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Washington, DC Done Your Way

Welcome to A Capitol Time Tours!

With over 20 years experience in civic education, A Capitol Time Tours specializes in customized private small group tours of 

Washington, DC's memorials, museums, historic sites, and neighborhoods. 


Whether it be a family vacation, school trip, or conference group outings you are planning, we would be happy to work with you to make your Washington, DC experience one that is affordable, customized, fun, memorable and educational.


A Capitol Time is comprised of a diverse group of licensed Washington, DC guides, including veterans. 

We may be at the beginning of gathering social media reviews for this new business entity, but all are highly experienced in civic education and the many historic sites of our nation's capital. Guide credentials are available upon request.


A Capitol Time supports Honor Flight and other veterans groups in need of pro bono licensed guides 

for showing our veterans their war memorials.



Here Are Some of Our Private Guide Small Group Tours

Email us via acapitoltime@gmail.com to make your reservation.

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Capitol Hill & Library of Congress 

Your tour includes an exterior & interior walking tour of the U.S. Capitol & the U.S. Supreme Court, along with a timed entry tour of the Library of Congress' Jefferson Building. Come see the Jefferson Library, the Gershwin brothers' music room, the Reader Room & the Gutenberg Bible.

 

2 1/2 hours of private guide time.

Customized start times 9am - 2pm.

Rates start at $250 for a max of six people.

Inquire today for your private tour rate for groups larger than six.

 

*Guide gratuity not included

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Arlington National Cemetery

Have the best of both worlds in A Capitol Time's Arlington Cemetery tour.  Your private group experience will include tram tickets to see the breadth of the cemetery in the most efficient & comfortable manner, and the services of a private guide. Learn about the changing of the guard ceremony, Arlington House & your private guide can help you find specific graves like family members, Senator/astronaut John Glenn, or Audie Murphy. 

 

2 1/2 hours of private guide time. Start times vary 9:15am - 2:00pm.

 

Rates start at $250 for a max of six people.

Inquire today for your private tour rate for groups larger than six.

 

*Guide gratuity not included

 

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Memorials & Monuments 

Day and evening walking tours are available for enjoying our National Mall's beautiful monuments & memorials.  Routes start at either the White House or the Jefferson Memorial, ending at the Vietnam Memorial for 

2 hours of private guide time.

 

Start times vary 8am - 8pm.

 

Rates start at $250 for a max of six people.

Inquire today for your private tour rate for groups larger than six.

 

*Guide gratuity not included

 

For an additional fee SUV or bus transport can be arranged to see more memorials within your timeframe.

 

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The National Museum of American History Smithsonian 

Make the most of your time with a private experienced, licensed DC guide will make your visit informed, fun and efficient as you are led to well known exhibits that may include Dorothy's ruby slippers, Julia Child's kitchen, the original star spangled banner that inspired our national anthem, one of George Washington's Revolutionary War uniforms & the collection of the First Ladies' gowns.  

 

A two-hour highlights tour with time on your own afterwards.

 

Start times vary 10am - 3pm.

 

Rates start at $225 for a max of six people.

Inquire today for your private tour rate for groups larger than six.

 

*Guide gratuity not included

 

*Please note this is not an official Smithsonian tour. Customers booking this tour are paying for this company’s services and is independent of the Smithsonian.

  

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The National Museum of African American History & Culture

The newest Smithsonian, the National Museum of African American History & Culture is a must see for every American while in our nation's capital.

Your private guide will help your group process the essential highlights of 400+ years of African American history; a vital part of the kaleidoscope that is America, while sharing some of their personal experiences with the 

Civil Rights movement. 

 

*Please note a minimum age of 13 required for this tour.

 

2 1/2 hour highlights tour with time on your own afterwards.

 

Start times vary 10am - 3pm.  

 

Rates start at $250 for a max of six people.

Inquire today for your private tour rate for groups larger than six.

*Guide gratuity not included

 

*Please note this is not an official Smithsonian tour. Customers booking this tour are paying for this company’s services and is independent of the Smithsonian.

