60-MINUTE TOUR
4-12 Grade
Examine the history of the New York City subway system through the lens of engineering, technological innovation, and problem solving. Learn about the evolution of transit from the construction of the subway to the design of train cars. Students will engage in hands-on activities and have the chance to brainstorm solutions to age-old transportation challenges.
We are not booking virtual events or parties at this time.
Planning a remote holiday party, staff happy hour, or birthday party? Celebrate in subway-style! Museum staff will take you and up to 30 guests on a Zoom tour of the Museum, located in a 1936 subway station, followed by an activity of your choosing. Visit some of our favorite vintage train cars and hear stories about fascinating events and people in NYC history. Then, have fun with an activity that's right for your group.
Important Note:
We have updated our group rates, tour size, and added additional time slots.
The New York Transit Museum is dedicated to telling and preserving the stories of mass transportation – extraordinary engineering feats, workers who labored in the tunnels over 100 years ago, communities that were drastically transformed, and the ever-evolving technology, design, and ridership of a system that runs 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
Opening hours reflect the group tour schedule (Wed-Sat) and the Birthday Experience schedule (Sat-Sun). Please visit our website for the general public hours.
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Step-by-step how to book group tours instructions.
We offer an array of FAMILY PROGRAMS which includes Transit Tots, Movers and Makers: Family Tour and Workshop, Junior Conductors: School Holiday Day Camp, and the Birthday Experience.
SCHOOL GROUP TOURS
Wednesday - Friday NEW TIME SLOTS
10am, 11:00am, 11:30am, 12:30pm, 1:00pm
Saturday & DOE Winter and Spring Breaks
10:30am, 12:00pm
Limited group capacity of 25 participants (including youth and chaperones)
General Education and ICT - NEW GROUP RATES
NYC Title 1 Public School: $225 per group
NYC Public School: $250 per group
Private, Charter and non-NYC Schools: $300 per group
NEW GROUP SIZES
Book all classes separately, do not combine classes.
- Pre-K: up to 18 students (9 chaperones)
- K-3 Grade: up to 25 students (7 chaperones)
- 4-12 Grade: up to 25 students (5 chaperones)
Special Education/Self-Contained - $100 per class
Book all classes separately, do not combine classes.
- 17 participants (including youth and chaperones)
ADULT GROUP TOURS
$400 per tour
- Up to 20 participants NEW RATE & SIZE
University and Senior Groups - $300 per tour
- Up to 20 participants NEW RATE & SIZE
Adults with Disabilities - $100 per tour
- Up to 17 participants (including adults and staff/chaperones)
20th Century, Science, Engineering, Technology, Design Thinking, City Planning
17 students
60 min.
Field Trip
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
$100.00 per Group for Self Contained Special Education Class