"The Met" Metropolitan Museum of Art Exclusive Guided Tour
Full description
Included / Excluded
- Skip-the-Line Private Museum Tour. Initial security line still mandatory for all guests and may vary
- Wheelchair Friendly
- Professional Tour Guide Exclusively For You
- Duration 2.5 Hours
- All Entrance Fees
- Tour price does NOT include hotel pickup or drop-off (we recommend UBER or Taxi)
- Tour price does NOT include gratuities (optional)
Itinerary
Its roughly 2 million works of art and artifacts cover everything from Ancient Egypt to modern art. From the Great Hall, you’ll visit the museum’s most important galleries. Pass through the Medieval Europe Gallery on your way to the Studiolo from the Ducal Palace. Explore armory form the Middle Ages, including pieces worn by Henry VIII. The American wing hosts the staircase from the Chicago Stock Exchange as well as the famed portrait of Washington crossing the Delaware. A host of European painters including Vermeer, Picasso, and Van Gogh await you as you learn about their troubled yet exciting lives. All the while, your guide will explain how this iconic American museum differs from its older European counterparts, especially since it began before the United States was even 100 years old! Highlights generally include (if artwork is not on loan or being restored): Henry VIII armor, Tiffany Autumn landscape, Chicago Stock Exchange Stairs, Madame X, Pop culture then and now, Hudson River School, Washington Crossing the Delaware, Jan Vermeer, Madonna with Child, Picasso, Seurat, Van Gogh, and more!
Meeting point
Start Location
Rockefeller Center, 45 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10111, USA
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair Accessible
- Stroller Accessible
- Easy Public Transport
Good to know
- A maximum of 8 people per booking
- Notes: The Met museum may be subjected to occasional closures without previous warning from the museum management. When this occurs, we will provide guests with an appropriate alternative if the museum opening time is delayed more than 1h from the tour starting time. In these cases we are unable to provide refunds or discounts. Appropriate dress is required for entry into some sites on this tour. No large bags or suitcases are allowed inside the museum, only handbags or small thin bag packs are allowed through security. Due to increased security measures at many attractions some lines may form on tours with 'Skip the Line' or 'No Wait' access. Some specific rooms inside the museum are subjected to a very quiet or restricted right to speak inside, in this cases your guide will provide the information about this places before entering the specific rooms where this rule applies. Some collections may vary along the year.
Traveler reviews
The only way to see the Met!
Really the only way to see the highlights of the extensive collections at the Met if you're short on time! Jeff D was an amazing guide and we were the only ones on the tour that day, so it was a private tour - an amazing value! Jeff is obviously a pro and we were so lucky in that the most popular exhibits (self portrait of Van Gogh, for example) were not crowded. Additionally, he led us to one of the earliest works of Michelangelo which was lost to history and then discovered in a garden. He was quite engaging with our 15 year old niece, who remarked that she missed him when the tour was over and we were looking at some collections afterwards, without the context he provided for the works. Would highly recommend this tour and Jeff D!
New York Metropolitan
MARK IS OUTSTANDING . Energetic, positive, enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and a great smile. Great communication skills. The best!
EXCELLENT
Charlie is da Bomb! THE BEST travel guide ever! Make sure you request him. You will be so pleased!
Great Met visit
The highlights of the Met was a great quick intro to the most important pieces in the MET. You can definitely spend 3-4 weeks trying to see everything, but this was a great experience for my 16 year old kids to give them a “taste”. Rob was a phenomenal guide and was able to compress thousands of years of history and hundred of years of paintings/ art in just 2.5 hours. I highly recommend this tour and Rob as a guide.
Robin was an excellent...
Robin was an excellent guide. She shared her vast knowledge of the museum’s exhibits and artifacts in an enthusiastic way that our teen really enjoyed. We were in a small group and were able to see all of the museum’s highlights while learning about how the collections were assembled and the history behind them in addition to learning how to appreciate how each successive period in art history of the exhibits we viewed contributed to the one that followed. Our family was most interested in the Impressionism period and we learned additional details of the artists, their techniques, and their interactions with each other that we found very informative. We highly recommend the tour and our guide, Robin.