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African Art Museum: Foreign-Language Tours: Dutch, French, German, Spanish, & Swahili
(by appointment only, 4-week notice required; call Mon.-Fri., 9 AM-5 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-4640 (voice) or 202-357-4814 (TTY))

• Dutch, French, German, Spanish, and Swahili

African Art Museum: Group Tours
(by appointment only, 4-week notice required; call Mon.-Fri., 9 AM-5 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-4640 (voice) or 202-357-4814 (TTY))
African Art Museum: Tours for Visitors with Hearing or Visual Impairments
(by appointment only, 4-week notice required; call Mon.-Fri., 9 AM-5 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-4640 (voice) or 202-357-4814 (TTY))

Note: FM Assistive Listening Devices are available to amplify tours for visitors with hearing impairments; ask at info desk for details.

Air and Space Museum: Group Tours
(by appointment only; 2-week notice required; call Mon.-Fri., 9 AM-3 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-2563 (voice mail) or 202-357-1505 (TTY), or e-mail NASMTours@si.edu)

Note
- Although the Tour Reservation Office is closed on weekends and federal holidays, reserved weekend and holiday tours will go on as scheduled.

Air and Space Museum: Tours for Visitors with Hearing or Visual Impairments
(by appointment only, 2-week notice required; call Mon.-Fri., 9 AM-3 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-2563 (voice mail) or 202-357-1505 (TTY), or e-mail NASMTours@si.edu)

Note
- Although the Tour Reservation Office is closed on weekends and federal holidays, reserved weekend and holiday tours will go on as scheduled.

Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center: Group Tours
(by appointment only; 2-week notice required; call Mon.-Fri., 9 AM-3 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-2563 (voice mail) or 202-357-1505 (TTY), or e-mail NASMTours@si.edu)

Note
- Although the Tour Reservation Office is closed on weekends and federal holidays, reserved weekend and holiday tours will go on as scheduled.

Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center: Tours for Visitors with Hearing or Visual Impairments
(by appointment only, 2-week notice required; call Mon.-Fri., 9 AM-3 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-2563 (voice mail) or 202-357-1505 (TTY), or e-mail NASMTours@si.edu)

Note
- Although the Tour Reservation Office is closed on weekends and federal holidays, reserved weekend and holiday tours will go on as scheduled.

American Art Museum: Foreign-Language Tours: Spanish
(by appointment; 4-week notice required; call Mon.-Fri., 9 AM-5 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-8550 or e-mail AmericanArtTours@si.edu)

• Spanish

American Art Museum: Group Tours
(by appointment; 3-week notice required; call Mon.-Fri., 9 AM-5 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-8550 or e-mail AmericanArtTours@si.edu)
American Art Museum: Tours for Visitors with Hearing or Visual Impairments
(by appointment; 3-week notice required; call Mon.-Fri., 9 AM-5 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-8550 or e-mail AmericanArtTours@si.edu)
American Art Museum: Luce Foundation Center Foreign-Language Tours: Spanish
(by appointment; 1-week notice required; call daily., 11:30 AM-7 PM; 202-633-5435 or e-mail AmericanArtLuce@si.edu)

• Spanish

American History Museum: Tours for Visitors with Hearing and Visual Impairments
(by appointment, 2-week notice required; call 202-633-3717 (recording/voice mail available 24 hours a day); 202-357-1563 (TTY)); e-mail nmahtours@si.edu

Note: An interpreter translates for visitors who do not understand sign language.

American Indian Museum: Group Tours: School
NOTE: The museum is accepting reservations for school group tours for the upcoming school year; call Mon.-Fri.: 202-633-6644 (voice), 1-888-618-0572 (toll-free voice), or 202-633-6751 (TTY), or e-mail NMAI-GroupReservations@si.edu

• School Group Tour Schedule: Tues.-Fri., 10 AM and 11:15 AM
Tours run approximately 45 minutes
Note: No tours on federal holidays

Notes:
• To confirm already scheduled school group tours, call Mon.-Fri.: 202-633-6644 (voice), 1-888-618-0572 (toll-free voice), or 202-633-6751 (TTY).
• Although individual passes are not required for registered school groups, teacher must show confirmation letter for entry.
• School groups are to enter at the museum's south entrance on Maryland Ave.

American Indian Museum: Tours for Visitors with Hearing or Visual Impairments
(by appointment only, 2-week notice required; call Mon.-Fri., 9 AM-6 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-6644 (voice), 1-888-618-0572 (toll-free voice), or 202-633-6751 (TTY), or e-mail NMAI-GroupReservations@si.edu)
Anacostia Community Museum: Tours for Visitors with Hearing Impairments
(by appointment only, 3-week notice required; call Mon.-Fri., 9 AM-5 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-4823 or e-mail parkers@si.edu)
Anacostia Community Museum: Group Tours: Exhibitions
(for groups of 15 or more; by appointment only, call Mon.-Fri., 10 AM-5 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-4844)

The museum offers group tours of its exhibitions.

Anacostia Community Museum: Group Tours: George Washington Carver Nature Trail
(recommended for K-8th grade; for groups of 30 or fewer; by appointment only, call Mon.-Fri., 10 AM-5 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-4844)

Learn about Dr. George Washington Carver and how to become a steward of the earth in your own neighborhood.

• 3rd Wednesday of each month: 10 AM-1 PM (weather permitting)

Note: Not suitable for people with mobility impairments.

