How Audio Guide Works

Audio Guide players are easy to use, and you may listen to programs at your own pace and in any order you choose:

1. Rent an Audio Guide player at one of several locations in the Museum, including the Audio Guide desk in the Great Hall, Uris Center for Education, any admissions desk, the entrances to select special exhibitions, and various gift shops.
   
   
2. When you see a label with this symbol, enter the number on the label on the Audio Guide player keypad and press "Play".
3. When you have finished using the Audio Guide player, return it to the Audio Guide desk in the Great Hall. You may use it for the entire length of your visit, or return it and retrieve it again later on the same day (with a receipt) for no additional fee.

Audio Guide Fees

The following fees are per person, per day:

*Audio Guide players are free for visitors who are blind, partially sighted, or hard of hearing, and for New York City high school students with valid I.D.

Rental includes same-day use in the Main Building and at The Cloisters (with receipt). Frequent User cards are available for return visitors: rent four Audio Guide players and the fifth rental is free. Discounted rates are available to prebooked groups. For adult and college groups, call 212-570-3711; for elementary and high school groups, call 212-288-7733.

Accessibility

The Met Audio Guide is free to visitors who are blind, partially sighted, or hard of hearing. Audio Guide players have volume controls and headsets. Neck loops for hearing aids with T-switches are available upon request. Regular and large-print scripts of Audio Guide programming are also available upon request and are free to Deaf visitors.

A limited number of FM assistive listening devices with headsets or neck loops are available upon request for Museum tours and programs. See For Visitors Who are Hard of Hearing for more information.

Visitors who are blind or partially sighted may also take an Audio Guide touch tour in the Museum's Egyptian galleries called In Touch with Ancient Egypt. For more information, see Accessibility or Programs for Visitors with Disabilities.

Audio Guide Programs

The following samples represent only a fraction of the currently available Audio Guide programs, which are updated regularly and include commentary on works of art from nearly every gallery in the Museum.

Selections from the Director Emeritus
Narrated by Museum Director Emeritus Philippe de Montebello, this program is available in seven languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese (in a different voice), Mandarin (in a different voice), and Korean (in a different voice).

Sample an audio message from the program "Selections from the Director Emeritus".

Family Audio Guide
Ideal for children six through twelve years of age and their families, this specially designed program includes ten easy-to-follow tours within the Museum’s permanent collection.

Sample the Family Audio Guide program.

Art and Music Selections in the European Paintings Galleries
This program offers a musical experience to accompany the works of art in the European Paintings galleries.

Sample the Art and Music Selections program.

Architecture of the Met
Morrison Heckscher, Lawrence A. Fleischman Chairman of the American Wing, presents the history of the building, including interviews with Kevin Roche of Roche Dinkeloo & Associates, and Peter White, grandson of architect Stanford White. Available in English, French, Spanish, and Japanese.

Sample the Architecture of the Met program.

The Cloisters Audio Guide
Narrated by Peter Barnet, Michel David-Weill Curator in Charge of Medieval Art and The Cloisters, The Cloisters Audio Guide comprises interviews with curators, conservators, and educators. Medieval music on the Audio Guide is evocative of the time and adds to the enjoyment of the experience. Available in English, French, German, and Spanish.

Sample The Cloisters Audio Guide program.

Current Special Exhibitions

• The Philippe de Montebello Years: Curators Celebrate Three Decades of Acquisitions
• Art and Love in Renaissance Italy
• Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C.
• Choirs of Angels: Painting in Italian Choir Books, 1300–1500

Upcoming Special Exhibitions

• Pierre Bonnard: The Late Interiors
• The Pictures Generation, 1974–1984
• Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective
• Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul

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