All group tours are on hold until further notice. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Guided group tours for 8 or more are available by appointment, Tuesday through Friday, 10:00AM – 4:00PM. Guided tours are the perfect way to experience the Museum’s exhibitions and historic collection. They offer engaging, hands-on activities for families, seniors, and boy and girl scout groups.

See how the technology of printing developed from woodblock to modern-day machines, and transformed our understanding of ourselves and interaction with images.

During your group tour, you will learn of early forms of printing, participate in the hands-on printing of a leaf of the Gutenberg Bible pulled from a replica press, print a copy of the Declaration of Independence or the Emancipation Proclamation on a 19th-century Columbian iron handpress, discover the importance of the Linotype machine, and witness advances in printing and self-publishing that came about in the 20th century. Your tour concludes with a visit to our studios, and temporary exhibitions (if offered at that time).

TOUR FEES:

Guided tours are one hour and limited to 20 persons. One chaperone per tour group is included for free.

  • Adults: $17
  • Students & Seniors (60+): $14

Group tours reservations require a $95 deposit, payable by credit card or check.

To provide an engaging and safe learning experience, tours for children and youth are limited to 20 per tour, not including teachers/chaperones.

Groups tours can be rescheduled at no cost if requests are received 3 business days in advance of the scheduled tour. Rescheduling requests received less than 3 business days in advance will incur a $50 rescheduling fee. If a group tour is canceled or the group doesn’t show, the deposit will be forfeited. The Museum reserves the right to reschedule a group tour at its own discretion. In the event a tour is rescheduled by the museum, the rescheduling fee will be waived.

Standing Guided Tours

Fridays2pm
Saturdays12pm, 2pm

Our standing guided tours are always offered at these times. You can register in advance for them, or sign up the day of at the museum.

Virtual Tours

Can’t Make it In-Person? Visit The Printing Museum virtually! We’ve partnered with Connect2Texas to offer virtual field trip programs. Take our general tour, or one of our specialized US or Texas history tours. We offer activity guides and worksheets for each program, to help with your lesson planning, and list the TEKS covered in our virtual programs. To learn more, visit: https://www.smore.com/swfby.

Have Questions?

If you have questions, please email tours@printingmuseum.org.