Group Tours

Many Smithsonian museums have group tours which can be arranged by appointment only. Please contact the museum below.

Highlights and Docent Museum Tours »
These tours are for individuals and are not pre-arranged. Look for our friendly docent who will give a tour of the highlights of the museum.

Group Sales »
Group rates are available for dining, films, flight simulators, the planetarium, and the butterfly pavilion.

African Art Museum

By appointment only, 4-week notice required Call Mon.-Fri., 9am-5am, except federal holidays: 202-633-4633 or 202-633-4640 (voice) or 202-357-4814 (TTY)

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

By appointment only; 2- to 3-week notice required; call Mon.-Fri., 9 AM-5 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-2563,
202-633-1957 (fax), or e-mail NASMTours@si.edu

Note: Although the Tour Reservation Office is closed on weekends and federal holidays, reserved weekend and holiday tours will go on as scheduled.

American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery

By appointment; 4-week notice required; call Mon.-Fri., 9 AM-5 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-8550 or e-mail AmericanArtTours@si.edu

Group tours are available for Highlights, special exhibitions, and Heritage Months.

School Group Tours

See americanart.si.edu/education/tours

Note: No tours are scheduled on federal holidays.

American History Museum

School Visits

See americanhistory.si.edu/educators/visiting.cfm

Notes:

• School groups of 20 or more are requested to pre-register online at americanhistory.si.edu/educators/visiting.cfm.
• School groups that have not pre-registered are requested to register with museum security upon arrival.

American Indian Museum

Group Tours: School

By appointment; call Mon.-Fri.: 202-633-6644 (voice), 1-888-618-0572 (toll-free voice), or 202-633-6751 (TTY), or e-mail NMAI-GroupReservations@si.edu. Museum will send a confirmation letter.

• School Group Tour Schedule: Tues.-Fri., 10 AM and 11:15 AM
• Tours run approximately 45 minutes

Notes:

• No tours on federal holidays
• To confirm already scheduled school group tours, call the phone numbers above Mon.-Fri.
• Teacher must show confirmation letter for reserved tour.
• School groups arriving for reserved tour are to enter at the museum's south entrance on Maryland Ave.

Anacostia Community Museum

Group Tours: Exhibitions

For groups of 15 or more; by appointment only, call Mon.-Fri., 10 AM-5 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-4844 or e-mail parkers@si.edu