We did a private tour back in the day when I was in Grad school. All I can remember is a buddy and I got a picture in the same chairs in front of the fireplace where the President and visiting Heads of State sit for photo ops.
If you get a similar chance do it!
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I'd bet that you were told not to touch anything….
Actually we sat in the same (I assume) chairs the Big Wheels use.
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I did this tour in June of 2014. It's very easy.
You line up on the street at a holding area, and your group is ushered up at the approved tour time. Security is tight - bring nothing - no backpacks, no purses, nothing. After screening, you're shown through another crowd control door or two, until you finally end up in a room at a corner of the building. You walk along the route, where docents explain the purpose of various rooms, until you end up heading out the front door. You never get off the floor you enter on, and there are maybe a dozen rooms and hall areas you walk through. The tour took maybe 30 minutes.
It was actually quite interesting, to know you're standing in the East Room, or whatever, where this or that historical event took place. I found the artwork most interesting. Portraits and such I've seen only in books are right there on the walls. Kind of cool.
Dave
I did this tour in June of 2014. It's very easy.
You line up on the street at a holding area, and your group is ushered up at the approved tour time. Security is tight - bring nothing - no backpacks, no purses, nothing. After screening, you're shown through another crowd control door or two, until you finally end up in a room at a corner of the building. You walk along the route, where docents explain the purpose of various rooms, until you end up heading out the front door. You never get off the floor you enter on, and there are maybe a dozen rooms and hall areas you walk through. The tour took maybe 30 minutes.
It was actually quite interesting, to know you're standing in the East Room, or whatever, where this or that historical event took place. I found the artwork most interesting. Portraits and such I've seen only in books are right there on the walls. Kind of cool.
Dave
I did this tour in June of 2014. It's very easy.
You line up on the street at a holding area, and your group is ushered up at the approved tour time. Security is tight - bring nothing - no backpacks, no purses, nothing. After screening, you're shown through another crowd control door or two, until you finally end up in a room at a corner of the building. You walk along the route, where docents explain the purpose of various rooms, until you end up heading out the front door. You never get off the floor you enter on, and there are maybe a dozen rooms and hall areas you walk through. The tour took maybe 30 minutes.
It was actually quite interesting, to know you're standing in the East Room, or whatever, where this or that historical event took place. I found the artwork most interesting. Portraits and such I've seen only in books are right there on the walls. Kind of cool.
Dave
Which one?