Top Experiences in National Portrait Gallery

Visit the National Portrait Gallery and the American Art Museum on a 2.5 hour semi-private (8 Guest Maximum) guided tour. Discover the best of American-made works all under one roof. Two of Washington’s most iconic museums take up residence in the historical Old Patent Office Building, where history and art collide.

Our smartphone-guided tour brings the real facts and stories behind Washington DC to life with the quality of a personal private tour crafted by DC locals. We've taken the same stops and sights we share with our friends and families when they come to town and created an interactive web-based tour for you!

Read the stories behind the city, answer questions to reveal fun facts, and experience what makes Penn Quarter incredible! Purchase your tour and then navigate to our website to enter your access code and launch the tour. You can either start immediately or create an account and come back when you are ready to explore.

Please note that you and your group read the tour aloud to one another - there is no audio functionality at this time.

Explore Washington DC with a professional tour guide. We will pick you up from your hotel or other preferred location. Your guide will go over the history of Washington DC with you and give you information about each of the monuments, memorials, and historic buildings that you will visit. This tour allows for you to be able to see many landmarks in a short period of time because we drop you off and pick you back up as close to each of the sites as possible. You will have plenty of time to walk around each site and be able to take amazing photos.

We stop at the following sites

- United States Capitol Building
- White House
- World War II Memorial
- Washington Monument
- Jefferson Memorial
- Martin Luther King, Jr Memorial
- Lincoln Memorial
- Korean War Veterans Memorial
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- Iwo Jima
- Air Force Memorial

Please contact us if you do not see the date or time available that you are requesting to tour.

Enjoy a 90-minute Hop-on Hop-off panoramic trolley tour of Washington, DC.
The tour route will maximize your time and provide you with a great introduction to Washington, DC’s beautiful scenery and rich history. Join us aboard our custom-built Stadium Trolleys featuring stadium seating where every view is a great one.

The Trolley will make 15 stops along the tour route. Trolleys come by every half hour. Tour at your own pace while visiting America's most iconic historic locations and make a full day of visiting the Nation's Capital.

During the tour you will see major sites, including the White House, Washington Monument, Untied States Capitol Building, Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Union Station, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, and the Smithsonian Museums just to name a few!

Join us for a holiday themed Donut adventure through our nations capital, Washington DC. Join us for a historic Donut adventure through our nation’s capital, Washington DC. Our tour begins in Western Market, which has a legacy dating back to 1802! There we will sample donuts made from a business that’s been in the same family for five generations. From there we’ll head downtown, where we’ll see a restaurant favored by a former President before passing by the White House itself for a perfect photo op. After soaking in some history at Lafayette Square, we’ll head deeper into DC to try some local fan favorite donuts from local celebrities. From there, we’ll head down Palmers Alley, the most instagrammable spot in DC, where we’ll end our adventure with delectable donuts with an international flavor.

By the end, you’ll have made some great friends and enjoyed some incredible donuts and history. We hope you can join us today!

Come visit the world of downtown D.C. Just a few blocks from the National Mall and all its federal monuments and memorials, downtown D.C. is a bustling, thriving world filled with shops, businesses, clubs, bars, sports arenas, and other major sites. Let's take a trip through this exciting area!

Don't worry about other people, this tour is completely tailored to you with the app!

This tour has been designed by the world-famous expert guide, Peter Smeallie

With our app, you can pause the tour, and check out the locations as long as you want! You can skip a stop you don't like, and you have all the best information about each stop at your fingertips.

Discover the United States’ turbulent history through works preserved in the National Archives before exploring the faces behind the history. This Exclusive, 5 to 5.5-hour Exclusive guided combo tour, is best way to understand the who and the what of the United States! Your guide will show you the documents and the people that have defined this country. This tour has the heroes and villains of history, culture, progress, and art of the USA.


Highlights often include (but are not limited to):

-The original Declaration of Independence
-The Constitution
-The Bill of Rights
-1297 Magna Carta
-Presidential Portraits
-20th Century American
-Obama Portraits
-Pocahontas Portrait
-Conservation Labs
-Works by Mary Cassatt, Edward Hopper, Andy Warhol, and Norman Rockwell

This 5.5 hour Semi-Private (8 Guest Max.) guided combo tour welcomes guests to skip-the-line and experience two essential museums in Washington DC. The best way to understand the who and the what of the United States! Your guide will show you the documents and the people that have defined this country. This tour has the heroes and villains of history, culture, progress, and art of the USA.

Highlights often include (but are not limited to):

-The original Declaration of Independence
-The Constitution
-The Bill of Rights
-1297 Magna Carta
-Presidential Portraits
-20th Century American
-Obama Portraits
-Pocahontas Portrait
-Conservation Labs
-Works by Mary Cassatt, Edward Hopper, Andy Warhol, and Norman Rockwell

Two of Washington’s most iconic museums take up residence in the historical Old Patent Office Building, where history and art collide. Visit the National Portrait Gallery and the American Art Museum on a 2.5 hour exclusive tour and discover the best of American-made works all under one roof.