U.S. Courthouse Tours
Visit a Federal Courthouse: Information from US Courts
Virtual and Photo Tours
First Circuit
We the People (Moakley Courthouse tour created by Discovering Justice / District of Massachusetts)
Discovering Justice's own site (discoveringjustice.org) also separately offers live virtual and in-person courthouse tours on request.
Second Circuit
Virtual Tour of the Thurgood Marshall Courthouse
A 13-image architectural slideshow.
Courthouse Conversations: Here in Foley Square
A 7-part video lecture series. Part of a broader "Courthouse Conversations" series; a more recent 2023 installment ("A Courthouse Conversation with Second Circuit Judge José A. Cabranes") is hosted on the Justice For All site instead: justiceforall.ca2.uscourts.gov.
Third Circuit
Virtual Tour of Pittsburgh Courthouse (Western District of Pennsylvania)
A floor-by-floor tour (Lobby, 3rd–10th floors). The same court's Community Outreach section also has a separate "Art in the Courthouse" page.
Seventh Circuit
Self-guided Walking Tour of the U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building (Produced by Seventh Circuit Libraries)
An interactive map with five numbered tour stops plus a video with music composed for the courthouse.
Indianapolis Federal Courthouse History and Tour (YouTube, Southern District of Indiana)
The Southern District of Indiana now also has a related in-person exhibit, the Federal Court Learning Center, opened 2023 in the Birch Bayh Courthouse and a "Destination Indiana" touch-screen exhibit on the district's history at the Indiana History Center in Indianapolis.
Ninth Circuit
Southern District of California Historical Walking Tour
A 17-stop illustrated tour of the John Rhoades Federal Judicial Center campus in San Diego.
"A Court for All Seasons" - Learn about the historic James R. Browning U.S. Courthouse in San Francisco
Available on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=X5pn0kAir88 (or mirror: youtube.com/watch?v=stgRlV_nCSo).
Tenth Circuit
The Byron White Courthouse
Building History, Architectural Style, Grand Hall, Historic Courtrooms & Library, New Courtrooms)
