Gallery Talks and Guided Tours are free with Museum admission, and do not require
tickets or reservations. These programs usually last one hour and are geared toward
an adult audience. See also School Groups,
Group Visits, and Audio Guide.
Gallery Talks
Museum curators, conservators, educators, independent scholars, and advanced students
of art history regularly present Gallery Talks
that focus on specific aspects of
the collection, as well as on special exhibitions. Many topics are repeated over
a two-month period.
Gallery Talks focusing on the permanent collection meet in the Great Hall. Special
exhibition talks begin in the exhibition’s introductory gallery. All Gallery Talks
depart promptly; if you arrive late, inquire at the Information Desk for directions
to the tour’s location.
Search the calendar
for upcoming
Gallery Talks.
Gallery Talks with FM assistive listening devices are scheduled on a regular basis.
Search the calendar
for upcoming
talks with FM assistive listening devices. A limited number of FM assistive listening
devices with headsets or neck loops are available for Museum tours and programs
and can be obtained at the
Audio Guide desk in the Great Hall.
Some Gallery Talks are Sign Language–interpreted; others are presented in Sign Language
with voice interpretation.
Search the calendar
for upcoming programs with Sign Language interpretation.
Guided Tours
Museum-trained volunteers offer daily Guided Tours to introduce visitors to the
collection as a whole or to specific departments or themes. Tours are available
in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian,
and Spanish.
Guided Tours and International Guided Tours meet in the Great Hall. Tours depart
promptly; if you arrive late, inquire at the Information Desk for directions to
the tour’s location.
Search the calendar
for upcoming
Guided Tours.
At The Cloisters
Collection highlight tours, garden tours, gallery talks, and other
programs are also presented regularly at The Cloisters, the branch of The Metropolitan
Museum of Art devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe.
Search the calendar
for upcoming programs at The Cloisters.
