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
10am, 11:30am, 1:00pm, 2:00pm
Saturday & DOE Midwinter and Spring Breaks
10:30am, 12:00pm
Limited group capacity of 25 participants (including youth and chaperones) on Saturday.
General Education and ICT - $200 per class
Book all classes separately, do not combine classes.
- Pre-K: up to 18 students (9 chaperones)
- Kindergarten: up to 25 students (7 chaperones)
- Grades 1-12: up to 30 students (5 chaperones)
Special Education/Self-Contained - $100 per class
Book all classes separately, do not combine classes.
- 17 participants (including youth and chaperones)
Note: The Title 1 fee waiver fund is currently exhausted, and we are not accepting applications.
ADULT GROUP TOURS
Up to 30 participants
- 15 people or less $125 (Adult Seniors $105)
- 16-20 people $175 (Adult Seniors $140)
- 21-30 people $225 (Adult Seniors $200)
Adults with Disabilities - $100 per tour
- Up to 17 participants (including adults and staff/chaperones)
There is no space for groups to eat lunch.
Eating and drinking is not allowed in the museum.
Gender neutral bathrooms and diaper changing stations available.
FOR GROUP TOURS
- Cancellations must be made via Explorable Places up to three weeks
in advance of your trip in order to receive a refund. Please note:
availability to reschedule a tour is not guaranteed.
- Your payment will not be refunded if cancellation or requests to
reschedule are made less than three weeks before the scheduled visit
or if the group does not arrive on the scheduled visit date and time.
- If your group arrives more than 30 minutes late, your tour may be
canceled due to scheduling limitations.
FOR BIRTHDAY EXPERIENCE
- Cancellations must be made via Explorable Places or by emailing
education@nytransitmuseum.org.
- Parties rescheduling with less than three weeks’ notice are subject
to a $100.00 rebooking fee.
- Availability to reschedule is not guaranteed.
- $100.00 rebooking fee is waived if weather conditions lead to New
York City imposed road closures, MTA imposed transit stoppage, or
closure of the Transit Museum.
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K-12 Grade - Up to 25 students and 5 adults
Special Education - Up to 17 participants (including students and adults)
Join us for an engaging tour that highlights our subway station and transit history. Preserved in time, Court Street Station was a real operating subway station from 1936-1946. In 1976 the station re-opened as the New York Transit Exhibit, and today is home to the New York Transit Museum. Your group will engage in hands-on activities and explore exhibits, objects, and vintage train cars currently on display. Along the way, you’ll hear stories about the evolution of public transportation through various exhibitions.
history, 20th century, engineering, technology, my community
field trip
$200.00 per Group for School Group
$100.00 per Group for Self Contained Special Education Class
Special Education Groups Only one tour per time slot.
60-MINUTE TOUR
Explore New York City’s subway system from past to present. Track the history of our complex transit system on a tour of our vintage train collection while also discussing how we safely ride the subway today, from entering the system with a MetroCard or OMNY tap, to recognizing potential concerns and social cues.
history, 20th century, modern history, city planning, my community
field trip
$100.00 per Group for Non School Group
$100.00 per Group for Adults
Special Education/Self-Contained Class and Adults with Disabilities Groups Only one tour per time slot.
60-MINUTE TOUR
Explore New York City’s subway system from past to present. Track the history of our complex transit system on a tour of our vintage train collection while also discussing how we safely ride the subway today, from entering the system with a MetroCard or OMNY tap, to recognizing potential concerns and social cues.
history, 20th century, modern history, city planning, my community
field trip
$100.00 per Group for Adults
$100.00 per Group for School Group
60-MINUTE TOUR
K-6 Grade - Learn about the history of New York through its mass transit system. Find out how mass transit impacted the development of the city and the lives of everyday New Yorkers. Note: This tour no longer includes the costumed storytelling performance.
history, 19th century, 20th century, social studies, my community
field trip
$200.00 per Group for School Group
$100.00 per Group for Self Contained Special Education Class
60-MINUTE TOUR
K–12 Grade - Discover the variety of art and design found throughout New York City and the surrounding region’s transportation system, including visual art, poetry, and music. This is an immersive tour of the Museum’s exhibits and vintage train collection that explores the connection between public art and mass transit.
patterns, history, 20th century, art, visual arts
field trip
$200.00 per Group for School Group
$100.00 per Group for Self Contained Special Education Class
60-MINUTE TOUR
4-12 Grade - Investigate the magnitude and complexity of New York City and the surrounding region’s public transportation system by exploring the evolution of public transit through its construction, engineering, organization, and resulting impacts on society.
history, 19th century, 20th century, engineering, technology
field trip
$200.00 per Group for School Group
$100.00 per Group for Self Contained Special Education Class
60-MINUTE TOUR
Reduced group rate for adult seniors.
