Ways to visit Wilson House Museum

Plan Your Visit

The Woodrow Wilson House offers three types of tours: General Guided House Tours, Specialty Guided House Tours, and Self-Guided Neighborhood Walking Tours.

Please note that the historic house may only be visited as part of a guided tour. Self-guided access is not permitted inside the historic house, though visitors are welcome to explore our exhibition gallery independently during regular operating hours.

Visitors who reserve tickets online receive a discounted admission rate.

Before You Arrive

Please arrive at least ten minutes before your scheduled tour time. Tours begin promptly, and while staff will make every effort to accommodate late arrivals, entry may not be possible once a tour is underway.

Visitors should be prepared to present a form of identification that matches the name on their reservation. Acceptable forms of ID include a driver's license, passport, student ID, professional ID, credit card, or library card.

For the safety of our collections, all bags must be stored in museum lockers, regardless of size. This includes backpacks, tote bags, briefcases, luggage, purses, and fanny packs.

Tour Experience

All guided house tours begin at the museum entrance with a brief orientation introducing the history of the house and the people who lived here.

For a more in-depth experience, consider a private guided tour or a walking tour of the historic Kalorama neighborhood. All self-guided neighborhood walking tours begin and end at the museum.

The Wilson House also offers private group tours, school programs, and Girl Scout activities.

Ticket Policy

As a nonprofit organization, the Woodrow Wilson House relies on tour revenue to support its preservation and educational mission. All tour purchases are non-refundable; however, we are happy to assist with rescheduling whenever possible.

If you purchase an Active Duty Military ticket or Veteran ticket, please be prepared to show Military ID/Veteran ID when you arrive for your tour.

Thank you for supporting the Woodrow Wilson House and helping us preserve and share this important historic site.

Guided House Tour

Guided One-Hour Tour

The Woodrow Wilson House is a national historic landmark and house museum. Learn about the 28th president and his consequential presidency. Explore the house, a time-capsule from 1924 through a one-hour guided tour.

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Highlights Tour - 30 Minute Express Tour

Only have 30 minutes but still want to see Washington DC’s Hidden Gem? Come see the highlights: the iconic Library, the presidential Dining Room, and the international Drawing Room.

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Guided Specialty Tours

 

Collections Tour

60 Minutes: Step inside the historic house for an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour with our Associate Manager of Collections and discover the legacy of Edith Wilson, the house’s first collections manager, who preserved more than 8,000 objects. Learn how the museum cares for its artifacts while hearing the stories behind some of the house’s most unique items.

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Executive Director's Tour

75 Minutes: See the Museum through the eyes of the Executive Director. Every artifact sparks a narrative that reveals something about the changing world of the early 20th century – revolution and progress, missed opportunities and failures, inviting comparison to our own times. Hear stories about the Wilsons, their lives, and why this House is a place that matters.

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Architecture Tour

75 Minutes: Learn about the Georgian Revival architecture and inner workings of this Embassy Row historic house and grounds.

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Under One Roof: Living & Working in The Wilson House

75 Minutes: Explore the lives of the employees who lived and worked “Under One Roof” with Woodrow and Edith Wilson — from Wilson’s private secretary, chauffeur, and male nurse to the couple’s personal servants, Isaac and Mary Scott. Learn about the duties of cooks, butlers, and laundresses while touring the “backstairs” parts of the house that raise important issues of race, class, and wealth in 1920s America.

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The Struggle for Liberation: Three Generations of Wilson Women

75 Minutes: The three generations of women who influenced Woodrow Wilson have much to teach us about the lives of American women from the 1840s to the 1960s. Meet the Civil War generation of Wilson’s mother who lived by the precepts of the Old South, despite living many years after the war. Meet the Gilded Age and Progressive Era generation of Wilson’s wives and friends whose paths and choices led them in very different directions. And meet the generation of Wilson’s daughters, who had excellent educations and fully embraced the freedoms of the New Woman, but whose lives took unexpected turns. Finally, meet Mary Scott, a long-time servant whose life was shaped by racism, but who, despite being somewhat older than the daughters, outlived them all and finally saw the Voting Rights Act which was a direct response to the barriers that prevented African Americans from voting for nearly a century.

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Prohibition Tour + Wine Cellar

75 Minutes: Do you have the moxie to learn about abstinence and teetotalers, juice joints and flappers? What a time in America’s History! Come see a Vintage Wine cellar and learn about the origins of the cocktail party, the speakeasy – and the definition of a blind pig!

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Museum Management 101 Tour

75 Minutes: See the Museum through the eyes of those who maintain the site. Join us for an insider’s look at the historic house with this behind-the-scenes tour. Learn how the staff cleans and performs inventory with the site's 8,400 artifacts. You’ll hear important details about how the Collections Team cares for historic furniture, unique objects and artwork, and how we run this historic site. Tour is given by Wilson's House Senior Manage of Business and Operations.

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Walking Tours

Looking for outdoor activities you can do on your own schedule? Try one of our Walking Tours. Download a map and explore a beautiful neighborhood in Northwest DC.

Waddy Butler Wood Walking Tour

As you explore the beautiful Kalorama neighborhood, learn about the history and residents of thirteen houses designed by the famous architect of the Woodrow Wilson House, Waddy Butler Wood.

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Dupont Circle

A tour focusing on the arts and culture of the neighborhood with stops at the Gandi Memorial and the Cosmos Club.

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Kalorama Neighborhood

A tour focusing on the religion and education in the neighborhood, stopping at the Friends Meeting House and the Holton Arms School.

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Observatory Circle

A tour of the prestigious parts of the neighborhood with stops of the British Embassy and the United states Naval observatory, home of the Vice President.

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Sheridan Circle

A tour leading to the Civil war statue of General Sheridan, with information focusing on Woodrow Wilson's connection to the Civil War.

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Getting Here

Woodrow Wilson House is located at 2340 S Street in a quiet residential neighborhood of Northwest DC, close to Metro and Metrobus.  The Kalorama Neighborhood is also home to The Phillips Collection, Anderson House, and numerous embassies and Ambassadorial residences.  Scroll down to find maps and directions.

METRO: Dupont Circle (Red Line) is the nearest Metro Stop.

BUSES:  The N2, N4, and N6 Metro buses stop at 24th Street and Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., one block from Woodrow Wilson House.

PARKING: Parking is available on the street, subject to parking restrictions (generally, “two-hour parking” applies).

TRANSPORTATION PARTNER:  GOGO Charters provides private charter bus, minibus and shuttle rentals to the Wilson House Museum. Book a DC bus rental for corporate events, school groups and private gatherings at the museum. Plan your trip as soon as today.

 

 


Discover President Woodrow Wilson's legacy with group tours at the Wilson House Museum. Book your tour and write us for any inquiries at WilsonHouse@WoodrowWilsonHouse.org.

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