NUMU Tour Form at
Title/Theme: Needs to be stated simply and directly. This will tie into your
introduction. Most tours will cover all of our exhibits, and therefore the theme is
simply NUMU Art and History Exhibits, however this may vary if a group has
requested a specific exhibit, or wish to just cover either the Art or History floor.
Pre-Tour W elcome
Location: Lobby
Time: It helps to loosely track this while writing out the tour; tours of the full
m useum last approximately one hour
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Welcome to the museum
State your full name
State purpose and time of tour (eg. This is the 1:00pm tour of the entire museum)
Describe route through the museum
Ask (or mentally note) if accommodations are needed (eg. Indicate the front elevator)
Introduction
Location: Lobby or in Gallery
Time: _______
• State theme/main concept/Take-aways
• History of NUMU. Provide visitors who m ay be new to NUM U with an
approxim ation of the following: Welcome to New Museum Los Gatos or NUMU.
We have been in this location for just over a year, opening here in June 2015. We were
formerly located at the Art Museum on Tait Avenue, and the History Museum at
Forbes Mill, and moved to our new location fifty years after we first opened. Dr. Ethel
Dana, who asserted that she could not raise her children in a town that had no
museum, founded the Art and History Museums in 1965. Our new location allows us
to have our Art and History exhibits under one roof, as well as our permanent
collection, which has been moved here from Forbes Mill.
Travel Route: Consider how long it will take to walk your route. Have alternate routes in
mind in case visitors have special needs, e.g. wheelchair, etc. Be aware that some older
visitors may need chairs in the gallery, and ideally please communicate this to the Front
Desk staff before your tour begins.
Select Art/History Objects in each gallery:
Time: ______
Location: _____
Interactive Technique:
It’s helpful to include ideas for each painting/sculpture/object you will be focusing on in your
tour to help remind you that you need to be visitor-centered; you need to build off of visitor
responses and interests; you need to ask if they have any questions about the object. E.g.
compare/contrast. What do you see? How would you describe this? How do you feel about
this object?
Key Ideas
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No more than 3
Use bullets and phrases
Sum m ary/Conclusion:
You can end your tour in the lobby or in the final gallery of your tour.
• Make sure that you thank the group leader for joining us at NUMU, and thank the
group for their time. Be clear that they are welcome to continue looking around the
museum.
• Mention any upcoming programming related to exhibits that particularly interested
the group (program guides are available at the front desk).
• Ask them to return.