Tour Details
Duration
3 hours
Product Type
Tour
Venues
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Photos & Highlights
- Explore the collection of the Met with interactive, family-friendly storytelling
- Led by an expert guide with experience working with young minds and their learning needs
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Tour Description
Our educator-led tour of the Met for kids is a wonderful adventure into the ways stories can be told through art. Together, by exploring objects from collections across the museum, such as ancient Greek sculpture, Renaissance altarpieces, Medieval armor, American portraiture, or Impressionist landscapes, we will examine how artists communicate narrative throughout history in a variety of media. We’ll learn to read these narratives and discover what they can tell us about the time, place, and people connected with each work.
As this is a private walk, the material will be tailored to the level and interests of the youngest participants. For children 12 and under, your guide will engage them to find elements in paintings, or a drawing exploration to keep the children interacting while learning. For middle schoolers, the emphasis is placed on questioning the works of art and our assumptions about them. In each case, we ask that you tell us about your children's current studies and provide any comments about their learning styles you can.
We make a special group reservation for our visit to the museum, which allows you to skip the long entry lines to the museum. These reservation tickets will be added to your cart when you check out. Your guide will have your entry buttons with him/her on the day of the walk.
Museum memberships cannot substitute for the group reservation required by the museum. All reservation ticket sales are final and cannot be refunded.
PLEASE NOTE: The Annual Met Gala Event happens on the first Monday of May every year. The Met is only closed on the day of the event itself, but many galleries (usually including the Temple of Dendur) will also be closed in the week before and after the event.
Museum memberships cannot substitute for the group reservation required by the museum. All reservation ticket sales are final and cannot be refunded.
PLEASE NOTE: The Annual Met Gala Event happens on the first Monday of May every year. The Met is only closed on the day of the event itself, but many galleries (usually including the Temple of Dendur) will also be closed in the week before and after the event.
Is this tour wheelchair accessible?
Yes, this tour is wheelchair accessible.
Yes, this tour is wheelchair accessible.
Where You'll Start
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76 Reviews
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Laura was AMAZING!! We have two boys 8 and 10, and this was there first big museum experience. We knew within in about 2 minutes she was going to be perfect for our family tour.
She immediately engaged the boys, and clearly had read the information we provided to Context to make sure this was a tour for them as much as anyone else.
Laura did a great job not just telling stories but asking the boys questions about why they think the various cultures built or did things a certain way. She did not bore any of us with lectures and knew exactly where we should go.
Laura was personalble and friendly as well, when combined with her approach made for an educational experience for us as parents as well as the boys. Best of all, we could relax and enjoy the tour as well.
Well done!!
Richard
Reviewed on:
Jun 29, 2018
Irina worked phenomenally well with our super curious kids as well as adults
Julia
Reviewed on:
Dec 22, 2017
We had visited the Met before on our own and there was no comparison. Mitch was enthusiastic, knowledgeable and easily kept our kids engaged throughout the 3 hour tour. He broke the fascinating descriptions of the artwork with activities. One of our favorite Context tours!
Melissa
Reviewed on:
Nov 26, 2017