Choose Your Style: Contemporary | Art Nouveau | Pop Art
WBAA and the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette
present a special guided tour of New York City Art Museums including:
Museum of Modern Art
Whitney Museum of American Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
4 Days 3 Nights - November 12-15, 2009
Tour Guides: Kendall Smith, Executive Director of the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette and Sharon Theobald, one of the foremost appraisers of 20th century American art in the world.
Day 1: Enjoy the Big Apple!
Arrive at the 4-star rated Le Parker Meridien Hotel. Enjoy Midtown, Central Park and the Theater District at your leisure. Many attractions are within walking distance. Meet for a private welcoming reception from 5:00 to 6:00 in the Penthouse, overlooking Central Park. Dinner is at your leisure. A list of restaurants in the vicinity will be provided, or dine at one of the three restaurants in the hotel.
Day 2: Celebrate the Art and Design of the Twentieth Century
Breakfast on your own. Suggestions for local restaurants will be provided. Meet in the lobby at 8:30. Walk to the Museum of Modern Art (three blocks) and meet with the tour group captain to enter “Bauhaus 1919 to 1933: Workshops on Modernism.” Self-guided audio tour of this exhibition and others at MoMA. The permanent collection exhibits many of the most important works of the twentieth century.
Lunch at your leisure at one of the three restaurants at MoMA, or at Sarabeth’s Café at the Whitney.
12:45 meet in the MoMA lobby for transportation to the Whitney Museum of American Art.
1:00 Bus departs for the Whitney. Bauhaus architect, Marcel Breuer, designed the museum. The Whitney Museum houses one of the world's foremost collections of twentieth-century American art. Their permanent collection contains over 12,000 objects, including the largest collections of works by Edward Hopper and Alexander Calder.
Self-guided tour of the permanent collection and exhibitions of 20th century American art.
4:30 Meet in the lobby for transportation
4:45 Transportation to the Le Parker Meridian Hotel
7:30 Dinner reserved at a highly rated restaurant, within walking distance.
Day 3: Indulge in the World’s Finest Works of Art
Meet in the hotel lobby at 8:50 for 9:00 group transportation to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Met has a permanent collection containing more than two million works of art, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. The main building is one of the world's largest art galleries.
Represented in the permanent collection are works of art from classical antiquity and Ancient Egypt, paintings and sculptures from nearly all the European masters, and an extensive collection of American and modern art. The Met also maintains extensive holdings of African, Asian, Oceanic, Byzantine and Islamic art. The museum is also home to encyclopedic collections of musical instruments, costumes and accessories, and antique weapons and armor from around the world. A number of notable interiors, ranging from 1st century Rome through modern American design, are permanently installed in the Met's galleries.
Your self-guided tour includes an audio device to enhance your discovery of the magnificent objects on exhibition. There are twelve exhibits on display during our visit. A one-day visit only scratches the surface of the wonders that you will behold!
5:00 Meet at the designated transportation pick up area for travel back to the Le Parker hotel. If you choose to stay longer, the Met is open until 9:00 PM.
Dinner tonight is at your leisure.
Day 4: Your tour includes a fabulous brunch at Norma’s Restaurant in the Le Parker Meridien. Subscribers to Trip Advisor rate Norma’s breakfast and brunch #1 in the city. Depart on your own schedule.
Included in the WBAA/Art Museum tour:
3 Night accommodations at the 4-star Le Parker Meridien Hotel with entrances on 56th and 57th Streets, two blocks south of Central Park and three blocks North of MoMA
Price: $1,350 per person includes taxes and gratuities for tour services above. Based on double occupancy. Single supplement, add $560.
Optional expenses
FOR RESERVATIONS OR MORE INFORMATION
Call Denise at 496-3942 or Glenda at 742-1128, x 102