NYC: Personalized Metropolitan Museum of Art Tour
3.3
13 Ratings
New York
Experience the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC like never before with a personalized small group tour. Get 1:1 interaction with your guide and explore popular galleries. Choose the private option for a fully personalized experience!
Duration:
1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Your 90-minute tour is limited to only 5 people per group! Your guide will showcase the Great Halls and famous Galleries.
- Museum Mile - The Metropolitan Museum of Art is located on the famous Museum Mile on 5th Ave
What's Included
- 30-minute museum overview & self-guided exploration
- 90-minute comprehensive guided tour with a cultured guide
Additional Information
Experience the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in a unique way with this boutique tour designed for a maximum of 5 participants! Enjoy a personal touch and one to one communication with your knowledgeable guide.
Your exploration starts with the majestic Grand Halls and continues to the most visited exhibits. Discover the Chicago Stock Exchange located at the American Wing that showcases the painting of Washington traversing the Delaware River. Experience the Medieval European Galley where you’ll encounter the armor of Henry VIII. Understand the distinctions between the American Galleries and their European equivalents.
Should there be a particular area in the museum that you are eager to see, inform your guide and they will do their utmost to incorporate it. After the conclusion of your 90-minute comprehensive tour, you’re invited to stay and explore the MET at your own pace.
You can also select the private tour option if you’d prefer a fully customizable experience!
Location
5 Av/W 81 St
Meet your tour guide at 81st street entrance on 5th Ave
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
3.3
(13 Ratings)
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Eugeniaj_u
Dec 20, 2023
A wonderful afternoon at the Met! - Our guide, Alex, was so helpful in helping us learn how to visit a museum like the Met and not get overwhelmed. His enthusiasm for art came through so clearly along with his knowledge. We will make future visits to the Met!
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Janice_s
Sep 28, 2023
A perfect guide. - Our guide, Alex, was wonderful. Informative, interesting and enjoyable. He was totally knowledgeable about the facility and the art and it's history.
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Globetrotting753744
Sep 25, 2023
Great tour - Samir Matar was a fantastic guide who helped me navigate the huge museum and see all the highlights
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Shari_b
Oct 12, 2022
My guide Jakob was... - My guide Jakob was amazing and so knowledgeable. He made my first time at the Met a great experience
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Helen
Sep 21, 2022
Informative tour by expert guide - Small group guided Metropolitan Museum of Art Skip-the-Line Guided Tour - Semi-Private tour with Babylon Tours. Fantastic. Our guide Kathryn was incredibly well informed and so willingly informative. Kathryn provided easy to understand information. We saw so much in 2.5 hrs and learnt so much. We had a small group of 6. The MET is SO big a guide is recommended especially if time is limited.
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Christina_g
Aug 22, 2022
Informed visit to Met - Chris was very knowledgeable! He shared many details about the exhibits that we would have missed on our own. I just wish we would have started on time so we had more time to explore on our own.
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J_w
Dec 27, 2023
Wandering around overwhelmed - It was interesting, we did a self tour. We were supposed to meet our guide at the 81st and fifth Avenue entrance. We went there and got sucked into the line going into the building. Which was fine but once inside we had no clue what to do and we went to the tour guide meeting area and they had no clue, the nice guy took his upstairs to the upstairs tour meeting area and told us to wait by the pharaoh. He said in case your tour guide checks in up here. He assured us if you checked in downstairs, he would send him up. The meet up time is noon, we were there about seventeen minutes to noon. And waited until almost 20 after. Thankfully the nice gal that worked at the met helped us to get tickets even though she had no record of the tour. So we missed our orientation but the nice young lady from The Met saved the day. Huge place, probably need 2 + visits to take it all in.
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Adam_l
Sep 19, 2022
Sub Par and expensive - Sam our guide was friendly but did not speak loud enough and didn’t really provide any profound insights into much of the exhibits to add much value.
I would have rather went ahead with a self guided tour as the museum entry is free and saved myself the cost of the tour guide and out that money towards dinner.
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John_t
Jan 28, 2023
Rip off - Not guided. Only times. Twice price of standard ticket. No lines to skip. Nothing special. Misleading. Would not recommend. Can walk up and purchase ticket yourselves for fraction of cost.
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Elizabeth_g
Aug 29, 2022
Disappointed - Unfortunately we had an awful experience with a guide visible intoxicated and in no conditions to explain anything.
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