Met Museum Tour: Explore Global Civilizations
4.9
33 Ratings
New York
Embark on a guided tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and immerse yourself in 5,000 years of global civilization. Explore the dawn of civilization, American history, Modernist movement, Pompeii ruins, fashion, and the tale of New York City.
Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Explore exhibits of the Ancient Near East in the context of Biblical stories.
What's Included
    • Entrance Fees
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Navigating through the abundant history of over 5,000 years of global civilization in one of the world’s leading museums is a must-have guided tour! This journey explores the inception of civilization, the historical narrative of America, Paris’s Modernist movement, the remnants of Pompey, Arms and Armor as a fusion of military use and high fashion, and paramountly, the tale of New York City.

Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Avenue
We will meet at the information booth in the main entrance.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Joannawu7948qx
Mar 28, 2024
Fantastic Experience!!! - Jonathan was an outstanding tour guide! He gave us so many insights not just about the collections, but about the origins of the museum and a number of its benefactors. We learned so much. I highly recommend this tour!!
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242lynneb
Mar 12, 2024
Tour with an archaeologist - Jonathan was extremely knowledgeable and loved history and art, which made the tour even more fun. Great experience. Highly recommend if visiting for the first time or tenth time.
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Monica_f
Mar 4, 2024
Fantastic!! My favorite thing in New York so far! - Best idea ever to book this tour! Our guide Robin was so amazing!! Loved learning so much!! Will book again when we come back!!
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Svitsas
Dec 10, 2023
Fantastic overview of all The Met has to offer - Our guide Katherine was very informative and gave my son (17) and I insights into the art as well as the evolution of the museum itself. You couldn’t see all the Met has to offer in 3 days, let alone 3 hrs, but Katherine gave us a great overview.
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Justin_b
Nov 27, 2023
Highly Recommended Private Tour - Appreciate the communication and the amazing experience provided for our group of 11. Thanks for the experience.
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Carter7015
Oct 15, 2023
A stellar introduction to the Met Museum - Viewing and appreciating in full the Met Museum's collection is the work of a lifetime. But, we enjoyed and benefitted immensely from the introduction provided by the Highlights tour. Our guide, Katherine's, extensive knowledge of the art we were seeing and the museum's history provided helpful perspective on the scope of the collection's. With that, she skillfully managed available time to allow focused attention on elements of the collection that were of particular interest to us. We highly recommend this tour and especially this guide
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B4459wedianes
Oct 4, 2023
Great Met tour - Bob our guide was very knowledgeable on not only The Met Museum but the general history of New York. His knowledge was very impressive. He took time to answer all of our questions and was pleasant to talk to. We didn't feel rushed at all .
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Safari722429
Aug 7, 2023
Great tour - he chooses the best of the Met! - Our guide Jonathan was awesome! Knowledgeable but easy to understand. He kept the tour on a perfect pace.
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Mairam
Jul 28, 2023
This was a wonderful tour! Thank you, Jonathan, for helping us navigate through the amazing variety of artifacts at the Met! We - This was a wonderful tour! Thank you, Jonathan, for helping us navigate through the amazing variety of artifacts at the Met! We had a great time!
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J_a
Apr 28, 2024
Amazing Museum, Mediocre Experience - Amazing museum, mediocre experience. We've recently been to the Louvre and the British Museum, the former with a guided tour. We've done many guided tours in the past. The hope is to get a guide that is very passionate about the museum, which we certainly got. Unfortunately, he didn't seem to know much or care to tell as much about the actual pieces in the museum. We got a lot of personal anecdotes and a few stories about how the Museum obtained certain pieces. Nothing specifically about the pieces themselves. The couple that was with us asked a few questions about certain pieces, for which he had no answer (despite reportedly working for the museum for the past 40+ years). For instance, he didn't point out or tell a story about a single painting. We paid for a 2-hour tour but he was ready to be done with us at 1 hour in and kept asking if we wanted to see anything else. We said we wanted to see the Renaissance area, he brought us up there and left us unceremoniously at an hour and 30 minutes in. The sad part is, we were ready for him to go. Extremely nice guy, amazing museum, not a great guide.
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