Investigate the magnitude and complexity of New York City and the surrounding region’s public transportation system by exploring the evolution of public transit through its construction, engineering, organization, and resulting impacts on society.
Please answer the following questions to the best of your ability, Answer N/A for all that do not apply to your group.
Your group will be charged for a minimum of 10 people. (For students, please put the number of participants. For chaperones, please put the number of group leaders/organizers.)
Adult Senior Group Rate
up to 15 people $105
16-20 people $140
21-30 people $200
Groups with Disabilities
Up to 17 participants $100
history, 19th century, 20th century, modern history, city planning
field trip
60-MINUTE TOUR
Investigate the magnitude and complexity of New York City and the surrounding region’s public transportation system by exploring the evolution of public transit through its construction, engineering, organization, and resulting impacts on society.
Please answer the following questions to the best of your ability, Answer N/A for all that do not apply to your group.
Your group will be charged for a minimum of 10 people. (For students, please put the number of participants. For chaperones, please put the number of group leaders/organizers.)
Adult Group Rate
up to 15 $125
16-20 people $175
21-30 people $225
Groups with Disabilities
Up to 17 participants $100
19th century, 20th century, modern history, engineering, city planning
field trip
MTA Use Only - Filling out the form:
For "Grade" put Adults
For "Number of Students" put the number of participants
For "Number of Chaperones" put the number of group leaders
history, 19th century, 20th century, city planning, team building
field trip
Celebrate your child's next birthday at the New York Transit Museum, the "perfect place to throw your kid's bash," according to Time Out New York Kids. Recommended for kids ages 7-12, this birthday party experience will lead partygoers through an immersive and interactive adventure in the subway station turned museum. A lost time traveler needs help repairing their time machine, and partygoers will need to assist by solving a series of challenges and puzzles hidden in our vintage train cars. Led by experienced and engaging facilitators, participants will have a one-of-a-kind opportunity to explore and investigate a working subway station with over 100 years of transit history brought to life for young transportation enthusiasts!
The Birthday Experience take place Saturday and Sunday at 11:00am and 1:30pm. Experiences last for approximately 75 minutes. The cost for is $900, with a 10% discount for family-level members and above.
history, 19th century, 20th century, theater
birthday parties
$900.00 per Group for Non School Group
Transit Tots is back! Join us on Thursdays and Sundays for an early morning hour of fun. Come back each week for story-time and craft, imaginative play, and hands-on activities for the youngest transportation fans! Age 18 months—3 years.
9:30am - 10:30am
Thursdays and Sundays
Cost:
1 adult and 1 child - $40
Additional adult - $20
(One adult is required for every child.)
10% discount for family level members, includes museum admission.
history, art, dance, choral music
family programs
This is not a drop-off program, a child must be accompanied by at least one adult caregiver. Adults must have a child with them to participate.
Explore more at the Transit Museum! Join us monthly for a special family workshop, Movers and Makers! Tour select exhibitions and get inspired in our makerspace—each month, investigate a new topic or museum story, and then create inspired artwork and projects together as a family. For families with kids aged 5 -14. Museum admission is included in the price of the workshop.
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Second Sunday of each month
Cost:
$20 per adult
$10 per child
10% discount for family level members, includes museum admission.
history, technology, art
family programs
School’s out, adventure’s in! Step into the world of transportation at this action-packed day camp at our subway station museum. Campers will build, create, and explore through artmaking, engineering challenges, scavenger hunts, science experiments, and more. With a small group setting, every participant gets plenty of support from camp facilitators plus the chance to make lasting friendships with fellow junior conductors.
9:00am-3:30pm
Dates coming soon!
Cost
$175 per child per day
10% discount for family level members and above.
history, 19th century, 20th century, city planning, art
family programs
$175.00 per Person for Students