Ghost Stories: A Mysterious, Macabre Tour in the Metropolitan Museum

Duration2h

Free cancellationFull refund up to 24 hours before

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TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted

LanguagesEnglish

Group sizeUp to 12 travelers

Skip the linePriority entrance

Overview

We offer a unique way to explore the Metropolitan Museum, through carefully curated, themed, interactive tours. We include discussion, activities, and handouts to create a distinctive experience. Tourgoers will explore works of art from around the world and from many cultures, looking at connections among them, and exploring their relation to the theme.

From the spooky to the scary, the macabre to the mysterious, the ghostly to the ghoulish, the interactive “Ghost Stories” will take visitors on a tour of things frightful in the Metropolitan Museum. Participants will travel across cultures and across time to see Flying Dutchmen and funerary masks, still lifes and sculpture. We’ll look at Egyptian, American, and European works of art, to name a few, plus do a fun activity. All the while, we’ll look at how different cultures depict the fearsome and the gruesome, in pursuit of what scares us…and why.
This tour is recommended for children 10 and up.

What's included

Tickets are good in the museum after the tour ends

What to expect

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
2h

Ghost Stories tour: From the spooky to the scary, the macabre to the mysterious, the ghostly to the ghoulish, the interactive “Ghost Stories” will take visitors on a tour of things frightful in the Metropolitan Museum. Participants will travel across cultures and across time to see Flying Dutchmen and funerary masks, still lifes and sculpture. We’ll look at Egyptian, American, and European works of art, to name a few, plus do fun and spooky activities. All the while, we’ll look at how different cultures depict the fearsome and the gruesome, in pursuit of what scares us…and why.

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

Please meet your guide at the giant statue of a seated Pharaoh in the Great Hall--it's to the right of the Info Desk in the center. If you're going to be late, please call or text 917-513-4081 and your tickets will be left at the Group Check-in Desk with the name of the tour and the first stop.

Meeting point

End point

Please meet your guide at the giant statue of a seated Pharaoh in the Great Hall--it's to the right of the Info Desk in the center. If you're going to be late, please call or text 917-513-4081 and your tickets will be left at the Group Check-in Desk with the name of the tour and the first stop.

End point

Additional information

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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