New York City Met Museum Insider Tour

Discover the secrets of this New York City icon! Your guide, Patrick Bringley, worked for a decade as a guard in the Met, keeping watch over this two million square foot treasure house. Having explored every corner of the galleries and haunted its vast backstage, he authored the memoir All the Beauty in the World, forthcoming from Simon & Schuster. On this unique walking tour, you will explore the inner working of this vaunted institution from an intimate, first-hand perspective. You will come face to face with beautiful objects whose stories span multiple continents and millennia. Whether you are a devoted museum member or are visiting the Met for the first time, you are sure to leave having learned, seen, and experienced something new and extraordinary. This tour of the Met is great for history buffs and art lovers alike.

Meeting Point

998 5th Ave

998 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028, USA

Patrick will meet you 10 minutes before the start time outside the street-level side entrance at 81st street and Fifth Avenue (NOT the main entrance up the big staircase.)

What's included:

• Guided walking tour led by a local New Yorker
• Ticket to the Metropolitan Museum

Not included:

• Gratuities

What to expect:

Duration: 2 hours

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1000 5th Ave, , New York City, 10028-0198, New York

Discover the secrets of this New York City icon! Your guide, Patrick Bringley, worked for a decade as a guard in the Met, keeping watch over this two million square foot treasure house. Having explored every corner of the galleries and haunted its vast backstage, he authored the memoir All the Beauty in the World, forthcoming from Simon & Schuster.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included