Community and Workplace Programs

Considering a lunchtime program for your employees? Or an art appreciation class for your community group? Want to incorporate art into your adult basic education class? Let The Metropolitan Museum of Art create an exciting program for your adult group!

Designed for adults of all ages, Community and Workplace Programs bring audiences from throughout New York City to the Museum for lively discussions about art. Presentations are made by Museum lecturers and Museum-trained volunteers in the Museum's new Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education and in the permanent galleries.

Activities include slide-illustrated talks that place the art in a cultural and/or historical context and discussions in the galleries where groups engage directly with selected works of art. Programs are limited to groups of up to thirty-five people at the Museum. Programs may be requested as single events or as a series and are always designed with a specific audience in mind. Each slide-illustrated talk and tour lasts approximately one hour; plan on a minimum of two hours for your event at the Museum. Arrangements may be made for follow-up tours at The Cloisters for groups of up to thirty people.

On a case-by-case basis, groups unable to visit the Museum may request that Community and Workplace Programs take place in their local libraries, colleges, community centers, and workplaces.

Topics

For more information about the thematically organized topics listed below, please call 212-396-5170.

Museum Masterpieces

A Walk through the Met

Take a journey around the world and experience the Museum's collection of master paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts from ancient times to the present.

Powerful People

Meet some of the illustrious people—from ancient kings to modern poets—whose portraits live in the Museum.

Around the World: Places Far and Near

The Art of Africa

Explore powerful, spiritual, and communal works of art from the many regions of sub-Saharan Africa.

Eternal Egypt

Behold the ancient splendor, wealth, and power of the pharaohs.

France and the Birth of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism

Reflect on color, light, and brushstrokes in paintings by Monet, Renoir, and their circle in late nineteenth-century France, as well as those by the avant-garde Gauguin and Van Gogh.

Great American Art

Grasp the richness of the land, the diversity of the people, and the changing way of life, as the United States of America becomes a major force in international art.

Greek and Roman Art

Unearth the art of these ancient cultures and discover their relevance to the modern world.

New York City in Art

Delight in the artists' fascination with the people, places and things that are the essence of New York.

Treasures of Asia from the Taj Mahal to Mount Fuji

Learn about the artistic traditions of China, Korea, India, and Japan and discern their differences.

Multiple Perspectives: Art, Culture, and Heritage

Art by African-American Artists

Celebrate the notable achievements of artists from before the Civil War through the Harlem Renaissance to Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, and Faith Ringgold, who transform everyday experiences into works of compelling visual power.

Islamic Art

Take in the breadth, beauty, and mastery of Islamic art with works that range from the purely abstract to the naturalistic.

Modern Artists

Discover the innovative, the avant-garde, and the abstract with works by Matisse, Picasso, Pollock, Rosenquist, as well as other artists who defined the twentieth century.

Through the Photographer's Lens

Survey the development of photography from its invention to the present and explore the aesthetic influences that painting and photography share.

Women Artists at the Met

Trace the history of art from the female perspective with paintings and sculptures by women artists from the Renaissance through the modern era.

The Art of Dress

Suit up: Dressed to Impress

Step back to a time when knights wore shining armor and waged war with meticulously fashioned weapons regarded as works of art in their own right.

You Are What You Wear!

Consider fashion throughout the ages; what do clothes reveal to us about their wearers?

Fees

The $500 program fee includes a one-hour lecture and a guided tour for up to thirty-five people at the Museum (up to thirty people at The Cloisters), or family passes for free one-time admission to the Museum and The Cloisters Museum and Gardens. Actual costs may vary depending on the nature of the program requested. Fees are reduced for New York City senior citizen and community groups; programs are free for adult basic learning centers and programs affiliated with the New York City Board of Education, the New York State Department of Education, and the City University of New York.

All applicable fees must be paid in advance. No refunds will be given for cancellations received less than two weeks in advance of the scheduled program date.

Scheduling

We are accepting a limited number of requests for Community and Workplace Programs. Before requesting an event at the Museum or at your New York City location, please select a topic from the list above. Contact the Museum at least four weeks before your preferred program date. You may call 212-396-5170, Monday through Friday, between 9:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., to make a program request. Note that this is a request only. We will contact you within two weeks to finalize the arrangements only if we can accommodate your request. You will also receive a confirmation letter and invoice prior to the program date.

Please have the following information ready when you call to make a request:

Contact name
Name of organization/business/college/university
Mailing address/email address
Daytime phone number/fax number
Preferred dates
Topics
Size and nature of audience
Foreign language requests
Accommodation requests for visitors with disabilities.

These programs are made possible in part by the Ann Eden Woodward Foundation.

Note

Community and Workplace Programs are organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and are subject to availability. Lecture topics and fees are subject to change. Guided tours are not permitted in all galleries.

Plan Your Visit

Museum Hours
Monday: Closed (Except Met Holiday Mondays)
Tuesday–Thursday: 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Friday and Saturday: 9:30 a.m.–9:00 p.m.
Sunday: 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

See Plan Your Visit for more information, including directions.

Stay Informed

The Education e-newsletter lets you know about upcoming programs, classes, and other events offered at the Museum.