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The National Museum of 

Air & Space

The Wright Flyer from Kittyhawk, Amelia Earhart's Lockheed, the Spirit of St. Louis & the V-2 Rocket are some of the historic flight vehicles you may see on your Air & Space tour.  As one of the most popular museums in the world, the National Museum of Air & Space entrance lines are usually long as there are no express lines at any of the Smithsonian museums.  But your highlights tour includes the guide arriving before your meeting time to go ahead and get your group's spot in line if needed to shorten the wait to go through security.  

 

90 minutes highlights tour with time on your own afterwards.

 

Start times vary 10am - 3pm.

 

Rates start at $225 for a max of six people.

Inquire today for your private tour rate for groups larger than six.

*Guide gratuity not included

 

*Please note this is not an official Smithsonian tour. Customers booking this tour are paying for this company’s services and is independent of the Smithsonian.

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The National Portrait Gallery

The National Portrait Gallery building was once a Civil War hospital. Today it's a place where our nation's most historic figures intersect with great art.

 

Tour Highlights: (if artwork is not on loan or being restored etc.)

*The POTUS portraits (the only complete collection of presidential portraits accessible to the public)

*The SCOTUS women's portrait (RBG, Sandra Day O'Connor, Elena Kagen & Sonia Sotomayor

*American Civil War Generals McClellan, Grant & Sherman

*Pocahontas portrait

*Paintings & other works by artists like Matthew Brady, Gilbert Stuart, Whistler, Singer Sargent & Alexander Newley.

 

90 minutes highlights tour with free time on your own afterwards.

 

Start times vary 11:30am - 5pm.

 

Rates start at $225 for private groups up to six people.

Inquire today for private tour rates for groups larger than six people.

*Guide gratuity not included.

  

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The National Gallery of Art

The National Gallery of Art is separate from the Smithsonian but a national treasure in its own right; home to one of only 19 Leonardo Da Vinci portraits, multiple works by early American artist Gilbert Stuart, Samuel Morse's (yes, the inventor of the telegraph) Congress, the largest collection of French impressionist paintings in North America, and many modern artists like Georgia O'Keefe, Picasso, and Jackson Pollack.

 

90 minutes highlights tour of classical and modern artworks with time on your own afterwards.

 

Start times vary 10am - 3pm.  

 

Rates start at $225 for a max private group of six people.

Inquire today for your private tour rate for groups larger than six.

*Guide gratuity not included

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The National Archives Museum 

Home to the Charters of Freedom--the Constitution, Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, the National Archives Museum also showcases several other important documents under its care like correspondence written by George Washington, U.S. Presidential documents, and the Emancipation Proclamation. 

 

90 minutes highlights tour with time on your own afterwards.

 

Start times vary 10am - 3pm.

 

Rates start at $225 for private groups up to six people.

Inquire for private group rates larger than six people.

 

*Guide gratuity not included

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Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History-Washington, DC

With the help of your guide as navigator, you’ll marvel at the life-sized replica of Phoenix, a 45-ton whale that the museum has been following in the wild, gaze at the .46-karat Hope Diamond, learn about real mummies, explore the rituals and routines of Ancient Egypt, before moving onto dinosaurs, insects & early human life. 

 

Two-hour highlights tour with your group's private guide. 

Customized start times 10am - 3pm.

 

Rates start at $225 for private groups up to six people. 

 

Inquire today for your private tour rate for groups larger than six people.

*Guide gratuity not included

  

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U Street Neighborhood Tour

Before having lunch or dinner at the world famous original location of 

Ben's Chili Bowl, learn about the historic U Street, NW neighborhood, its place within the 1968 riots, and its famous residents like Duke Ellington & Langston Hughes.

 

2 hours of private guide time. 

Customized start times 9am - 8pm.


Rates start at $30pp. 

Inquire today for your private tour rate.

*Guide gratuity not included

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Human Rights History Day 

Your Way

As historic sites continue to re-open, here are options for a very special all-day human rights history itinerary that's sure to enhance your middle & high school aged students' education: 

  • The Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument 
  • Voice of America Studio tour
  • The Holocaust Museum
  • Lincoln's Cottage
  • The Frederick Douglass House
  • Black Lives Matter Plaza 
  • Latino American & Disability Rights activists on display at the National Portrait Gallery
  • Japanese-Am. Peace Memorial (Honoring  Americans of Japanese heritage who were forced into the U.S. govt. created internment camps & served in segregated miltiary units) 
  • Federal Triangle (the original DC Chinatown before Asian American citizens were illegally displaced)
  • The National Smithsonian Museum of the Native American.

