Met Express: Highlights of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
2 hours
Max 16
Why take this tour?
Highlights
- Enjoy a carefully curated route through NYC's incomparable Metropolitan Museum of Art that will ensure you don't miss any of the highlights.
- Marvel at treasures from Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome, along with iconic works like Monet's Water Lilies, Picasso's Blue Period paintings, and more.
- Get a quick (but thorough) snapshot of one of America's greatest collections of art, even if you're short on time.
- Explore in the company of an art expert guide who will reveal the hidden stories behind the masterpieces.
- Sites Visited
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)
- Ancient Egyptian Galleries
- Temple of Dendur
- Tomb of Perneb
- Greek and Roman Galleries
- Auguste Rodin (Sculptures)
- Vincent van Gogh (Paintings)
- Picasso and Degas (Paintings)
- Claude Monet (Water Lilies)
- John Singer Sargent (Madame X)
- Tour Includes
- Skip-the-line ticket to Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Local English-speaking guide
Experience the greatest highlights of the Met Museum on an expertly curated, two-hour tour.
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Great tour of a great museum with a great tour guide!
Verified · Joe · USA · Male · Feb 11, 2025 Great
We appreciated a Walks coordinator being present at the start to connect us with our tour guide (Stephan) and provide our tickets. The small size of our group was a plus. Stephan was professional and personable, and displayed considerable knowledge of the Metropolitan Art Museum’s history. He offered a constant stream of comments and factual details related to the exhibits we stopped at or passed by on our Highlights Tour. He also paused frequently to ask for questions and answered all of them. I believe Stephan would be an incredible one on one private guide through the museum. For the two-hour highlights tour, I offer two suggestions for Stephan: (1) Speak towards your group, not towards the object you are describing. Your voice faded or disappeared in the busy galleries when you spoke while facing away. (2) My wife and I dropped out near the end because you were moving faster and faster - perhaps in an attempt to finish the highlights in the allotted time. Consider adjusting your route or passing by some of the lesser highlights. Nevertheless, Stephan and this tour were very, very good.
Verified · Michael · USA · Male · Oct 27, 2024 Excellent
Katie was a wonderful tour guide. Knowledgable, professional loving her job. It is unfortunate my friend Mary and I didn’t know the real name of your company.
Verified · Mary · USA · Female · Aug 17, 2024 Excellent
Katie was fabulous. We took a 2hr walking tour at the Met!
Verified · Mary · USA · Female · Aug 17, 2024 Excellent
I was delighted to find this tour, in order to reacquaint myself with the Met after several decades. Our guide, Ryan, was thoughtful, highly knowledgeable and had a great sense of humor. He gave us plenty of opportunities to request information about items/issues not part of the planned tour, and offered his services as a photographer ad lib.
Verified · Andy · USA · Female · Aug 02, 2024FAQs
Can I take photos in the Metropolitan Museum of Art?
Non-flash photography is allowed. However, flash photography and video cameras cannot be used inside the Museum. Selfie sticks are also prohibited.
Is the rooftop garden visitable all year?
Unfortunately not. The rooftop garden is only open from May through October, weather permitting. On other months your Met tour will include extra artworks instead, spending more time inside the Museum.
I use a wheelchair; can I take this tour?
Yes! The Met is fully wheelchair accessible. However, if you cannot climb the stairs of the central entrance to reach the meeting point, there is a ground level entrance one block south, near the intersection of 81st street and 5th avenue. Tell the desk you need to use the elevator to meet a group in the main lobby (at pharaoh statue), which will then secure your entrance ticket. They will provide you with a temporary pass and help direct you upstairs.
Am I guaranteed to see all of the rooms and artworks listed?
All of the pieces listed in the tour description are viewable the vast majority of the time. However, the Met, like nearly all great museums, occasionally allows certain works to travel in temporary exhibitions or be lent to other institutions. The Met also allows private parties to book out certain rooms for events (most commonly the Temple of Dendur), rendering them inaccessible for the duration of the event. If one of the listed pieces is unable to be viewed, the guide, at their discretion, will substitute another piece of important value.
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