Participants enter at the East Appointment gate. Signed tours are available to groups of 8 to 20. Groups are also encouraged to bring their own interpreters. Signing interpretation is also available for individual visitors with advance notice. A Congressional office first issues guided tour tickets to a guest who is hearing-impaired and then contacts the Visitors Office at least 2 weeks in advance to request interpreter service.
Participants enter at the East Appointment gate.
Touch tours are currently available only to groups of 8 to 20, not to individual visitors. Guide animals are permitted in the White House. All White House tours are free. Changes in tour schedules are occasionally made because of official events. Notice may not be given until that morning.