Contact Us

City of Burlington Tourism Council
Acting Chairperson John Alexander
City Hall
525 High St.
Burlington NJ 08016
Phone: (609) 386-0200
please call during business hours

City of Burlington Tourism Office
12 Smith Alley
(Carriage House)
Burlington NJ 08016
Phone: (609) 386-3993
E-mail: tour@tourburlington.org

You may call to reserve a Guided Walking Tour or just to ask questions... stop in and pick up some suggestions, brochures, Map Guide or flyers. The Tour Office is located in the Carriage House, a Centennial-era stable and Transportation Museum complete with carriages, sleighs, sledge and locally-manufactured rickshaw.

OPEN every weekend April through November
Fri., Sat. & Sun.
11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Regularly-Scheduled Guided Tours departing 11:30 AM & 2:00 PM. Follow your Guide in colonial dress to visit historic sites. Enter premier properties of the past. Moderate walking of about 1 1/2 hrs. duration.

Your choice of dates and times offered with advance reservations

TOURS OFFERINGS INCLUDE: Topical Tours including in-depth Underground Railroad, Revolutionary War; Student Tours; Children’s “Playing with History” Tours; “Bury, Bury Burlington” Ghost Tours (late October); Riverboat Tours (in season); Tall Ship Sailing Excursions (twice yearly); “Dine‘n’Tour” All-Inclusive Package with delicious meal and Tour; and more

Click the following link below to get your own copy of the Guided Walking Tour flyer (Acrobat PDF file)

Groups welcome, Group Discounts Available

Every Tour Ticket comes with Delicious Dining Discounts in virtually every restaurant of the Historic District, up to 20% Savings! Check out our Special Offers.

City of Burlington
Public Affairs Director John Alexander

525 High Street

Phone:  (609)  386  0200

Assistant to Director, Recreation Programs, JC Martin
Keegan Recreation Center
522 Wood St.
Burlington NJ 08016
Phone: (609) 386-4070
please call during business hours

Burlington County Historical Society
Historical Society Complex Open Tue. – Sat. 1pm – 5pm;
Museum & Library Open First Friday of Month 6pm – 9pm.
Admission charged
451 High St.
Burlington, NJ 08016
(609) 386-4773
Fax: (609) 386-4828

For information, you may also contact:
City of Burlington Historical Society
Carriage House
12 Smith Alley
Burlington NJ 08016
(609) 386-3993
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“...to encourage and develop an interest in the history of the City of Burlington... to originate and sponsor social and educational activities intended to... develop interest in preserving the cultural and historical heritage existing in the City of Burlington.”

City of Burlington Historical Society meets on the second Monday of every month to help preserve and sustain our City’s venerable period architecture, irreplaceable artifacts and historical documents of great significance. Acting as stewards of the past, the City of Burlington Historical Society members help impart valuable lessons to the present.

Meeting 2nd Mondays, 7:00 PM
Keegan Recreation Center
522 Wood Street
Burlington NJ 08016

Membership in the City of Burlington Historical Society costs a mere $5 per year.

City of Burlington Historical Society Constitution and By-Laws (Acrobat PDF file, 324 Kb)

For information about Revell House and the Wood Street Fair, contact:
Colonial Burlington Foundation
Revell House
PO Box 1602
Burlington NJ 08016
www.woodstreetfair.com