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[Carousel96]

I'm looking at info about Washington DC because I want to take DD there in the spring. I've been to DC quite a bit, so have a fairly good sense of what to do and how to do it. But I have been noticing that both the government websites and the guidebooks can be out of date and inaccurate.
So... is the FBI doing tours again or not?
I know they stopped after 9-11-01. I hadn't thought that they started again. But a number of guidebooks (including several printed in '08) talk about the tour. The FBI website says no tours, but the page is old and several other government sites I've checked on other subjects are out of date.
Anyone from DC know for sure?

[bradk]

according to 202-324-3447, the tour is closed indefinitely

[emtpej]

According to the FBI website:
Federal Bureau of Investigation - Tour
the tour is closed with no re-opening date set, as bradk said.
However, there are some museums nearby that are open:
The International Spy Museum: INTERNATIONAL SPY MUSEUM
The Crime and Punishment Museum:
The National Museum of Crime & Punishment
And the Newseum:
Welcome to the Newseum | The Interactive Museum of News
And the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial:
The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund - police, cops, fallen heroes

They all have exhibits about crime and/or law enforcement, I believe.

[JoanW]

A lot of the FBI exhibit stuff that used to be on the tour is on loan to the Newseum. Although it doesn't say it, the FBI will not be opening for tours again due to security and because one major section of the tour was the laboratory, which has since been relocated to their new facility in Quantico, Virginia. In his heydey, it was an awesome tour for tourists. The lab had planned the move many years before 9/11, and after 9/11, that kind of sealed the deal.

The SPY museum is jammed packed full of some of the stuff similar to a few exhibits that they used to have too, but I found it to be overwhelming in terms of trying to view too much at one time. Try to avoid it during the Easter break - it's too freaking crowded to appreciate all that it has.

[chezp]

Originally Posted by JoanW

A lot of the FBI exhibit stuff that used to be on the tour is on loan to the Newseum. Although it doesn't say it, the FBI will not be opening for tours again due to security and because one major section of the tour was the laboratory, which has since been relocated to their new facility in Quantico, Virginia. In his heydey, it was an awesome tour for tourists. The lab had planned the move many years before 9/11, and after 9/11, that kind of sealed the deal.

The SPY museum is jammed packed full of some of the stuff similar to a few exhibits that they used to have too, but I found it to be overwhelming in terms of trying to view too much at one time. Try to avoid it during the Easter break - it's too freaking crowded to appreciate all that it has.

You're right, that tour was awesome.

[Carousel96]

That's what I was afraid of. The website said no, but tour books printed in 2007 and 2008 still listed it -- or listed it again, after dropping it from other post-911 editions.

And as of last week, several gov't websites still had tour info and listed the threat level as yellow, when it had been orange at the airport for weeks! So I wasn't sure that the websites were accurate either!

I guess I was hoping beyond hope that there was a new tour. I belong to a group that has its annual meeting in DC and have been there 17 of the last 19 years, so I have a pretty good idea where to take DD otherwise.

[emtpej]

Enjoy your trip!

[Meggera]

Have fun in DC. We love it!