Abstract
ABSTRACT School tours are an integral part of museum education programming and often account for a large percent of museum audience attendance. While student demographics have changed over the last century, the demographics of museum educators, particularly those leading K-12 tours has remained predominately White. Though this is common knowledge across the museum field, little research has gone into quantifying these numbers. This article investigates museums as spaces for White people, presents classroom research related to the importance of educators of color, and presents findings from a small-scale study which demonstrate the disparity between tour guide and student demographics.
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