Guided Tours

Enjoy Guided Journeys of Discovery

Dive deeper into the Museum of Exploration with a guided tour, where expert guides bring stories and discoveries to life. These curated add-on experiences allow you to choose the tour that best enhances your visit based on your interests.

Select your guided tour when purchasing your museum ticket.

The MOE Highlights Tour

The perfect first look into the Museum of Exploration, introducing visitors to the National Geographic Society and highlighting a curated selection of our greatest hits. These tours occur daily.

Tour Length: 60 mins
Tour highlights may include:

• National Geographic’s First Expedition
• The first flash wildlife photography
• In Focus Photography Gallery
• Jane Goodall’s Spark Moment
• Bob Ballard - Sunsphere
• Pristine Seas Project

Home of the Explorer

The story of National Geographic Society’s evolution from building the Society’s first permanent home in Washington, D.C. in 1904, to creating the Museum of Exploration dedicated to igniting the spark of curiosity. These tours occur six times a week.

Tour Length: 60 mins
Tour highlights may include:

• Founders Room
• Alexander Graham Bell’s office
• Maps and Art from World War I and II
• Apollo 11 Launch Photograph
• Sandesh Kadur’s Suzuki

Behind the Scenes Tour

Go behind the scenes at National Geographic’s Base Camp, visiting spaces that are not usually open to the general public to learn how together we achieve our mission to illuminate and protect the wonder of our world. These tours occur weekly.

Tour Length: 90 mins
Tour highlights may include:

• National Geographic’s Original Board Room
• Titanic floor case- inside look
• Exploration Technology Lab
• Print and Fabrication Workshop
• National Geographic’s Private Terrace

*Tour site inclusions are subject to change