Decorative Arts.<\/a>\u201d\u00a0 In <em>Treasures into Tractors: The Selling of Russia\u2019s Cultural Heritage, 1918-1938<\/em>, Anne Odom and Wendy Salmond, 265-290<em>.<\/em> Seattle, WA: University<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Zeisler, Wilfried. <strong><em>The Houses and Collections of Marjorie Merriweather Post: The Joy of It<\/em><\/strong>, 195-211. Washington, DC: Rizzoli Electa, 2022.<\/p><p><em>Russian Porcelain and Glass <\/em><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Hillwood exhibition brochure. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2014_Exhibition_Brochure.pdf\">Russian Porcelain and the Fine Art of Propaganda.<\/a>\u201d\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Kettering, Karen L. <strong><em>Russian Glass at Hillwood<\/em><\/strong><em>. <\/em>Washington, DC: Hillwood Museum, 2001.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Odom, Anne. <strong><em>Russian Imperial Porcelain at Hillwood<\/em><\/strong><em>. <\/em>Washington, DC: Hillwood Museum, 1999.<\/p><hr \/><p><strong><span style=\"color: #984806;\">Read these second:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/A-Taste-for-Splendor_Catalogue-Entries_Russian-Porcelain-and-Glass.pdf\">Catalog entries 26-27; 29-30; 35; 37; 62-64; 75-77; 79-80; 111-112; 114-115; 124-131; 133; 136, 138; 141; 150; 152-154; 156; 161; 169<\/a> in <em>A Taste for Splendor: Russian Imperial and European Treasures from the Hillwood Museum.<\/em><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Frommer, Frederick J. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/FROMME1.pdf\">Before Lincoln Issued the Emancipation Proclamation, This Russian Czar Freed 20 Million Serfs.<\/a>\u201d In <em>Smithsonian Magazine<\/em>, August 30, 2022.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-85812\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"12\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-85812\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Historic Objects and Contemporary Stories and Artists<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-85812\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"12\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-85812\"><hr \/><p><strong><span style=\"color: #365f91;\">Read\/watch these first:<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Curator Lecture: Hillwood Volunteer Website. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/JSueDvw-F8o\">Historic Objects and Contemporary Stories and Artists.<\/a>\u201d YouTube video. 59:15 minutes. Published January 2023. Accessed January 22, 2026.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Audio tour stop 381 in <a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Docent-Reading_Audio-Scripts-Mansion-Gardens_Re-ordered-for-Class-Reading-1.pdf\"><em>Mansion and Garden Audio Tour Scripts<\/em><\/a>. Washington, DC: Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens, November 2016.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Hillwood Collection Database. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/hillwoodmuseum.org\/collection\/item\/16.3?r=\/collection\/search?s=clock&amp;s=clock&amp;p=4\">Clock Case<\/a> (16.3),\u201d \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/hillwoodmuseum.org\/collection\/item\/51.73?r=\/collection\/search?s=samoilova&amp;op=Submit&amp;form_build_id=form-ArDKYpCFQZjAJx7hJRnl_Xm0EhH0hjLhc9gHVmA8EVo&amp;form_id=hillwood_netx_search_form\">Portrait of Countess Julia Samoilova with Foster Daughter Giovannina and Black Servant<\/a>\u201d (51.73), \u201c\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/hillwoodmuseum.org\/collection\/item\/2016.1?r=\/collection\/search?s=samoilova&amp;op=Submit&amp;form_build_id=form-ArDKYpCFQZjAJx7hJRnl_Xm0EhH0hjLhc9gHVmA8EVo&amp;form_id=hillwood_netx_search_form\">Portrait of Countess Julia Samoilova with Austrian Hussars<\/a>.\u201d (2016.1). Accessed September 9, 2022. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hillwoodmuseum.org\/collection\">http:\/\/www.hillwoodmuseum.org\/collection<\/a><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025_Mansion-Display-Update_Contemporary-Artists-on-View-in-Mansion.pdf\">Contemporary Artists on View in Mansion: Cindy Sherman and Roberto Lugo<\/a>.\u201d October 2025.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Kisluk-Grosheide, Dani\u00eblle. <a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kisluk-Grosheide_How-to-Read-European-Decorative-Arts.pdf\"><em>How to Read European Decorative Arts<\/em>, \u201cMantel Clock with Musical Movement.<\/a>\u201d 49-51<em>.<\/em> Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2009.<\/p><hr \/><p><strong><span style=\"color: #984806;\">Read watch\/these second:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DISPLA1.pdf\">Display labels in Pavilion<\/a>: \u201cPortrait of Lloyd Patterson,\u201d \u201cPortrait of Countess Julia Samoilova with foster daughter Giovannina and Black Servant,\u201d and \u201cAlexander Pushkin, a Russian literary giant of African descent.\u201d Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens, April 7, 2022. These displays are currently on view in the pavilion.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Tilles, Rebecca. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Two_New_Acquisitions_of_Contemporary_Art.pdf\">Two New Acquisitions of Contemporary Art at Hillwood<\/a>.\u201d Hillwood Volunteer Newsletter (October 2021 issue)<\/p><p><em>James Patterson Portrait <\/em><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">El-Hai, Jack. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Comrades-Weve-Been-Screwed-%E2%80%93-The-Sunday-Long-Read.pdf\">Comrades We\u2019ve Been Screwed.