MET Museum Frequently Asked Questions
Questions About Our MET Tours
For our Metropolitan Museum of Art tours, you can have anywhere between 1 to 15 persons in your reservation. Simply find out how many you have committed to coming with your group and then use our online tour reservation system and submit the request for your tour.
Oaisis charges an $11 per person reservation processing fee for everyone 5 years of age or older. These fees are non-refundable and do not include your museum entrance fees. *See below.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has different admission fees, ticket type and check-in procedures for private group tours like those provided by Oasis.
You will receive your museum admission tickets through your Oasis guide on the day of your tour. They will collect all of your entrance fees in cash and pay for the entire group at once at the group desk. Please be sure to bring the exact dollar amount in cash because your guide won’t be able to make change for you.
— $28 for adults (18+)
— $20 for seniors (65+)
— $12 for students (K-University)
No general admission tickets, whether purchased online or in-person will be accepted by The Met for our private group tours.
No. The Met does not allow discounts or coupons of any kind for self-guided group tours. Likewise, City Passes, discounted tickets provided by employers, reciprocal museum privileges from other institutions, credit card reward programs, etc. can not be applied to our tours.
Your guide is a volunteer. As such, none of the fees collected go to them. They give your tour at his/her own considerable time and expense. If you wish to show appreciation for this substantial sacrifice, a monetary gift would help a lot.
Yes. As mentioned, your fees are used to pay the museum’s mandatory rates for self guided tour groups. Following your tour you then have full admission to all the galleries, cafeterias and shops of the museum. Feel free to explore all that The Met has to offer after your tour.
Tours are based on tour guide availability. Sun-Tue & Thursdays we book tour starting in 15 minute increments between 10:30 am and 1:30 pm. On Fridays and Saturdays tour start times are between 10:30 am and 4:30 pm (subject to availability).
The Woman and Her Offspring, Integrity & The Bible in American History tours lasts about 3 1/2 hours, including a 1/2 hour cafeteria break. You should plan on your total museum experience, including check-in, etc., to take about 4 hours.
Due to the length of the tours and the amount of information presented in them, we only allow groups to book one tour in a single day.
Unfortunately we can not honor requests for specific guides. However, if you are personal friends with one of our guides, you can arrange a tour through them
Currently our Met tours are offered in:
- American Sign Language (ASL)
- Arabic
- Chinese- Cantonese
- Chinese- Mandarin
- English
- French
- Haitian Creole
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Portuguese
- Quichua
- Russian
- Spanish
Questions About Planning Your MET Tour
All tours, regardless of the size of your group, are booked on a first come, first served basis. We suggest reserving your tour a minimum of six weeks in advance for the most availability. However, our calendar extends to a full three months past the current date.
If there are no tours currently available on the date(s) you desire, simply check back as guides are continually making themselves available based on need.
We encourage dignified casual dress with comfortable shoes.
All tours that start prior by 1:00 PM include a break of approximately 30 minutes in one of the Museum’s cafeterias. Tours that begin after 1:00 PM may be limited to simple water/restroom break based on the open hours of the museum’s cafes.
- When NYC public schools are closed (Summers & holiday weekdays). All tours meet in Carson Hall by entering at the street level entrance on E 81st St.
- When NYC public schools are open: All weekday tours meet at the pharaoh in The Great Hall by entering at the main steps on E 82nd St.
- Year round: all weekend tours meet in Carson Hall by entering at the street level entrance on E 81st St.
- Your Oasis tour guide will confirm the details for your meeting point when they contact you prior to your tour.
The museum has a strict policy against bringing in food and drink. All bags are searched at the door, prior to gaining admission to the museum. The only food and drink allowed is bottled water, or food for infants.
While not a requirement, you will find it helpful to have the JW Library app installed on your portable device, and the New World Translation (Study Edition if available) downloaded in the language corresponding to your tour.
Yes. We encourage you to bring a notebook and pen/pencil to take note of things for your personal encouragement and research.
Yes. Photographs can be taken, however please keep in mind the following:
- As per museum rules, your camera’s flash must remain off at all times.
- As per our arrangement with the museum and in view of certain copyright restrictions, we also require that such pictures be for personal use only. We encourage you to share your experience with family and friends, so private use of your photos is fine. However, no tour participant may duplicate or reproduce the tour contents and/or exhibits for others to use. This includes, but is not limited to, distributing copies of your photos on digital media of any kind, or sharing them electronically.
No. Audio/video recording of your guide, their commentary, or other members of your group is not allowed during your tour.
No. You may not post any of the guided portions of your Oasis tour on any social media or electronic platform.
No. You may not reproduce any guided portions of your tour without the express written consent of Oasis Biblical Tours.
- Small backpacks are allowed but must be worn on your front or carried in your hand.
- No large backpacks or luggage of any size can be stored at the museum.
Yes, wheelchairs available but limited so inform the guide in advance of the tour. In addition, you may bring your own wheelchair or mobility accessory.
Questions About the MET Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is located in New York City on 5th Ave, between, 84th and 80th St.
The address is: 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028
The museum is open six (6) days a week as follows:
- Sunday – Tuesday, and Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- Friday – Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
The museum is closed on:
- Wednesdays
- January 1st
- 1st Monday in May
- Thanksgiving Day
- December 25th
Parking Lot: The museum itself has a parking lot that is open 24 hrs. You can enter the lot at the corner of 80th St and 5th Ave.
Street Parking: There is also parking available on a limited basis on the streets surrounding the museum. However, please do not park at metered locations as you cannot leave the tour every hour to renew your parking meter.
Yes. The best way to do so is to take the green 4/5/6 (Lexington Ave) subway line and get off at 86th St. Simply walk 3 blocks West to 5th Ave and 4 blocks South to the museum entrance on 82nd St. and 5th Ave.
Reminder: On weekends all aspects of the NYC public transportation system run on reduced schedules. Please plan appropriately if you plan on using public transportation to reach the museum.
Disclaimers & Policies
All Oasis Biblical Tours groups are considered “guests” of the museum. Prior to arriving, please review the Museum’s visitor and group policies so you are aware of the expected behavior of all guests while at the museum.
Diversity & Inclusion. We welcome all individuals without bias or prejudice towards their personal or physical characteristics or disabilities. We strive to accommodate all members of the public as long as such accommodation does not create an inordinate difficulty on the Oasis Biblical Tours. If you need to request such an accommodation, please contact Oasis’ administration.
Views Expressed. All opinions expressed by the Guide are solely their current opinions and do not reflect the opinions of Oasis Biblical Tours or any respective parent companies or affiliates. The Guides’ opinions are based upon information they consider reliable, but neither Oasis Biblical Tours, nor its affiliates, nor the companies with which such participants are affiliated, warrant its completeness or accuracy, and it should not be relied upon as such.
Arriving Late. Guides often conduct more than one tour in a day and usually cannot start late. Therefore, it might not be possible for a guide to wait for you, or for you to join the tour late, should you arrive after the designated tour start time. We reserve the right to not wait, or possibly not provide, a tour to anyone who arrives late.