Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bags will be searched prior to entry, please be aware that only bottles of water are permitted into the museum, no other food and drink is allowed. A free coat check is available to visitors, please be aware that oversized backpacks and luggage cannot be left at the coat check.

The Met Fifth Avenue is accessible to wheelchair users, and visitors may use manual and electric wheelchairs and mobility scooters in all areas open to public pedestrian use. Manual wheelchairs can be borrowed from the coat check at the 81st Street entrance. Service animals are welcome in the museum. Assistive listening devices are provided at a number of events and can be requested for other tours and programs. American Sign Language interpretation is available free of charge for guided tours or museum events with two week’s notice. Audio guide players are available free of charge for visitors who are blind, partially-sighted, or hard-of-hearing. Specially designed tours are available for visitors who are blind or partially-sighted, visitors who are deaf or who have hearing loss, who are on the autism spectrum or who have developmental disabilities, and for visitors who have dementia.