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.
April
- Thursday, April 17 at 1 pm
- Thursday, April 24 at 1 pm
- Wednesday, April 30 at 12 pm
May
- Thursday, May 1 at 1 pm
- Thursday, May 8 at 1pm
- Thursday, May 15 at 1pm
- Thursday, May 22 at 1 pm
- Tuesday, May 27 at 1 pm
- Thursday, May 29 at 1 pm
June
- Tuesday, June 3 at 1 pm
- Thursday, June 5 at 1 pm
- Thursdays at 2 pm
- Tuesdays at 2 pm
- Saturday, April 19 at 2 pm
- Saturday, April 26 at 2 pm
- Sunday, April 27 at 2 pm
Spotlight Tours
Spotlight tours focus on a specific hall or topic for approximately 1 hour, allowing for a deeper dive into a particular content area. Please visit an information desk to confirm the daily tour schedule.
- Thursdays at 1 pm - Hall of the Universe
- Fridays at 2 pm - Asian Peoples
May
- Sunday, May 4, at 2 pm – Biodiversity
- Monday, May 5 at 12 pm – Northwest Coast
- Sunday, May 11 at 2 pm – Dinosaurs
- Monday, May 12 at 12 pm – Planet Earth
- Sunday, May 18 at 2 pm – From Earth to Space
- Monday, May 19 at 12 pm – Art of the Diorama
- Monday, May 26 at 12 pm – Meteorites
June
- Sunday, June 1 at 1 pm – Dinosaurs
- Monday, June 2 at 12 pm – Human Origins
- Sunday, June 8 at 2 pm – Northwest Coast
- Monday, June 9 at 12 pm – Dinosaurs
- Sunday, June 15 at 2 pm – Human Origins
- Monday, June 16 at 12 pm – North American Mammals
- Sunday, June 22 at 2 pm – Gems and Minerals
- Monday, June 23 at 12 pm – Ocean Life
- Sunday, June 29 at 2 pm – Planet Earth
- Monday, June 30 at 12 pm – Human Origins
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! April 19–Discover Gems and Minerals
- May 17–Discover Dinosaurs
- SOLD OUT! June 21–Discover Planet Earth
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.