Chelsea Architecture Tour: Explore Art with Award-Winning Guide
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8 Ratings
New York
Join an award-winning guide on a captivating architecture tour of Manhattan's west side. Explore contemporary buildings by renowned architects and discover Chelsea's rich history through art.
Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Whitney Museum of American Art - On this two-hour tour, we’ll explore the Meatpacking and Chelsea districts, taking in the modern architecture by world-renowned ‘starchitects’ like Frank Gehry, Jean Nouvel, Zaha Hadid, among others.
What's Included
  • Local tour guide
  • All taxes and fees
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

From the massive Hudson Yards complex to the famed Whitney Museum, the west side of Manhattan has become New York City’s prime location for fresh architecture and art. Explore modern structures by globally recognized ‘starchitects’, and delve into Chelsea’s continuous historical transformation under the guidance of an acclaimed guide, who is also a critic and teacher with 15 years of experience in leading tours in this region.

The expert guide’s art excursions have been recognized in publications like The New York Times, Conde Nast Traveler magazine, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Tennis Channel, The Mandarin Oriental, and Philadelphia Magazine. She will assemble a travel plan designed to direct you to the buzziest architecture and current art exhibits.

  • Tours take place rain or shine and are almost entirely outside.
  • Your tour guide is licensed by New York City’s Department of Consumer Affairs as a tour guide and is a member of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA USA)
Location
Lower Manhattan
Departure Point: Our meeting location will be near the start of the High Line at Gansevoort and Washington Streets. (exact location will be confirmed one week prior to tour via email) Dates: Regularly scheduled group tours operate during gallery opening hours, 5-6 times per month.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Backpacker223417
Sep 24, 2023
Awesome tour at the Met - Merrily customized the tour per our request. She was extremely knowledgeable and answered all our questions. One of the highlights of our weekend. I hope to schedule other tours in the future.
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Albina_t
Aug 12, 2023
An interesting architectural tour for everyone. - The tour was very interesting and informative, including all the buildings and parks on our way as well as the story of The Meatpacking District, The High Line and Lower Manhattan. Merrily was an excellent an comfortable guide that answered all our questions in a very professional way.
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Demandingdivatexas
Jun 2, 2023
Wonderful new experience. - Wonderful tour of Chelsea Art Galleries. Would never have known of these wonderful exhibits without Merrily! Well paced and informative.
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Lisimone
Sep 20, 2022
Rewarding and enriching - I went on the Chelsea art tour with Merrily. It was so fabulous I then went on her Architecture tour. Merrily has a wealth of experience and enthusiasm. I will definitely go on her art tour next time I visit NY!
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Dream24746048792
May 12, 2022
Smashing tour of the Met - Merrily was marvelous! 100% responsive to our requests re: what we wanted to see. Very friendly and flexible, and tuned into what was resonating with us and she was happy to move on when it wasn’t. She was obviously immersed in the art world, but never was there any sense of condescension. After just one tour we already think of her as our “go to” for NYC art.
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819judit
Oct 20, 2019
Architectural Tour of Lower Manhattan is outstanding! - We took a private tour with Merrily Kerr yesterday and can't sing her praises enough! The 2 hours flew by as she held our attention with her depth of knowledge, interesting history behind the buildings, use of her iPad to illustrate key points, all in a light-hearted manner. Merrily is a college professor of Art Appreciation. The tour does exactly that!
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Monquiqui
Sep 3, 2019
outstanding Downtown Manhattan architectural tour. - Friendly, engaging and well informed. A great way to familiarize oneself with lower Manhattan wether visiting or a local.
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Cllow
Oct 21, 2018
Interesting and worthwhile architecture tour of the Highline - I like to look at buildings and a good way see a city's architecture is to take a tour with a knowledgable guide. For my NYC trip, I took Merrily's tour and enjoyed it a lot. She knows her stuff and can talk about the cultural, political and economic considerations that come into play when a site is being developed as well as the big personalities and philosophies of the architects. She does this in an amiable and companionable way, devoid of pedantry. I highly recommend her.
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