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum: Group Tours
For information on guided or self-guided tours, please call 212-849-8351 or email Chtours2@si.edu. Reservations required for all tours and must be made at least two weeks in advance. Guided group tours require a fee.
Freer Gallery of Art: Foreign-Language Tours: Chinese, French, Japanese, Korean, Romanian, Spanish
(by appointment only, 4-week notice required; e-mail asiatours@si.edu or call 202-633-1012 and leave message; tour scheduler will return call)

• Chinese, French, Japanese, Korean, Romanian, and Spanish

Freer Gallery of Art: Group Tours
(by appointment only; 4-week written notice required; for information and to submit a request, visit the Web at www.asia.si.edu/education/tours.htm, e-mail asiatours@si.edu, or call 202-633-1012 and leave message; tour scheduler will return call)
Freer Gallery of Art: Tours for Visitors with Hearing or Visual Impairments
(tactile tours and sign-language interpreters are available by appointment only; 4-week notice required; e-mail asiatours@si.edu or call 202-633-1012 and leave message; tour scheduler will return call)
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden: Foreign-Language Tours: French, German, Spanish
(by appointment only, 8-week notice required; call Mon.-Fri., 9 AM-5 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-2796 (voice) or 202-633-8043 (TTY), or e-mail marucak@si.edu)

• French, German, and Spanish

Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden: Group Tours
(by appointment only, 4-week notice required; call Mon.-Fri., 9 AM-5 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-2796 (voice) or 202-633-8043 (TTY), or e-mail marucak@si.edu)
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden: Tours for Visitors with Hearing or Visual Impairments
(by appointment only, 2-week notice required; call Mon.-Fri., 9 AM-5 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-2796 (voice) or 202-633-8043 (TTY), or e-mail marucak@si.edu)
Natural History Museum: Tours for Visitors with Hearing or Visual Impairments
(by appointment only, 2-week notice required; call Mon.-Fri., 9 AM-5 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-1077 (voice) or 202-633-9287 (TTY))
Portrait Gallery: Tours for Visitors with Hearing or Visual Impairments
(by appointment, 1-month notice required)

• Call Mon.-Thurs., 9:30 AM-5 PM, except federal holidays:
- School Groups: 202-633-8503 (voice/answering machine)
- Non-School Groups and Individuals: 202-633-8519 (voice/answering machine)

• E-mail:
- School Groups: NPGEducation@si.edu
- Non-School Groups and Individuals: NPGAdultTours@si.edu

Postal Museum: Group Tours
(by appointment only, 3-week notice required; call Mon.-Fri., 9 AM-5 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-5535 (voice) or 202-633-9849 (TTY))
Postal Museum: Tours for Visitors with Hearing or Visual Impairments
(by appointment only, 3-week notice recommended; call Mon.-Fri., 9 AM-5 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-5535 (voice) or 202-633-9849 (TTY))

Note: During times when staff are unavailable, callers may leave messages on the answering machine; the tour scheduler will return the calls.

Renwick Gallery: Group Tours for Visitors with Visual Impairments
(by appointment offered Mon.-Fri. only; 3-week notice required; call Mon.-Fri., 9 AM-5 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-8550 or e-mail AmericanArtTours@si.edu)

Note: No tours are scheduled on federal holidays.

Renwick Gallery: Foreign-Language Tours: Spanish
(by appointment; 4-week notice required; call Mon.-Fri., 9 AM-5 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-8550 or e-mail AmericanArtTours@si.edu)

• Spanish

Sackler Gallery: Foreign-Language Tours: Chinese, French, Japanese, Korean, Romanian, Spanish
(by appointment only, 4-week notice required; e-mail asiatours@si.edu or call 202-633-1012 and leave message; tour scheduler will return call)

• Chinese, French, Japanese, Korean, Romanian, and Spanish

Sackler Gallery: Group Tours
(by appointment only; 4-week written notice required; for information and to submit a request, visit the Web at www.asia.si.edu/education/tours.htm, e-mail asiatours@si.edu, or call 202-633-1012 and leave message; tour scheduler will return call)
Sackler Gallery: Tours for Visitors with Hearing or Visual Impairments
(tactile tours and sign-language interpreters are available by appointment only; 4-week notice required; e-mail asiatours@si.edu or call 202-633-1012 and leave message; tour scheduler will return call)
Smithsonian Castle: Group Tours: Highlights or Behind-the-Scenes
(for groups of 10 or more, by appointment only, 3-week notice required; call Mon.-Fri., 9 AM-5 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-2987 (voice) or 202-633-5285 (TTY), or e-mail CastleTours@si.edu)

Notes:
• Behind-the-Scenes tour offered Saturdays and Sundays only.
• Not recommended for school groups.

Smithsonian Castle: Tours for Visitors with Hearing Impairments
(by appointment only, 3-week notice required; call Mon.-Fri., 9 AM-5 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-2987 (voice) or 202-633-5285 (TTY), or e-mail CastleTours@si.edu)
Zoo: Individual and Group Tours
(by appointment only, at least 4- to 6-week notice required; call daily, 9 AM-5 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-3025 (voice) or 202-673-7800 (TTY))

• Highlights tours offered Saturdays and Sundays only

Zoo: Group Tours: School
The Zoo does not offer school group tours, but does offer school field trips.

(by appointment only, at least 4- to 6-week notice required; call daily, 9 AM-5 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-4455 (voice) or 202-673-7800 (TTY), or e-mail education@fonz.org)

Zoo: Tours for Visitors with Hearing or Visual Impairments
(by appointment only, at least 4- to 6-week notice required; call daily, 9 AM-5 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-3025 (voice) or 202-673-7800 (TTY))

• Offered Saturdays and Sundays only

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