Tour the Forest Products Laboratory

Virtual Tour

A virtual tour of the Forest Products Laboratory is available through the National Forest Explorer app on your smartphone (get it at Apple App Store or Google Play). You can also access the virtual tour in your web browser.

In-Person Tours

Photo Credit

USDA Forest Service photo by Joshua Limbaugh.

The Forest Products Laboratory building.

In-person tours of the Forest Products Laboratory are held every other month on the third Thursday. For 2026, these tours will be held in February, April, June, August, October, and December

Tours include the following stops: Center for Wood Anatomy Research, the Lab Library, Wood and Metal Shops, Fire Sciences, CARWASh, Advanced Composites, Engineering Mechanics and Remote Sensing, and Wood Durability and Protection.

Tours start in the lobby of the Forest Products Laboratory main building at 1 Gifford Pinchot Drive in Madison, WI.

Tours are limited to 20 participants on a first come, first serve basis. To sign up for a tour, please visit the event page for the month you would like to attend. You will be requested to confirm your attendance via email. Tours of less than five people may be canceled.