Where to Listen: the 6 Best Museum Audio Tours in the USA

1.Medieval Torture Museum Ticket with Audio Guide and Ghost Hunting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 962 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $35Our pick

You’ll explore a 6,000-square-foot Chicago museum filled with torture, restraint, interrogation, and execution devices, plus wax figures and interactive displays. Your ticket includes a self-guided audio tour and ghost-hunting app, so you can move at your own pace. Expect dim lighting, gruesome scenes, and a visit best suited to adults and older teens.

“It was very interesting, it was a little scary, great place to go for Halloween week definitely I will go back with friends, they had a audio you can listen, display you can take pictures.”

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2.Museum of the American Revolution Admission Ticket with Audio Guided Option

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 187 reviews · from $25

Walk through the American Revolution at Philadelphia’s Museum of the American Revolution. See George Washington’s original headquarters tent, read authentic Declaration printings, face a British infantry charge, and board a privateer replica. Choose an English, Spanish, or French audio guide, and return the next day at no extra cost.

“Loved the audio guide combining the various exhibits with interesting commentary. Filled with great interactive attractions, you could spend a whole day here and still want to come back for more. This museum is an awe-inspiring look into how tough and determined our Founding Fathers and the revolutionary Americans were to break from the British empire.”

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3.Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum Ticket with Audio Tour and Shuttle

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 58 reviews · 9 hours (approx.) · from $29

Visit Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum on Ford Island with priority admission, a multilingual audio tour, and shuttle transport. Walk through two hangars that survived the 1941 attack, see more than 70 years of Pacific aircraft, watch wartime footage, and hear stories from veteran volunteers. The ticket does not include the tower or flight simulators.

“Very enjoyable great variety of war planes. Smooth running of shuttle transport. Definitely need a hat and water as very warm looking at the planes outside.”

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4.Skip the Line: Mel Fisher Maritime Museum Admission Ticket and Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 29 reviews · 1 to 4 hours (approx.) · from $19

Visit the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum in Key West with a mobile admission ticket and English audio tour. See Atocha gold and silver, Henrietta Marie artifacts, slave-trade exhibits, pirate history, Spanish coins, and shipwreck science. Plan for one to four hours, with entry available Tuesday through Sunday.

“This is a very interesting museum with a great history and interesting audio guide. Well planned and great exhibits. We learned a lot about Key West history. We walked right in!”

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5.Henry B. Plant Museum Entry Ticket with Audio Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 21 reviews · from $12Best value

Visit Tampa’s Henry B. Plant Museum inside the former Tampa Bay Hotel. Your $12 ticket includes a 14-minute introductory film and a downloadable 45-minute audio guide in English or Spanish, covering Henry Plant, Tampa’s tourism boom, and the Cuban Campaign.

“The tour was much smaller than I expected, given the size of the building. The staff was friendly and parking was easy,”

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6.GoCar Mob History Audio Tour & Mob Museum Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 3 reviews · 2 hours · from $126

Take the wheel of a two-seat electric GoCar and follow GPS audio through downtown Las Vegas, Fremont Street, the Strip, the Arts District, and mob-linked landmarks. Your $126 ticket also includes about 45 minutes at the Mob Museum. There is no live guide, and drivers must be at least 21.

“The cars are a lot of fun and easy to maneuver. The navigation isn’t the best and I was expecting more history/mob info on the actual drive.”

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