Night Tours at Eastern State Penitentiary

Terror Behind the Walls has been suspended for 2020 due to COVID-19. But don’t cancel your fall visit to Eastern State Penitentiary yet! We’ve got something special in store. Experience our dark, abandoned cellblocks in a new, intimate way this fall with small-scale Night Tours.

Night Tours include:

The chance to explore the cellblocks and yards of Eastern State Penitentiary at night, with the moon shining through skylights above

Historic locations in the penitentiary complex, including Al Capone's Cell and Death Row

"The Voices of Eastern State" Audio Tour, narrated by actor Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire)

Award-winning exhibits about prisons today and the root causes of mass incarceration

Large-scale projections onto the penitentiary's 30-foot walls, including a silent film shot at Eastern State in 1929 and Hidden Lives Illuminated--animated films created by currently incarcerated artists

A selection of our site-specific artist installations

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