Docents

Docents are volunteer tour guides who interpret works of art and lead tours for a diverse audience of adults, families and school students. As a docent for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, you will provide the personal contact between works of art and our museum visitors.  Scholars have deemed PAFA’s one of the world’s three best collections of American art for its depth, breadth, and quality, and we are excited to build a docent organization that reflects the diversity and quality of our art collection. 

Current Docents:

Other Volunteers

PAFA encourages volunteers from all diverse backgrounds to consider assisting us.  If you are interested in volunteering at PAFA, please send an email to jobs@pafa.org, with "volunteer" in the subject line.  The Human Resources Department will contact you should we have an opportunity that matches your experience and desire. 

Thanks to all of our volunteers!

Marsden Hartley (1877-1943)
Flower Abstraction, 1914
Oil on canvas, with painted wood frame, 49 3/8 x 42 in.
The Vivian O. and Meyer P. Potamkin Collection. Bequest of Vivian O. Potamkin