Explore Buffalo is an organization driven by its volunteers, who lead our tours, organize our events, and do myriad other necessary tasks large and small.
Volunteering for Explore Buffalo is fun! It’s a rewarding experience for volunteers, and everyone enjoys working with one another to bring Buffalo’s stories to life.
New Docent Training:
Explore Buffalo provides hundreds of tours each year, all of which are led by trained volunteer docents. No prior docent experience or knowledge of Buffalo history or architecture is required – we will provide a thorough training in Buffalo history, architectural styles, and presentation skills.
In 2025, we will have two opportunities to join Explore Buffalo as a new docent:
Public Tour Docent Training will begin February 1st, taking place on 10 class dates – seven Saturdays in-person downtown, and three Thursday evenings on Zoom – concluding on April 5th. New docents in this class will learn one of Explore Buffalo’s downtown walking tours to lead during the 2025 tour season. The deadline to apply to this docent class has passed.
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Education Docent Training will take place April 1st-24th on Tuesday & Thursday mornings. Education Docents lead our many tours for students – an essential part of our organization’s mission, and a rapidly growing program, with a 60% increase in Education Tours from 2023 to 2024.
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Tour Assistant Training:
Tour Assistants support Explore Buffalo’s tours by assisting with administrative tour tasks and group management. Our two-part Tour Assistant Training class provides an in-depth training on the responsibilities and procedures of a Tour Assistant. The next tour assistant class will be in spring 2025 – details will be available in March 2025.
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