Guided Tours
Free Guided Tours
Highlight tours are offered daily at 30 minutes past the hour from 10:30 am through 3:30 pm. Experienced guides will take visitors to many of the iconic halls and displays located throughout the Museum.
- View the day’s schedule and sign up for a tour at the information desk in the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall on Floor 1.
- Tours are approximately 75 minutes long and are offered in additional languages based on tour guide availability.
- All tours are accessible by wheelchair.
Foreign Language Tours
Highlight tours are offered in several languages throughout the week. Tour times are subject to change with guide availability. Please visit an information desk to confirm the daily tour schedule.
French
- Tuesdays at 1 pm
- Wednesdays at 12 pm
- Thursdays at 1 pm
Italian
- Thursdays at 2 pm
Spanish
- Tuesdays at 2 pm
- Saturdays at 2 pm
Mandarin Chinese
- Saturday, January 11 at 2 pm
Hebrew
- Please check back for Hebrew 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.
Note: To schedule a tour outside of the regularly scheduled programs, please email [email protected] with 2 weeks notice.
Science Sense Tours Are Back!
To request a tour for visitors who are blind or partially sighted, please contact [email protected] with 2 weeks notice. Specially trained Museum tour guides highlight specific themes and exhibits, engaging participants through extensive verbal descriptions and touchable objects.
Discovery Squad is an engaging, hands-on program designed for neurodivergent children ages 5-12 and their families; this includes autistic children, as well as children with other intellectual or developmental disabilities. Before the Museum opens to the public, families can attend a 45-minute tour of select halls that fit the theme of that month’s program, followed by 45 minutes of free play and exploration in the Discovery Room. Participants can expect a sensory-friendly, neurodiversity-affirming experience where curiosity is welcomed in all its forms.
Time: 9-10:30am, Third Saturday of every month
Price: Free; Advance registration required
Upcoming Tours
- SOLD OUT! February 15 – Discovery Squad: Ocean Life
- SOLD OUT! March 15 – Discovery Squad: Mammals
To register for Discovery Squad, please call Central Reservations at 212-769-5200 or email [email protected].
Discovery Squad was developed in collaboration with the Seaver Autism Center at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
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.