The Met Audio Guide offers more than seventy-five hours of insightful audio commentary, developed by curators and educators, about works of art in the Museum's permanent collection and select special exhibitions. New material—including programs in multiple languages—is added on a continual basis. All Audio Guide commentaries, as well as Met Podcast episodes, are available in one player for a single, daily rental fee. Listen to a sample. Audio Guides are easy to use. Simply follow these three steps: Rent an Audio Guide player at one of several locations in the Museum, including the Audio Guide desk in the Great Hall, any admissions desk, the entrances to special exhibitions, and various gift shops. When you see a label with the Audio Guide symbol, enter the appropriate number on the player's keypad and press "Play." You may listen to commentary at your own pace and in any order you choose. When you have finished, return the audio player to the Audio Guide desk in the Great Hall. You may use it for the entire length of your visit, or return it and retrieve it again later on the same day (with a receipt), free of charge.

• $7.00 for the general public
• $6.00 for Museum Members
• $6.00 for groups of 14 or fewer
• $5.00 for children under 12
• $4.00 for groups of 15 or more

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Audio Guides are free for visitors who are blind, partially sighted, or hard of hearing and for New York City high school students with valid I.D. Rental includes same-day use in the Main Building and at The Cloisters (with receipt). Frequent User cards are available for return visitors; rent four Audio Guides and the fifth rental is free. Discounted rates are available to prebooked groups. For adult and college groups, call 212-570-3711; for elementary and high school groups, call 212-288-7733.

The Met Audio Guide is free to visitors who are blind, partially sighted, or hard of hearing. Audio guide players have volume controls. Induction loops are available upon request. Regular and large-print audio tour scripts to accompany the audio guide player are also available upon request.

A limited number of FM assistive listening devices with headsets and/or neck loops are available upon request for Museum tours and programs. They are also available in the Uris Center for Education for all weekend family programs.

Visitors who are blind or partially sighted may also take an Audio Guide touch tour in the Museum's Egyptian galleries called In Touch with Ancient Egypt. Audio messages provide information about the sculptures, as well as directions between works of art on the tour. The tour is accompanied by tactile drawings available from the Audio Guide desk in the Great Hall.

The following samples represent only a fraction of the currently available Audio Guide programs, which are updated regularly and include commentary on works of art from nearly every gallery in the Museum.

Narrated by Museum Director Philippe de Montebello, this program is available in seven languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese (in a different voice), Mandarin (in a different voice), and Korean (in a different voice).

Listen to a sample from the Director's Selections program.

Read a sample transcript from the Director's Selections program.

Ideal for children six through twelve years of age and their families, this specially designed program includes ten easy-to-follow, one-hour visits.

Listen to a sample from the Family Audio Guide program.

Read a sample transcript from the Family Audio Guide program.

This program offers a musical experience to accompany the works of art in the nineteenth-century European painting and sculpture galleries.

Listen to a sample from the Art and Music Selections program.

Read a sample transcript from the Art and Music Selections program.

Morrison Heckscher, Lawrence A. Fleischman Chairman of the American Wing, presents the history of the building, including interviews with Kevin Roche of Roche Dinkeloo & Associates, and Peter White, grandson of architect Stanford White. Available in English, French, Spanish, and Japanese.

Listen to a sample from the Architecture of the Met program.

Read a sample transcript from the Architecture of the Met program.