Museum of Miami City Tours

The Museum of Miami, the city's history museum that was previously known as HistoryMiami, runs a programme of guided City Tours that explore the history of Miami and its neighbourhoods. The tours are part of the museum's public programmes and are released quarterly, so the line-up changes through the year and is published on the City Tours calendar.

The museum offers scheduled walking, boat and coach tour options, which gives you a choice depending on how much ground you want to cover and how far you want to walk. The historian Dr. Paul George is closely associated with the museum's programmes, including history talks and boat tours of Miami's historic waterways. For visitors, the tours are a way to see familiar places with a historian's eye and to learn the stories behind them.

To book, check the City Tours calendar on the museum's website and choose a tour that suits your dates, checking each listing for its meeting point and duration. Popular tours can fill up, so it is wise to reserve as soon as the quarterly programme is released if you have a fixed travel date. Group discounts are available for groups of ten or more, and gift certificates can be purchased online.

The tours suit history lovers, curious first-time visitors, families with older children and locals who want to learn more about their city. Walking tours require comfortable shoes, water and sun protection, while boat and coach tours are easier for anyone with limited mobility; check with the museum before booking if you have specific needs.

Because the programme changes every quarter, it is worth checking the calendar a few weeks before your trip, so you can plan your other sightseeing around a tour that interests you. Boat tours are a good choice in warm weather, as being on the water is usually more comfortable than walking in the midday heat.

Questions about the City Tours can be sent to the museum's programmes team by email at [email protected]. If none of the scheduled tours fits your dates, combine your own walk through Little Havana or the Art Deco district with a visit to the museum itself, and look out for Dr. George's history talks, which are also listed on the website.