Tours
ONSITE TOURS
GUIDED TOURS
Guided tours, led by New Museum Teaching Artists, can be booked during open hours. For more information about scheduling a tour for your high school or college class, or corporate, tourist, or other special group, please refer to the Guided Tours section of our Visit page.
SELF-GUIDED TOURS
Self-Guided Tours must be booked in advance and led by instructors or outside tour operators who wish to gather and/or lecture in the galleries during New Museum open hours. For more information about scheduling a self-guided tour please refer to the Self-Guided Tours section of our Visit page.
If your group will be viewing the exhibition without a lecture, or if members of your group will be moving independently throughout the galleries, please refer to the Group Visits section of our Visit page.
VIRTUAL TOURS
PUBLIC VIRTUAL TOURS
Join us for a live, forty-five-minute virtual tour that brings people together for close looking and conversations focused on a current exhibition. Tours are free, interactive experiences held on Zoom. A New Museum teaching fellow will share exclusive digital content and introduce themes, artworks, behind-the-scenes insights, and questions for consideration related to the exhibition. Upcoming dates and times are listed on our events calendar.
New Museum 2022–2023 Teaching Fellow Rosed Serrano (she/her) is a poet—born and raised in the Bronx—currently living, working, and creating in New York. Serrano is a PhD candidate in English and Gender Sexuality and Women’s Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, and she holds a BA in African American Studies and Creative Writing from Princeton University.
VIRTUAL TOURS FOR UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL, AND COMMUNITY GROUPS
Education and Public Engagement teaching staff lead live, participatory, virtual tours of New Museum exhibitions. Inquiry-based tours promote close looking, critical thinking, and multiple access points to connect with themes in the exhibition. Tours can be tailored to reflect specific themes and/or curricula.
Virtual tours are free for K-12 public schools and community partners. Tours for private schools, colleges, and universities are $125. All other private groups are $150. Tours must be scheduled at least two weeks in advance. For more information and to schedule a tour, please complete a tour request form. The New Museum’s Education and Public Engagement team will follow up to confirm availability and tour details.