Public Tours

Public tours are one-hour long and led by museum educators on the following themes. All tours are conversation and inquiry-based, encouraging participation while also providing important content and context about the art on view.

PUBLIC TOURS 

Spring (Until 5/23)

Summer/Fall (May 24–October 31)

Weekdays:

11am: Perennial Highlights Tour (Long-Term Exhibitions)

1pm: Ephemeral Highlights Tour (Short-Term Exhibitions)

Weekends:

11am: Perennial Highlights Tour (Long-Term Exhibitions)

1pm: Ephemeral Highlights Tour (Short-Term Exhibitions)

3pm: Specialty Tour (Outdoor Art Tour, Sol LeWitt Spotlight Tour, History Tour, and thematic tours)

Spanish Language Tours: 2nd Saturday of each month at 1pm

TOUR DESCRIPTIONS

Perennial Highlights Tour: Explore long-term exhibitions throughout the museum on a one-hour highlights tour that examines a theme connecting the art on view.

Ephemeral Highlights Tour: Explore short-term exhibitions throughout the museum on a one-hour highlights tour that examines a theme connecting the art on view.

Outdoor Art Tour: Explore MASS MoCA’s campus and learn about the art on display outside the museum’s walls on this one-hour tour featuring sculptural, sound, and installation works.

Sol LeWitt Spotlight Tour: Take a deep dive into Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective on this one-hour tour that covers early-, mid-, and late-career works by the pioneering conceptual and Minimalist artist.

History Tour: Discover the history and evolution of MASS MoCA’s site on this one-hour tour that covers the previous industries that inhabited the factory-campus and the development of the museum.