Museum Tours: Highlights, Foreign Language & Self-Guided

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.

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.

For Visitors Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

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.

Note: To schedule a tour outside of the regularly scheduled programs, please email [email protected] with 2 weeks notice.

For Visitors on the Autism Spectrum

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, Monday–Friday, 9 am–5 pm.
Discovery Squad tours take place before the Museum is open, 9 am–10 am and are free. Programs subject to change.

Upcoming tours:

December 17, 2023

January 21, 2024

February 18, 2024

March 17, 2024

Third Party Tours 

The American Museum of Natural History does not allow third parties to lead private tours within the Museum. Any unauthorized tours will be asked to stop immediately.

Are you a group operator, SYTA or ABA Member? Reservations for group visits can be made by calling the Museum's Central Reservations team at (+1) 212-769-5200.