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Scheduled Tours/Calendar

The following tours have been scheduled for the coming months. If you would like to join one of these tours, please click the Contact Us button and complete the form that is displayed.

2008

• Thursday, June 26 — Heights Tour
• Saturday, June 28 — Jewish Tour of Houston
• Thursday - Saturday, July 305 — Tours of Fredericksburg, the LBJ Ranch, Austin, and Painted Churches
• Friday, July 11 — City Tour
• Thursday, July 17 — City Tour
• Sunday, July 20 — OPEN CITY TOUR*
• Monday - Wednesday, July 21 - 23 — Series of Tours for Philadelphia School Students
• Tuesday, July 29 — African American Tour
• Saturday, September 20 — OPEN HISPANIC HERITAGE TOUR
• Sunday, September 21 — OPEN CITY TOUR*
• Sunday, October 19 — OPEN CITY TOUR*
• Monday, October 20 — Space Center Houston Tour
• Sunday, November 16 — OPEN CITY TOUR*
• Sunday, December 21 — OPEN CITY TOUR*
• Thursday, December 26, 2008 - Thursday, January 1, 2009 — OPEN WEST TEXAS AND BIG BEND TOUR

NOTE: Be looking for more information about our next Caribbean cruise and San Juan, Puerto Rico tour for ten days in February 2010. Now is the time to ensure that your passport is up-to-date!

* OPEN CITY TOUR DETAILS

On the third Sunday of each month, unless noted otherwise, Houston Historical tours sponsors an OPEN CITY TOUR for the public from  10 AM - 4 PM. This tour has 6 stops, including the Water Wall in the Galleria area, the Beer Can House, Gargoyle House, Art Car Museum or an art car studio, David Adickes's Sculpturworx, and, from September through May, a tour of the beautiful home and gardens of Bayou Bend, one of Houston's masterpiece mansions.

During the sweltering summer months of June, July, and August we substitute 3 or 4 air-conditioned museums and or chapels for Bayou Bend with its beautiful outdoor gardens.  These museums include the Rothko Chapel, The Menil Collection, the Cy Twombly Gallery, the Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum, The Contemporary Arts Museum, and or the Houston Center for Photography.

A tour also includes a panoramic identification and description of major and historical downtown structures, going to Freedmen’s Town, River Oaks, the Upper Kirby District, Rice Village, Rice University, the Museum District, Hermann Park, the Texas Medical Center (TMC), seeing the south side stadiums of the Astrodome and Reliant Park, the Galleria, Memorial Park, Rice Military District, downtown, the Theater District, the old Banking District, the Courthouse District, the downtown stadiums of Minutemaid Ballpark, and the Toyota Center, and the George R. Brown Convention Center.  Narratives about the demographics, history, economy, geography, climate, and politics of Houston and Texas are provided throughout the tour.  Itineraries are provided.

The cost, including lunch, is $75 per person. Parties of 4 or more persons will receive a 10% discount. Reservations and payment must be received at least by the Thursday before the tour so that an appropriate size van or bus can be reserved.

** OPEN NEW ORLEANS TOUR

A full description of this 4-day tour is provided under the Out-of-Town Extended Tours category.