Fee varies per customized itinerary which may include private transport.

*Guide gratuity not included.

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Washington's Mount Vernon

Tour George & Martha Washington's home, visit the distillery that made Washington at the time of his death, the nation's largest whiskey producer, and pay your respects at the Washington tomb.  Your guide will either meet you at the estate, or we can customize your tour with transport by SUV or boat (additonal fee).

 

2-3 hours of private guide time.

Customized start times 9am -2pm.


Rates start $60pp.

Inquire today for your private tour rate.

*Mount Vernon admission is included. 

*Guide gratuity not included.

  

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Georgetown Walking Tour

Let us customize your private small group walking tour of world famous Georgetown.  Make an informal university campus visit for the college applicant in your life, see the C&O canal dreamt of by George Washington, see sites connected to the Civil War & Cold War espionage, or learn about Hollywood filming sites and of course, some ghost stories. 

 

2 hours of private guide time. Customized start times 9am - 8pm.


Rates start at $30pp. 

Inquire today for your private tour rate.

*Guide gratuity not included


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Old Town Alexandria Walking Tour

Day and evening walking tours are available for enjoying George Washington's home town.  Visit Christ Church, Lee's Corner, Market Square, Carlyle House, learn about the Civil War, the ghosts of Old Town, and the Southern abolitionists who worked against slavery in the midst of one of the largest slave markets in the South.


2 hours of private guide time. Customized start times 9am - 8pm.


Rates start at $30pp. 

Inquire today for your private tour rate.

*Guide gratuity not included

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We are pleased to announce that the Summer Friday Night Evening Parade Series has returned to the Marine Corps Barracks, the oldest Marine post and home to the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps.  Please make your private group reservation for Fridays, 

July - August, 2021 which includes a privately guided 60 minute walking tour of the Barracks Row neighborhood before entering at 7pm to ensure great seating for the program.  No food allowed inside the Barracks, but lots of great restaurants on Barracks Row for dinner beforehand.

Meet 6pm at Eastern Market Metro entrance--Top of Escalator.

The U.S. Marine Corps Program ends around 9:45pm.

Rates start at $20pp. 

Inquire today for your private tour rate.

Ask about larger groups.

Guide gratuity not included

Do DC Your Way with Affordable Private Guide Services 

A day's well spent with a private guide to help you find the top exhibits within a museum, recommend the best places for dining, and share history while passing important sites.  Whether your budget includes using private car/motorcoach, the metro, Uber, or taxi, we can design a customized itinerary filled with special & affordable experiences for you and your party.


All Day Guiding Services (8 hours) starting at $450.  

Half day bookings also available.

 

Email us via acapitoltime@gmail.com.

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Teachers & School Groups Have a Friend in A Capitol Time

A Capitol Time is committed to helping schools serving grades 

5-12 with a >25% free/reduced lunch student population, provide high quality, affordable Washington, DC civic education trips; because EVERY student deserves the chance to find his/her voice in our nation's capital!

 

Email us via acapitoltime@gmail.com.

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Get in touch!  You'll get a personal reply ASAP.  

Payment

Paypal, Venmo, Cashapp and checks are accepted.


Payment is due at time of itinerary confirmation.


Refund Policy


Tours operate rain or shine.


Cancellations made outside a minumum 7 calendar days (of tour start time EST) will be refunded minus admission fees, transportation costs, and other nonrefundable costs incurred in planning your tour.


Cancellations made inside 7 days (of tour start time EST) to tour date are nonrefundable.


We will do our best to reschedule your tour if needed within your original trip dates; subject to guide availability.


Contact

Acapitoltime@gmail.com

Licensed Washington, DC Guide Led Tours

Member, The Guild of Professional Tour Guides of Washington D.C.


*A Capitol Time is a woman owned business.


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