Activities for Kids

A Change of Pace: 7 Family-Friendly Walking Tours

We’ve rounded up the coolest, kid-friendliest walking tours that will keep little ones engaged and tucker them out for bedtime, all while imparting a little historical wisdom.

By Ayren Jackson-Cannady September 11, 2014

Learning doesn’t have to be strictly a Monday through Friday thing for kids. It doesn’t even have to be done sitting down. We’ve rounded up the coolest, kid-friendliest walking tours that will keep little ones engaged and tucker them out for bedtime, all while imparting a little historical wisdom.

Spy Museum – Spy in the City

Mini-sleuths can put their relentless questioning to good use with the Spy in the City tour. Armed with a GPS unit, kids are sent on a secret mission outside the museum to uncover something amiss in the Nation’s Capital. Clues, codes, briefings and audio files all help your “agent” gather critical info as they blend into their surroundings to uncover a merciless spy ring that threatens to change life as we know it.

Cost: $14.95 and up
202-393-7798
Online: spymuseum.org

Photo courtesy of the Spy Museum

Have you taken your kid crew on an awesome area walking tour? Tell us about it in the comments section below.

—Hilary Riedemann