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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.

January 2010

• Tuesday, January 5 – Religious Sites Tour.
• Monday, January 11 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR.
• Wednesday, January 13 – Tour of the Heights. 
• Saturday, January 16 – African American Heritage Tour.
• Sunday, January 17 – Jewish Heritage Tour.
• Thursday, January 21 – Glenwood Cemetery Tour.
• Monday, January 25 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR.
• Tuesday, January 26 – African American Heritage Tour.

February 2010

• Saturday, February 6 – City Tour.
• Monday, February 8 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR.
• Tuesday, February 9 – Lives of the Rich and Infamous Tour.
• Saturday, February 13 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE TOUR.
• Sunday, February 14 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC VALENTINE’S DAY TOUR.
• Sunday, February 21 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC CITY TOUR.
• Monday, February 22 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR.

March 2010

• Saturday, March 6 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH TOUR.
• Monday, March 8 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR.
• Tuesday, March 16 – Lives of the Rich and Infamous Tour.
• Sunday, March 21 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC CITY TOUR.
• Monday, March 22 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR.
• Saturday, March 27 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC PAINTED CHURCHES TOUR OF CENTRAL TEXAS

April 2010

• Saturday, April 10 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WINERY TOUR.
• Monday, April 12 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR.
• Tuesday, April 13 – Middle School walking tour of the downtown tunnels, skybridges, and more.
• Sunday, April 18 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC CITY TOUR.
• Monday, April 26 – 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 last year.