Museum Tours
Free Guided Tours
- View the day’s schedule and sign up for a tour at the information desk in the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall on the 1st Floor.
- Tours are approximately 75 minutes long and are offered in additional languages based on tour guide availability.
- Spots are limited.
- All tours are accessible by wheelchair.
Self-Guided Tours
Accessible Tours
The Museum offers a variety of specially designed tours for visitors with disabilities and their families. Learn more about accessibility at the Museum.
Experience informative, entertaining, and inspiring presentations of permanent and special exhibitions for both deaf and hearing audiences with simultaneously signed and spoken tours.
- Registration required, no walk-ins are accepted. Email [email protected] or call 212-313-7565 at least 72 hours in advance to register.
- Free for Members or with Museum admission. Programs subject to change.
- Programs with sign language are intended primarily for the Deaf community. ASL students may attend, but we do not sign attendance sheets.
Upcoming tours:
To be announced.
Visitors who are blind or partially sighted are invited to attend this program, held monthly in the halls of the American Museum of Natural History. Specially trained Museum tour guides highlight specific themes and exhibits, engaging participants through extensive verbal descriptions and touchable objects.
- Registration required, no walk-ins are accepted. Email [email protected] to register.
- Free for Members or with Museum admission.
Upcoming tours:
Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals
Saturday, November 12th at 10:30 a.m.
Through verbal description and touch, explore the newly reopened Halls of Gems and Minerals, offering a brilliant showcase of one of the world’s most important collections of gems and minerals.
Fossils
Wednesday, November 30th at 2:00 p.m.
Through verbal description and touch, explore the Museum's world-famous dinosaur fossil collection.
Northwest Coast Hall
Wednesday, December 14th at 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 21st at 10:30 a.m.
Through verbal description and touch, explore the newly reopened Northwest Coast Hall featuring new exhibits developed with Indigenous communities and showcasing the creativity, scholarship and history of the living cultures of the Pacific Northwest.
Note: To schedule a tour outside of the regularly scheduled programs, please email [email protected] with 2 weeks notice.
The Discovery Squad is a unique tour program designed for families affected by autism spectrum disorders. The program was developed in collaboration with the Seaver Autism Center at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
- Registration required, no walk-ins are accepted. Email [email protected] or call 212-769-5200 to register.
- Discovery Squad tours take place before the Museum is open, 9:00am-10:00am and are free. Programs subject to change.
Upcoming tours:
December 17th, 2022
January 21st, 2023