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The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Skip The Line Ticket + Highlights Tour

Build personal connections to must-see masterpieces

Duration: 2h
Wheelchair accessible
Live guide: English
Provider: ExperienceFirst
Registered address: 15 Broad St #2020, 10005, New York, US
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2-hour highlights tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Skip the line entry
Live guide
Guide gratuities (optional)

Visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a truly special experience. However, navigating through one of the largest and most comprehensive art museums in the world, housing over 2 million works of art spanning 5,000 years of human history, can be daunting.

With this ticket, knowledgeable and enthusiastic guides will share their passion for art and culture to highlight personal connections to famous works.

From ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman art to the European masters and through to contemporary impressionists and more, you’ll gain a greater understanding of how art has shaped the world throughout history.

Whether you’re visiting the Met for the first time or have a museum membership, this tour’s engaging narratives around the historical context, emotions, and themes behind the art are sure to stimulate your curiosity.

  • Show your smartphone ticket at the meeting point, inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art, after the security check
  • Your guide will be waiting by the Mayan monument on the left-hand side of the Great Hall

Itinerary

  • The Great Hall - Greets more than 5 million visitors a year
  • Egyptian Galleries - Famous for the Temple of Dendur, an Egyptian monument dedicated to saints and gods, dating to 10 B.C.
  • The American Wing - Featuring American arts like “Washington Crossing the Delaware” and “Madame X”
  • European Paintings and Sculpture - Masterpieces by Vermeer, Rembrandt, Monet, Van Gogh, and Degas
  • Modern and Contemporary Art - Works ranging from Picasso to Pollock
  • Greek and Roman Art - With the Cubiculum Nocturnum, a reconstructed bedroom from a Roman villa buried in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)
1000,5th Avenue, 10028, New York
  • Cancellation is possible until 24 hours before your visit.
  • Rescheduling is possible until 24 hours before your visit.

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