The "Leonardo da Vinci, Master Draftsman" Audio Guide is narrated by Museum director Philippe de Montebello and includes extensive commentary by Carmen Bambach, curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints, and curator of the exhibition. The tour also includes a rich variety of perspectives—with commentaries by George Goldner, Drue Heinz Chairman of the Department of Drawings and Prints; Marjorie Shelley, Sherman Fairchild Conservator in Charge of the Sherman Fairchild Center for Works on Paper and Photograph Conservation; and George Bisacca, conservator in the Department of Paintings Conservation, all of the Metropolitan Museum. Additional insights are provided by Leonardo da Vinci scholar Martin Kemp, professor of the History of Art at the University of Oxford, England.
Visitors can hear the music of the lyra da braccio, the instrument Leonardo taught himself to play and performed with at the court of one of his patrons, Ludovico Sforza. A lively Family Audio Guide also accompanies this exhibition. It is designed in conjunction with the student guide.
The Audio Guide is available free of charge to New York City High School students thanks to a grant from the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation.
Visitors may also enjoy Audio Guide programming in the Museum's permanent collection galleries. This programming is updated regularly. See Events & Programs for further information.
Audio Guides are available in the Great Hall or at the entrance to selected special exhibitions for a $6.00 rental fee ($5.00 for Museum Members, and $4.00 for children under twelve).
Audio Guides are produced by Antenna Audio, the leading provider of audio programming for museums and historic sites around the world. The Audio Guide Program is sponsored by Bloomberg.
To sample a selection of audio clips from the exhibition galleries, select an image below then press the "Play" arrow.
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Carmen Bambach on Leonardo's Studies for a Bear Walking; Faint Underdrawing of an Unrelated Design of a Pregnant Woman's Body
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Martin Kemp on Leonardo's Studies of a Human Skull
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George Goldner on Leonardo's Studies for the Heads of Two Soldiers in the "Battle of Anghiari"
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Carmen Bambach and Philippe de Montebello on Leonardo's Head of the Virgin in Three-Quarter View Facing to the Right
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Martin Kemp on Leonardo's Sketches for the Virgin and Child with Saint Anne; Wheels; a Weir, Dam, or Bridge
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Philippe de Montebello and Carmen Bambach on Leonardo's Head of a Bald Man in Profile Facing to the Right
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