Free Tours

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

Tours subject to change; please check onsite.

See our visitor guidelines.

Focus on paintings in The Met collection in a cross-cultural tour spanning thousands of years. 

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Discover connections among works of art inspired by religious beliefs across time and cultures.

 Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Explore the sights, sounds, and scents of The Met Cloisters gardens. Learn how medieval plants and gardens served medicinal, artistic, and even magical purposes while enjoying the unparalleled setting of The Met Cloisters. Free with Museum admission. Space is limited; first come, first served. Meet in the Main Hall. Garden Tours are offered daily from April 13 through October 14.

Assistive listening devices with headsets or neck loops are available from the Admissions Desk in the Main Hall. We encourage you to bring your own headphones. For other access accommodations, contact access@metmuseum.org or 212-650-2010.

See our visitor guidelines.

Discover Byzantine and Medieval art of the Mediterranean world and Europe from the fourth to the early sixteenth centuries, including sacred and secular works in a variety of media, such as stained glass, sculpture, and tapestries.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Experience musical instruments from six continents and the Pacific Islands dating from 300 BCE to the present, focusing on their technical, social, and artistic significance.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Discover the artistic and technical skills of the armorer, swordsmith, and gunmaker from ancient civilizations to the twentieth century.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

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Focus on sculpture in The Met collection in a cross-cultural tour spanning thousands of years.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Explore American art from the mid-seventeenth to the mid-twentieth centuries, including landscapes, portraits, and historical subjects.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Discover art made for and by Europeans from the late fifteenth through the early twentieth centuries.  Works range from domestic to devotional, functional to decorative, and scientific to whimsical in a variety of media.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Museum Highlights in Spanish

Visita Guiada Obras Maestras. Descubra obras de arte en la diversa colección del museo que abarca más de 5,000 años de arte y cultura. Las visitas guiadas parten del Patio de Vélez Blanco, Galería 534. El espacio es limitado: se distribuyen los cupos de acuerdo al orden de llegada.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

See our visitor guidelines.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Trace the origins of Impressionism in the 1860s through its impact on artists working in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with a focus on landscapes and scenes of modern life.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Discover clothing represented throughout The Met collection in a variety of media spanning more than five thousand years of world culture. 

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Experience seven hundred years of western European art, from the fourteenth to the twentieth centuries, in a setting evocative of the home of the Lehman family, who assembled this collection. 

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Experience five thousand years of Chinese art from ancient ceramics and bronzes to the thousand-year-old tradition of calligraphy and painting to sculpture and decorative arts. Immerse yourself in a seventeenth-century-style Ming garden court created especially for the Museum.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Discover works produced within “the cradle of humankind” that highlight artistic innovation and the role of trade, encompassing more than a thousand years and two hundred distinct cultures.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

See our visitor guidelines.

Drop in on informal conversations with Museum guides in selected collections across the Museum and discover thematic connections in works of art from different cultures, time periods, and places. 

 See our visitor guidelines.

Learn how people lived in America from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries as you explore historic interiors and decorative arts.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Experience art from the ancient Greek and Roman world from the fifth millennium BCE to the fourth century CE, including sculpture, wall paintings, and ceramics.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Explore European paintings from 1300 to 1800, including religious works, portraiture, landscape, and scenes of everyday life in dialogue across time and cultures.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Museum Highlights in Spanish

Visita Guiada Obras Maestras. Descubra obras de arte en la diversa colección del museo que abarca más de 5,000 años de arte y cultura. Las visitas guiadas parten del Patio de Vélez Blanco, Galería 534. El espacio es limitado: se distribuyen los cupos de acuerdo al orden de llegada.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

See our visitor guidelines.

Spend an hour in deep exploration of one area of The Met collection. 

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

See our visitor guidelines.

Travel through ancient Egyptian history with a focus on art made for temples, tombs, and daily life, including the Temple of Dendur.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Explore the artistic traditions of the Islamic world from Spain and Morocco in the west to Central Asia and Indonesia in the east, including sacred and secular works in a variety of media such as calligraphy, textiles, and architectural elements.

.Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Discover art made from 1890 to the present, including painting and sculpture, that represents modernist movements and contemporary practices from across the globe. 

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Spend a half hour connecting with Landscapes across the Museum's collection.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

Tours subject to change; please check onsite.

See our visitor guidelines.

Focus on paintings in The Met collection in a cross-cultural tour spanning thousands of years. 

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Discover connections among works of art inspired by religious beliefs across time and cultures.

 Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Explore the sights, sounds, and scents of The Met Cloisters gardens. Learn how medieval plants and gardens served medicinal, artistic, and even magical purposes while enjoying the unparalleled setting of The Met Cloisters. Free with Museum admission. Space is limited; first come, first served. Meet in the Main Hall. Garden Tours are offered daily from April 13 through October 14.

Assistive listening devices with headsets or neck loops are available from the Admissions Desk in the Main Hall. We encourage you to bring your own headphones. For other access accommodations, contact access@metmuseum.org or 212-650-2010.

See our visitor guidelines.

Discover Byzantine and Medieval art of the Mediterranean world and Europe from the fourth to the early sixteenth centuries, including sacred and secular works in a variety of media, such as stained glass, sculpture, and tapestries.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Explore secular and sacred works of art from a region that represents a quarter of the world’s population and three major religions: Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Museum Highlights in Japanese

日本語ハイライトツアー

ツアーは入場料に含まれます。

五千年以上にわたる世界の美術品と文化を誇る当館の多彩なコレクションをご紹介します。
ツアーはギャラリ−５３４（Vélez Blanco Patio）から出発。人数制限あり。先着順。

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

See our visitor guidelines.

Experience musical instruments from six continents and the Pacific Islands dating from 300 BCE to the present, focusing on their technical, social, and artistic significance.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Discover more than five thousand years of art created by people of the first cities, kingdoms, and empires in present day Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Syria, the Eastern Mediterranean coast, Yemen, and Central Asia, ranging from everyday pottery to art created for royalty.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Focus on sculpture in The Met collection in a cross-cultural tour spanning thousands of years.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Explore American art from the mid-seventeenth to the mid-twentieth centuries, including landscapes, portraits, and historical subjects.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Discover art made for and by Europeans from the late fifteenth through the early twentieth centuries.  Works range from domestic to devotional, functional to decorative, and scientific to whimsical in a variety of media.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Museum Highlights in Spanish

Visita Guiada Obras Maestras. Descubra obras de arte en la diversa colección del museo que abarca más de 5,000 años de arte y cultura. Las visitas guiadas parten del Patio de Vélez Blanco, Galería 534. El espacio es limitado: se distribuyen los cupos de acuerdo al orden de llegada.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

See our visitor guidelines.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Trace the origins of Impressionism in the 1860s through its impact on artists working in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with a focus on landscapes and scenes of modern life.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Discover clothing represented throughout The Met collection in a variety of media spanning more than five thousand years of world culture. 

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Experience seven hundred years of western European art, from the fourteenth to the twentieth centuries, in a setting evocative of the home of the Lehman family, who assembled this collection. 

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Experience five thousand years of Chinese art from ancient ceramics and bronzes to the thousand-year-old tradition of calligraphy and painting to sculpture and decorative arts. Immerse yourself in a seventeenth-century-style Ming garden court created especially for the Museum.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Museum Highlights in Italian

Visita Guidata dei Capolavori in Italian. Gratuita con l’acquisto del biglietto d’ingresso. Scoprite le opere d’arte attraverso le collezioni del museo che coprono piu’ di 5000 anni di storia e di culture diverse. Il punto di partenza delle visite e’ all’interno del  Patio Velez Blanco, galleria 534. I posti sono limitati, i visitatori verranno inclusi in ordine di arrivo.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

See our visitor guidelines.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

See our visitor guidelines.

Learn how people lived in America from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries as you explore historic interiors and decorative arts.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Experience art from the ancient Greek and Roman world from the fifth millennium BCE to the fourth century CE, including sculpture, wall paintings, and ceramics.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Explore European paintings from 1300 to 1800, including religious works, portraiture, landscape, and scenes of everyday life in dialogue across time and cultures.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

See our visitor guidelines.

Travel through ancient Egyptian history with a focus on art made for temples, tombs, and daily life, including the Temple of Dendur.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Explore the artistic traditions of the Islamic world from Spain and Morocco in the west to Central Asia and Indonesia in the east, including sacred and secular works in a variety of media such as calligraphy, textiles, and architectural elements.

.Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Discover art made from 1890 to the present, including painting and sculpture, that represents modernist movements and contemporary practices from across the globe. 

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Spend a half hour connecting with Landscapes across the Museum's collection.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

Tours subject to change; please check onsite.

See our visitor guidelines.

