The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an encyclopedic art museum in New York City. By floor area, it is the fourth-largest museum in the world and the largest art museum in the Americas.
Grades: Pre K - 12
Audience Size: 10-50
Description:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. Schools can book self-guided visits (group admission) for pre-K-12th grade, or 60-minute guided tours for students in grades K-12.
This performance supports the following NYS Learning Standards:
Visual Arts - Creating
Investigate, Plan, Make (generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work)
Investigate, Consider, Respect, Make (organize and develop artistic ideas and work)
Reflect, Refine, Continue (refine and complete artistic ideas and work)
Visual Arts - Presenting
Select, Preserve (analyze, interpret and select artistic work for presentation)
Curate (develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation)
Share, Relate (convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work)
Visual Arts - Responding
Perceive, Analyze (perceive and analyze artistic work)
Interpret (interpret intent and meaning in artistic work)
Evaluate (apply criteria to evaluate artistic work)
Visual Arts - Connecting
Synthesize (synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art)
Interrelate, Extend (relate artistic ideas &works w/ societal, cultural, & historical context)
Categories: Art / Art Museum
Cost:
Students - $12
Required Adult Chaperones - $12 *1 Adult required for every 10 students
Additional Adults - $28
One group leader per reservation receives complimentary admission
Guided Tour
Admission plus flat fee per 30 students for a one hour tour - $75