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 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.
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.
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.
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