Explore the sights, sounds, and scents of The Met Cloisters gardens. Learn how medieval plants and gardens served medicinal, artistic, and even magical purposes while enjoying the unparalleled setting of The Met Cloisters. Free with Museum admission. Space is limited; first come, first served. Meet in the Main Hall. Garden Tours are offered daily from April 13 through October 14.

Assistive listening devices with headsets or neck loops are available from the Admissions Desk in the Main Hall. We encourage you to bring your own headphones. For other access accommodations, contact access@metmuseum.org or 212-650-2010.

See our visitor guidelines.

Trace the origins of Impressionism in the 1860s through its impact on artists working in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with a focus on landscapes and scenes of modern life.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Discover Byzantine and Medieval art of the Mediterranean world and Europe from the fourth to the early sixteenth centuries, including sacred and secular works in a variety of media, such as stained glass, sculpture, and tapestries.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Experience art from the ancient Greek and Roman world from the fifth millennium BCE to the fourth century CE, including sculpture, wall paintings, and ceramics.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Museum Highlights in Spanish

Visita Guiada Obras Maestras. Descubra obras de arte en la diversa colección del museo que abarca más de 5,000 años de arte y cultura. Las visitas guiadas parten del Patio de Vélez Blanco, Galería 534. El espacio es limitado: se distribuyen los cupos de acuerdo al orden de llegada.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

See our visitor guidelines.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Discover works produced within “the cradle of humankind” that highlight artistic innovation and the role of trade, encompassing more than a thousand years and two hundred distinct cultures.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Discover art made from 1890 to the present, including painting and sculpture, that represents modernist movements and contemporary practices from across the globe. 

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

See our visitor guidelines.

Travel across a vast region from Afghanistan, the Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia and across the Himalayas to China, Korea, and Japan to discover works of art that reveal the ties between these diverse cultures.

.Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Explore European paintings from 1300 to 1800, including religious works, portraiture, landscape, and scenes of everyday life in dialogue across time and cultures.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

See our visitor guidelines.

Discover the artistic and technical skills of the armorer, swordsmith, and gunmaker from ancient civilizations to the twentieth century.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

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Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

Tours subject to change; please check onsite.

See our visitor guidelines.

Explore the sights, sounds, and scents of The Met Cloisters gardens. Learn how medieval plants and gardens served medicinal, artistic, and even magical purposes while enjoying the unparalleled setting of The Met Cloisters. Free with Museum admission. Space is limited; first come, first served. Meet in the Main Hall. Garden Tours are offered daily from April 13 through October 14.

Assistive listening devices with headsets or neck loops are available from the Admissions Desk in the Main Hall. We encourage you to bring your own headphones. For other access accommodations, contact access@metmuseum.org or 212-650-2010.

See our visitor guidelines.

Trace the origins of Impressionism in the 1860s through its impact on artists working in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with a focus on landscapes and scenes of modern life.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Museum Highlights in Japanese

日本語ハイライトツアー

ツアーは入場料に含まれます。

五千年以上にわたる世界の美術品と文化を誇る当館の多彩なコレクションをご紹介します。
ツアーはギャラリ−５３４（Vélez Blanco Patio）から出発。人数制限あり。先着順。

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

See our visitor guidelines.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Discover clothing represented throughout The Met collection in a variety of media spanning more than five thousand years of world culture. 

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Experience musical instruments from six continents and the Pacific Islands dating from 300 BCE to the present, focusing on their technical, social, and artistic significance.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Discover paintings, sculpture, historic interiors, and decorative arts made by a diverse array of artists across North America from the mid-seventeenth to the mid-twentieth centuries.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Museum Highlights in Spanish

Visita Guiada Obras Maestras. Descubra obras de arte en la diversa colección del museo que abarca más de 5,000 años de arte y cultura. Las visitas guiadas parten del Patio de Vélez Blanco, Galería 534. El espacio es limitado: se distribuyen los cupos de acuerdo al orden de llegada.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

See our visitor guidelines.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Explore the artistic traditions of the Islamic world from Spain and Morocco in the west to Central Asia and Indonesia in the east, including sacred and secular works in a variety of media such as calligraphy, textiles, and architectural elements.

.Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

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Travel through ancient Egyptian history with a focus on art made for temples, tombs, and daily life, including the Temple of Dendur.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

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Explore European paintings from 1300 to 1800, including religious works, portraiture, landscape, and scenes of everyday life in dialogue across time and cultures.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

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Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

See our visitor guidelines.

Discover connections among works of art inspired by religious beliefs across time and cultures.

 Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

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Discover the artistic and technical skills of the armorer, swordsmith, and gunmaker from ancient civilizations to the twentieth century.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

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Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

Tours subject to change; please check onsite.

See our visitor guidelines.

Focus on paintings in The Met collection in a cross-cultural tour spanning thousands of years. 

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Discover connections among works of art inspired by religious beliefs across time and cultures.

 Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Explore the sights, sounds, and scents of The Met Cloisters gardens. Learn how medieval plants and gardens served medicinal, artistic, and even magical purposes while enjoying the unparalleled setting of The Met Cloisters. Free with Museum admission. Space is limited; first come, first served. Meet in the Main Hall. Garden Tours are offered daily from April 13 through October 14.

Assistive listening devices with headsets or neck loops are available from the Admissions Desk in the Main Hall. We encourage you to bring your own headphones. For other access accommodations, contact access@metmuseum.org or 212-650-2010.

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Discover Byzantine and Medieval art of the Mediterranean world and Europe from the fourth to the early sixteenth centuries, including sacred and secular works in a variety of media, such as stained glass, sculpture, and tapestries.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Discover more than five thousand years of art created by people of the first cities, kingdoms, and empires in present day Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Syria, the Eastern Mediterranean coast, Yemen, and Central Asia, ranging from everyday pottery to art created for royalty.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

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Focus on sculpture in The Met collection in a cross-cultural tour spanning thousands of years.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

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Explore American art from the mid-seventeenth to the mid-twentieth centuries, including landscapes, portraits, and historical subjects.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

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Discover art made for and by Europeans from the late fifteenth through the early twentieth centuries.  Works range from domestic to devotional, functional to decorative, and scientific to whimsical in a variety of media.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

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Museum Highlights in Spanish

Visita Guiada Obras Maestras. Descubra obras de arte en la diversa colección del museo que abarca más de 5,000 años de arte y cultura. Las visitas guiadas parten del Patio de Vélez Blanco, Galería 534. El espacio es limitado: se distribuyen los cupos de acuerdo al orden de llegada.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

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Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Trace the origins of Impressionism in the 1860s through its impact on artists working in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with a focus on landscapes and scenes of modern life.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

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Discover clothing represented throughout The Met collection in a variety of media spanning more than five thousand years of world culture. 

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

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Experience seven hundred years of western European art, from the fourteenth to the twentieth centuries, in a setting evocative of the home of the Lehman family, who assembled this collection. 

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

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Experience five thousand years of Chinese art from ancient ceramics and bronzes to the thousand-year-old tradition of calligraphy and painting to sculpture and decorative arts. Immerse yourself in a seventeenth-century-style Ming garden court created especially for the Museum.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

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Museum Highlights in Japanese

日本語ハイライトツアー

ツアーは入場料に含まれます。

五千年以上にわたる世界の美術品と文化を誇る当館の多彩なコレクションをご紹介します。
ツアーはギャラリ−５３４（Vélez Blanco Patio）から出発。人数制限あり。先着順。

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

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Explore works made in Central and South America from different periods and in a variety of media, focusing on how the selection of specific materials—from gold to jade and feathers—shaped their meaning.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

See our visitor guidelines.

Drop in on informal conversations with Museum guides in selected collections across the Museum and discover thematic connections in works of art from different cultures, time periods, and places. 

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Learn how people lived in America from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries as you explore historic interiors and decorative arts.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

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Experience art from the ancient Greek and Roman world from the fifth millennium BCE to the fourth century CE, including sculpture, wall paintings, and ceramics.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

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Explore European paintings from 1300 to 1800, including religious works, portraiture, landscape, and scenes of everyday life in dialogue across time and cultures.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

See our visitor guidelines.

Travel through ancient Egyptian history with a focus on art made for temples, tombs, and daily life, including the Temple of Dendur.

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Explore the artistic traditions of the Islamic world from Spain and Morocco in the west to Central Asia and Indonesia in the east, including sacred and secular works in a variety of media such as calligraphy, textiles, and architectural elements.

.Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.

Discover art made from 1890 to the present, including painting and sculpture, that represents modernist movements and contemporary practices from across the globe. 

Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Tours depart from Gallery 534, Vélez Blanco Patio. Free with Museum admission.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

See our visitor guidelines.

Discover works of art that span 5,000 years of art and culture across the Museum’s diverse collection. Tours depart from the Vélez Blanco Patio, Gallery 534. Space is limited: first come, first served.

Tours subject to change; please check on site.

 See our visitor guidelines.