Foreign Language Speakers

Use the Google Translate link at the top of this page to view the website in a variety of languages. Foreign language guides are available in bulk. E-mail info@si.edu or call 202.633.1000 or download this brochure in Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Spanish.

Foreign Language Services

National Air and Space Museum (on the Mall)
Lockheed Martin IMAX® Theater: To Fly!
Individual headsets available in:
French, German, Japanese and Spanish

National Museum of the American Indian
Lelawi Theater: Who We Are
Individual devices available in:
French, German, Japanese and Spanish

Foreign Language Tours

African Art Museum

By appointment only, 4-week notice required. Call Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm, except federal holidays 202.633.4633 or 202.357.4814 (TTY)
• Dutch, French, German, Spanish, and Swahili

Air and Space Museum on the Mall and its Udvar-Hazy Center

By appointment only, 2- to 3-week notice required. Call Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm: 202.633.2563 or  202.633-1957 (fax), or e-mail nasmtours@si.edu.

• Mall Museum: Chinese, Russian, Spanish, German
• Udvar-Hazy Center: Chinese, Russian, Spanish

American Art Museum

By appointment; 4-week notice required; call Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm, except federal holidays: 202.633.8550 or e-mail AmericanArtTours@si.edu
• Spanish

American Art Museum Luce Foundation Center

By appointment; 1-week notice required; call daily, 11:30am-7pm; 202.633.5435 or e-mail AmericanArtLuce@si.edu
• Spanish

American History Museum

Walk-in Museum Highlights Tours in Spanish every 1st, 2nd, and 4th Sunday 2pm.
Note: Tour subject to docent availability.

Freer and Sackler Galleries of Art

By appointment only, 4-week written notice required; visit the museum’s website (indicate language in Additional Notes field). For more information, call 202-633-1012 or e-mail asiatours@si.edu
• Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, Bengali, Hindi, French, German, Italian, Spanish

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

By appointment only, 8-week notice required; call Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm, except federal holidays: 202.633.2796 (voice) or 202.633.8043 (TTY), or e-mail marucak@si.edu
• French, German, and Spanish

Natural History Museum

By appointment only, 2- to 3-week notice required; call Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm, except federal holidays: 202-633- 8854 (voice) or e-mail NaturalExperience@si.edu

• French, Serbo-Croatian, and Spanish

Renwick Gallery

By appointment; 4-week notice required; call Mon.- Fri.,9am- 5pm, except federal holidays; 202.633.8550 or e-mail AmericanArtTours@si.edu
• Spanish