Tour Opportunities

Want to do a staff-led tour with a group of five people or more? Visit our "Group Visit" page instead.

Group Visits

Choose your tour offering.

Read more about each tour further on this page.

On-Site

On-Site

Online

Online

Explore America's best story.

Thoroughly examine the complex tapestry of American history through the struggle for justice and equality. Guests can witness the restored lunch counter in its original location, plus thirteen galleries with vivid photography, artifacts, video re-enactments, and interactive exhibits.

Guest Health & Safety

- Face coverings are required at all times while in the Museum.
- Reservations are required for staff-guided tours.
- For on-site tours, please be sure that you arrive 5-10 minutes before the scheduled beginning of your tour.
- If you need to reschedule or cancel, you may do so by creating an account on the Bookwhen portal and making adjustments to your schedule.

Please note that same-day refunds are not available.

Online Filmed Tours

"The Battlegrounds of the Struggle for Civil Rights"

On-Demand Access

LENGTH: 1 hour (approximate)


Take a curated, online Filmed Tour through the Permanent Exhibit of the Civil Rights Museum from your own home. Purchase time-limited, on-demand access to a video of the pre-recorded guided tour of the Museum. For questions or technical issues, please email [email protected]

Access to your Filmed Tour will begin with your purchase and will end fifteen minutes after the conclusion of your filmed experience.

CONTENT WARNING: The Hybrid Tour contains an exhibit called the "Hall of Shame" that may contain graphic imagery and language inappropriate for children or younger viewers, including scenes of lynchings, physical violence, and burnings. Please select one of the docent tours if you would like to omit this exhibit from your experience.

Click on a docent name below to book a tour now. You will receive a confirmation email allowing you to access your filmed journey.

Cassandra
Williams

Education Program Coordinator
Senior Docent

Dillon
Tyler

Tour Coordinator
Senior Docent

Jeanne
Dulin

Senior Docent

Angelia
Joyner

Senior Docent

Hybrid Tour

A full filmed tour sampling all docents.

La' Tonya
Wiley

Presenter

Interactive Virtual Tours

"The Complex Tapestry of a Civil-Rights America"

Currently available for educational, corporate, religious, and civic groups of 25 or more.

LENGTH: 1 hour, 30 minutes (approximate)

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You're invited to take a comprehensive journey through the spaces of the International Civil Rights Center & Museum with a senior docent who will bring your encounter to life and engage you in America's best story. This experience has been tailored to help students and educators examine the threads of creative and strategic struggle that define the Civil Rights Movement in the United States and abroad. More generally, this civic learning program will help participants use the knowledge of this informed and consequential history to help chart a more constructive and inclusive future, while critically examining historic and contemporary social movements that use direct action, non-violent protesting as a mechanism for change.

Please contact the Tour Coordinator at [email protected] to schedule a group tour.


RECORDING RESTRICTION: The Museum strictly prohibits the recording or transcription of its Interactive Virtual Tours.

CONTENT WARNING: The Filmed Tour portion of this program contains an exhibit called the "Hall of Shame" that may contain graphic imagery and language inappropriate for children or younger viewers, including scenes of lynchings, physical violence, and burnings. Please notify the Tour Coordinator at [email protected] if you would like to omit this exhibit from your experience.

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Seated Tour & Walkthrough

"Civil Rights Museum Legacy Tour"

LENGTH: 1 hour, 30 minutes (approximate)

This experience includes an on-site, Filmed Tour of a staff-guided experience, followed by a walk-through of the Museum's galleries. 

CONTENT WARNING:
The Filmed Tour portion of this program contains an exhibit called the "Hall of Shame" that may contain graphic imagery and language inappropriate for children or younger viewers, including scenes of lynchings, physical violence, and burnings. Please notify the Front Desk staff if you would like to view the filmed version omitting this exhibit during your visit.

Thoroughly examine the complex tapestry of American history through the struggle for justice and equality. Guests can witness the original lunch counter in its original location, plus fourteen galleries with vivid photography, artifacts, video re-enactments, and interactive exhibits.

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Staff-Guided Tour

"Civil Rights Museum Legacy Tour"

LENGTH: 1 hour, 30 minutes (approximate)

This experience includes an on-site, small-group, fully staff-guided excursion through the entire permanent Museum collection, including "The Battlegrounds."

CONTENT WARNING: The Filmed Tour portion of this program contains an exhibit called the "Hall of Shame" that may contain graphic imagery and language inappropriate for children or younger viewers, including scenes of lychings, physical violence, and burnings. Please notify the Front Desk staff if you would like to view the filmed version omitting this exhibit during your visit.

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