Duration
5 - 5.5 hours (including a lunch break)
Meeting Point
By the Information Desk in front of the Egyptian Pharaoh statue, in the Great Hall of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
About
Visit two of the Big Apple’s most iconic museums in one day, allowing you to make the most of your time in New York.
Join our enthusiastic guide on this private tour that will explore history, art, and nature’s marvels at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History.
This tour is in English.
Includes
Private Museum Tour
Professional Tour Guide Exclusively For You
Tour Includes All Entrance Fees
Available Daily At 10:30Am
Duration 5 - 5.5 Hours (Including Lunch Break)
Wheelchair Friendly
Excludes
Tour price does NOT include hotel pickup or drop-off (we recommend UBER or Taxi)
Tour price does NOT include gratuities (optional)
Full Tour Description
Start with the Met and its roughly 2 million works of art and artefacts covering everything from Ancient Egypt to modern art. From the Great Hall, you’ll visit the museum’s most important galleries. Pass through the Medieval Europe Gallery on your way to the Studiolo from the Ducal Palace. Explore armory from the Middle Ages, including pieces worn by Henry VIII. The American wing hosts the staircase from the Chicago Stock Exchange as well as the famed portrait of Washington crossing the Delaware. A host of European painters including Vermeer, Picasso, and Van Gogh awaits you as you learn about their troubled yet exciting lives.
After a break for lunch, check out a few of the 33 million objects housed in the American Museum of Natural History, covering basically all of Earth’s history. Begin with the museum itself as you learn about its history in the majestic Roosevelt Rotunda. Your guide will then reveal how the dioramas are made as you explore the giant African mammals of the Akeley Hall.
Then move towards the dinosaur exhibits where you’ll explore some of the most complete collections of dinosaur skeletons in the world. From the gargantuan Titanosaur to the more familiar T-Rex, you’ll feel like a kid again as you learn their stories. You’ll then move on to hear about the North American Forests, featuring the giant Sequoia, before gazing up at the giant Blue Whale hanging overhead in the Hall of Ocean Life. Visit some American mammals as you learn about the National Parks of the United States. Finally, blast off beyond our orbit in the Rose Center for Earth and Space to feel unbelievably insignificant facing the mysteries of the cosmos.
Highlights Generally Include: (if artwork is not on loan or being restored etc.) Henry VIII armor; Tiffany Autumn landscape; Chicago Stock Exchange Stairs; Madame X; Pop culture then and now; Hudson River School; Washington Crossing the Delaware; Jan Vermeer; Madonna with Child; Picasso, Seurat, Van Gogh; Titanosaur; African Elephants; North American Birds; Primates; Human Origins; Butterfly Conservatory; Blue Whale
Babylon Tours New York City
(702) 481-8314
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