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All of the following tours can be given on request or we can customize a tour just for you!

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Hot Time! Summer in the City
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
No need to bring sexy back....it's been here for centuries! Come see the steamier side of art history with our tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's sexiest couples and most smoldering bikini bodies!  This 60 minute tour will look at the history of "sexy" in art.
 




Museum Confidential
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Explore some of the secretive, scandalous and surreptitious works that have been passed over in pamphlets.  Our one-hour Museum Confidential tour will take you through the centuries to view the unnoticed details, wacky backstories and some of the most controversial art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.





Mama Mia!  Motherhood in Antiquity

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

From the divine to the demonic, history and myth are filled with women who took on the job of motherhood with varying results.  Art Masters Tours is offering a look at antiquities’ most notable moms with a 60-minute tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's ancient galleries.  We will explore the role of women and mothers in ancient cultures and discuss some of the most famous and infamous mothers represented in the Museums’ collection.
Sex, Love and Symbolism: Couples in the History of Art
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

 Grab a date and get in the mood with this tour of art’s greatest couples. Come see the steamier side of art history with our tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's sexiest couples and most smoldering bikini bodies! This one-hour tour will focus on how depicting couples has changed throughout history, including the use of sexy visual puns, subtle double entendres, and the symbols of love and fertility.


Emperors Never Die in Bed: Roman Imperial Portraiture
 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Beware the Ides of March! On March 15, 44 BCE, Julius Caesar was assassinated on the steps of the Senate house, allegedly uttering the eternal words: "Et tu Brute?" (Actually though, Shakespeare made that one up.)

With his death, a power struggle ensued, ultimately delivering his heir apparent, Octavian, into a position of unprecedented autonomous power. And so began the Roman Imperial period; a near 300-year period punctuated by the leadership of some of the most nefarious, outrageous and megalomaniacal characters in world history.

This 90-minute tour will focus on the most useful means of propaganda an emperor had at his disposal: his own image. We will discuss who these men were and why they chose to depict themselves as they did.


Feeling Lucky?
Superstitions, Fortune and Luck Through the Centuries
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Looking for a lucky streak? Of course you know about four-leaf clovers, heads-up pennies, and rabbit’s feet, but people have been finding ways to appease Lady Luck for centuries. Take a one-hour tour through the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection to see the amulets, gods, and rituals that societies have used to keep fortune on their side.
Coming to America: Irish Artists of the 19th Century
 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

In the 19th century, millions from Ireland arrived in America looking for opportunities and a new life. Painters and sculptors were no exception. This tour will look at some of the key Irish-born artists who immigrated and their reasons for coming to make a name in America. The two-hour tour will look at a variety of works by Irish artists in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and how their contributions influenced the artistic landscape.


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For all tours, please note: Due to limited space, we require advanced registration. If you are unable to purchase tickets in advance, you may pay cash at the venue (note the adjusted prices below) but call 866-319-0875 to check tour availability. Please arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art at least 20 minutes prior to the tour. The tour group will meet near the Group ticket desk (to the left when you enter the museum, near the boutique and audio guides).

All tour prices include museum admission. After the tour, attendees may continue to enjoy the museum until it closes.

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