Dear Colleagues;
As the capital of the United States of America, arranging tours and events for the Society has been a challenge with limitations on group size, day or time restrictions, transportation, and security arrangements foremost on the minds of
our hosts. While we have offered an unprecedented number of free or low cost tours, the number of participants for each tour was a big hurdle. We hope you will understand these issues if you were unable to get on the tour of your choice.
Many companies offer tours of individual landmarks, embassies, notable neighborhoods, sites linked to political scandal, and historic homes. This is a partial list – I suggest using your sleuthing expertise to search online for additional
tours, or consult the many published guides to Washington D.C. You may want to gather a few friends, go to dinner, and take a tour of the monuments by night, which you can do by foot, bus, trolley, Segway, or bicycle!
General Washington D.C. tours:
Old Town Trolley Tours is a hop-on, hop-off tour with more than 20 stops and 100 points of interest.
http://www.trolleytours.com/washington-dc/?gclid=CPSJiZLXnr0CFaMcOgodOnEA5Q
Old Town Trolley also offers “DC Ducks”, which will take you to see Washington’s monuments by land and by water in the same vehicle.
http://www.trolleytours.com/washington-dc/dc-ducks.asp
Washington DC family-friendly tours offer walking, biking, boating, and Segway tours through several other companies .
http://washington.org/DC-guide-to/family-friendly-tours-washington-dc
Interested in Historic Homes? The Historic House Museum Consortium of Metropolitan Washington D.C., offers tours and information of homes in Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia.
http://dchousemuseums.org/
Free Tours by Foot Choose from a variety of locales and destinations, and pay what you think your tour was worth.
http://www.freetoursbyfoot.com/washington-dc-tours/
Segs in the City offers tours of Washington by Segway or bicycle.
http://www.segsinthecity.com/
City Sightseeing offers hop-on, hop-off tours of Washington DC from open-top buses.
http://www.city-sightseeing.com/en/tours/united-states-of-america/washington-dc.htm
DC Walkabout offers self-guided audio walking tours based on themes such as the Scandal Tour, Haunted History, Lincoln Assassination, and others. at:
http://www.city-sightseeing.com/en/tours/united-states-of-america/washington-dc.htm
The Washington Post offers an article entitled “Destination: Scandal!” with locations and descriptions of D.C. scandals linked to articles about each scandal. Pick indignities of interest and find the location here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/tours/scandal/article.htm
Night Tours:
Washington Photo Safari is offering a 3-hour Monuments at Night workshop on Friday, May 2 at 7:30pm. Bring your camera and take home some incredible memories and photographs!
http://washingtonphotosafari.com/calendar/event/05/02/14/26
Viator.com outlines information about night tours in Washington D.C. by foot, bus, trolley, bike, or Segway .
http://www.viator.com/Washington-DC-tours/Tours-and-Sightseeing/d657-g12-c96?pref=02&aid=g1894
Old Town Trolley Tours offer a Monuments by Night tour! More information is available here:
http://www.trolleytours.com/washington-dc/night-tours.asp
More tours by night are offered by Free Tours by Foot. These include the Monuments tour, Ghosts of Georgetown Tour, and others.
http://www.freetoursbyfoot.com/washington-dc-night-tours/ .
I am a big fan of viewing the monuments at night. The hordes of tourists have mostly departed and most of the monuments are fairly quiet. My favorites spots are - viewing the city from across the Tidal Basin at the Jefferson Memorial
and walking through the outdoor rooms of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial that is close by. Using a taxi app in your Smartphone like Uber or Hailo will make getting back to the hotel easy.
Best regards,
Gregory Most
Gregory P. J. Most
President
Art Libraries Society of North America
Chief, Department of Image Collections
Library
National Gallery of Art
Washington, DC 20565
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