Join us for our most popular tour of the Met. We will explore some of the Met’s queer treasures, from ancient Greek nudes (and erotic vase-painting, on which Professor Lear is a world expert!) to homoerotic works from the Renaissance, and a panoply of modern works, some by LGBT artists, some portraying LGBT people, and some expressing same-sex desire. Famous artists and personalities, such as Caravaggio or Gertrude Stein, will appear-but so will lesser-known artists and works whose homoerotic charge is often ignored (including images used in homosexual initiation rites in New Guinea!).

Gay Secrets of the Met Museum – Saturday March 4th
Led by our favorite queer guide, Professor Andrew Lear
Where: Meet and depart at 2pm, inside to the right of the main entrance (next to the statue of the Pharaoh)
Cost: $64 full price*; $54.49 seniors*; $39Met members and NYC students

*NOTE: “Full Price” and “Senior” price include cost of admission to the museum as well as the tour. The $39 cost for Met members and students is for the tour only (please bring your member ID or student ID from an NYC educational institution to gain entry to the museum). The tour is operated by Oscar Wilde Tours and is not officially an offering of the Met Musem. Price of admission does not include beverages. No refunds or exchanges.