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Scheduled Tours/Calendar

The following tours have been scheduled for the next few months. If you would like to join one of these tours, please send us an email by clicking the link at the top of this page.

September 2009

• Friday, September 25 – City tour in the morning.
• Friday, September 25 – Downtown walking tour in the afternoon.
• Friday, September 25 – Haunted Tour at night.
• Monday, September 28 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR.
• Tuesday, September 29 – Lives of the Rich and Infamous Tour.
• Wednesday, September 30 – Painted Churches Tour of the Schulenburg area.
• Wednesday, September 30 – City Tour.

October 2009

• Saturday, October 3 – Haunted Tour at night.
• Saturday, October 10 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH TOUR.
• Monday, October 12 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR.
• Saturday, October 17 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WINE TOUR FROM 9 AM – 6 PM.  October is Texas wine month.  We will visit 4 wineries in 3 cities and you will sample at least 15 wines.   In addition, you’ll receive a complimentary souvenir wine glass.
• Sunday, October 18 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC CITY TOUR.
• Monday, October 26 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR.
• Friday, October 30 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC HAUNTED TOUR.
• Saturday, October 31 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC HAUNTED TOUR.

November 2009

• Sunday, November 1 – Jewish Tour of Houston.
• Tuesday, November 3 – Religious Sites Tour.
• Monday, November 9 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR.
• Friday, November 13 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC HAUNTED TOUR.
• Friday, November 13 – Sunday, November 15 – 3-Day Tour of Fredericksburg, Stonewall, and Johnson City.
• Sunday, November 15 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC CITY TOUR.
• Monday, November 23 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR.

December 2009

• Wednesday, December 9 – Holiday Lights Tour.
• Monday, December 14 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR.
• Thursday, December 17 – Holiday Lights Tour.
• Saturday, December 19 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC HOLIDAY LIGHTS TOUR.
• Sunday, December 20 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC CITY TOUR.
• Monday, December 28 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR.

On the second and fourth Mondays of each week we offer an OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WALKING TOUR OF DOWNTOWN TUNNELS, A SKYSCRAPER, AN OBSERVATION DECK, HISTORIC BUILDINGS, AND MORE, unless otherwise noted.  This is between 2.5 to 3.5 hours, depending on whether we stop for lunch at one of the 9 food courts within the system.  The tours start at 10 AM. 

We normally schedule a Haunted Tour each Friday, the 13th and around Halloween.

* 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 $60 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.

The following link shows tours that were conducted earlier this year.