Description
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is huge, and this Met Museum guided tour gives you a route through it. Your guide waits at the entrance, you bypass the ticket line and spend about two hours with an English-speaking expert who picks the key works and tells you what makes them matter.
After a short introduction, the walk opens in the Great Hall and carries on into the Egyptian Wing, home to the Temple of Dendur. In the American Wing, Washington Crossing the Delaware and the landscapes of early American art set up the contrast with the European galleries, where Velazquez, Rembrandt and Van Gogh are on the list. The tour ends in modern art, with Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol and Pablo Picasso.
- English-speaking expert guide
- Skip-the-line access to the museum
- Access to the roof garden, in the seasons when it is open
When the roof garden is open, the visit finishes with a view over Central Park and the Manhattan skyline. Expect a fair amount of walking, so wear comfortable shoes; the tour is not suited to wheelchair users or visitors with limited mobility. Food and drinks are not included.