<\/a>\u201d <em>SundayLongRead.com<\/em> ( December 6, 2020).<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Hillwood Museum\u2019s channel. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=8OfX0-HzkFA\">Black and White: The Remarkable Story of African Americans During The Soviet Experiment.<\/a>\u201d YouTube video. 1:28:45 minutes. Published March 6, 2024. Accessed November 13, 2025.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Hillwood Museum\u2019s channel. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gIb90BBRml4\">Virtual Conversation | A Revealing Portrait: Discovering Lloyd Patterson.<\/a>\u201d YouTube video. 1:07:31 minutes. Published May 17, 2022. Accessed November 13, 2025.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-85813\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"13\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-85813\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Workshop: Ten-Minute Room Demonstration Development <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-85813\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"13\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-85813\"><hr \/><p><strong><span style=\"color: #365f91;\">Read\/watch these first:<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><em>Interpreting the Gardens and Estate on Mansion Docent Tours<\/em><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Review previously assigned readings pertaining to Hillwood\u2019s gardens in: <a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Docent-Reading_Audio-Scripts-Mansion-Gardens_Re-ordered-for-Class-Reading-1.pdf\">audio tour scripts<\/a>, <strong>printed tour booklet<\/strong>, and <strong><em>Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens<\/em><\/strong> (the \u201csouvenir book\u201d).<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Interpreting-the-Gardens-Mansion-Connection-on-Tours.pdf\">Interpreting the Gardens-Mansion Connection on Tours.<\/a>\u201d 2025.<\/p><p><em>Ten-Minute Room Demonstration Development<\/em><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Hillwood_Mansion_Rotationsv2.pdf\">Hillwood Mansion Rotations<\/a>. Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens.<\/p><p><em>Upstander Training<\/em><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Docent-Reading_Communication-Skills-for-Docents.pdf\">Communication Skills for Docents<\/a>.\u00a0Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Staff Lecture: Hillwood Volunteer Website. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/F-Ly8D27YuI\">Volunteer Training: Being an Active Upstander.<\/a>\u201d YouTube video. 47:08 minutes. Published November 2022. Accessed June 29, 2023.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Docent-Reading_Welcoming-All-Creating-An-Inclusive-Tour-Experience.pdf\">Welcoming All: Creating an Inclusive Tour Experience<\/a>.\u00a0Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/volunteer.hillwoodmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Docent-Reading_Engaging-with-Different-Visitors.pdf\">Welcoming All: Engaging with Different Visitors<\/a>.\u00a0Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-85814\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"14\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-85814\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Workshop: Sixty-Minute Qualifying Tour Development<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-85814\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"14\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-85814\"><hr \/><p><strong><span style=\"color: #365f91;\">Read these first:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p>Second Mansion Rotation Information and Displays. Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Link to come<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-85815\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"15\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-85815\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Workshop: Docent Role and Responsibilities \u2013 Policies, Shifts, and Tour Logistics<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-85815\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"15\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-85815\"><hr \/><p><strong><span style=\"color: #365f91;\">Read these first:<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Hillwood Estate, Museum &amp; Gardens\u2019 website.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hillwoodmuseum.org\/\">www.hillwoodmuseum.org<\/a>. Please peruse the website to understand the touring options, amenities, and policies relating to the visitor experience, paying special attention to the \u201cVisit\u201d section, including \u201cOpening Hours and Tickets,\u201d \u201cPlan Your Visit,\u201d \u201cHints and Tips,\u201d \u201cMerriweather Caf\u00e9,\u201d \u201cFacilities and Access,\u201d and \u201cMuseum Shop.\u201d<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Volunteer Documents:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(Links to come)<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li>Volunteer Handbook<\/li><li>Code of Ethics Handbook\u00a0<\/li><li>Mansion Docent Guidelines\u00a0<\/li><li>Volgistics User Guide\u00a0<\/li><li>Hillwood Resources available to Volunteers<\/li><li>Responding to an Incident\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 Mansion Docent Training Explore the resources for the 2026 mansion docent training program, including agendas, readings, videos, and handouts. 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