Special Guided Tours
(March 15 through November)

Special guide-led tours are available several times a day, every day April-November. These tours are hands-on, interactive experiences, designed for visitors age seven and up. The tours last about thirty minutes, and are meant to supplement the “Voices of Eastern State” Audio Tour. Tours are limited to thirty people, first come, first served. Reservations are not accepted. All tours and exhibits are included in the single admission fee.

Escape!
Mon, Wed & Fri at 4:15 pm
Sat & Sun at 10:15 am and 2:15 pm
More than one hundred men escaped from Eastern State during its 142 year history. But how? A tour guide describes three escapes in detail, illustrating how they changed over time at the penitentiary.

Life Behind the Walls
Tue & Thur at 4:15 pm
Sat & Sun at 4:15 pm
More than 75,000 men and women once served time behind these walls. What was life like? A tour guide compares the lives of inmates and officers during the prison's long history.

Prison Inside a Prison
Mon through Fri at 3:15 pm
Sat & Sun at 12:15 pm and 3:15 pm
What happened when prisoners broke the rules? At Eastern State, they got sent to "Klondike," windowless cells in a tunnel under Cellblock 14. These low, dark spaces are only available on this tour.

142 Years of Architecture
Monday through Friday at 2:15 pm
Sat & Sun at 11:15 am
Once the most influential prison in the world, Eastern State Penitentiary's architecture is still a source of fascination and marvel. Details, grand and small, illustrate one of America's great architectural masterpieces.