Visitors see the Rotunda, Statuary Hall, the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the Crypt. By contacting your congressional representative's office , well in advance, passes may be obtained to sit and observe Congress in session. Visitors are advised to check the daily calendar in The Washington Post to obtain daily congressional times and topics for discussion. Visitors should take the regular tours described above and obtain congressional passes as an added highlight. From September through April, no tickets are required.
Visitors stand in line, enter the building, and tour via signage and video monitors.
Visitors obtain a free ticket at the ticket office and return the same day at the time they have been assigned. Visitors are advised to obtain tickets early in the morning to assure admittance. They are 45 minutes in length and are guided by one of the Bureau's Public Affairs Specialists. Visitors should write their congressional representative's office at least three months in advance in order to obtain reservations for these tours. Tours leave every 20 to 30 minutes on a continuing basis.