Uncover the natural world’s mysteries at the American Museum of Natural History.  During this two-and-a-half-hour tour, you’ll traverse through great halls of dinosaur bones and meteorites with a specialized scholar that will engage your family using personally designed activities. Take a deep dive into these astounding artifacts and uncover the science and history that made it all possible.

Beginning in the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall, we’ll journey into the museum’s galleries, where we’ll examine some of the oldest relics within the museum’s walls: ancient, massive flecks of asteroids, and Lucy, one of the most complete skeletons of an early hominid. From there, our specialist will guide your family through the great halls of dioramas, specimens, and skeletons from around the world, masterfully weaving engaging activities throughout our time together.    

Depending on the expertise of the guide and the interests of the family, the guide will modify their itinerary to highlight different aspects of the collection. From impressive collections of skeletons to a supermassive scale model of the solar system, this family tour is sure to leave everyone filled with wonder.

The tour meets inside the Grand Gallery of the Museum. Your confirmation email will have the exact meeting point details along with a map. The walking tour ends inside the museum.

Yes, tickets are included with the purchase of this tour.

For this tour, your tickets are pre-purchased which allows you to skip the ticket office line upon arrival at the venue. You may still have to wait in a security line or in a line to have your pre-purchased ticket scanned.   

Yes. Each entrance of the museum, as well as all floors and galleries, are accessible by wheelchair. Additionally, exhibits in the Hayden Planetarium have brail texts.