Private tours in New York

What is not on the public calendar: before opening, after closing, by appointment.

Five recommendations, each checked every 7 days.

The guided tour of the Louise Bourgeois house
A guided group tour, by appointment only, of the Chelsea townhouse where Louise Bourgeois lived and worked for almost 50 years, with her studio, archive and sculpture garden.
Checked 3 November
The guided visit to 101 Spring Street
A 75-minute guided visit, by advance reservation only, through the five floors of the 1870 cast-iron building in SoHo where Donald Judd lived and worked, with 37 works still where he placed them.
Checked 5 November
The private after-hours tour at MoMA
An hour in MoMA's galleries with one of the museum's art historians, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm after the doors close, or from 9:30 to 10:30 am before they open.
Checked 8 November
The private guided tour at the Neue Galerie
An hour with a museum docent for a party of up to ten through the Klimt, Schiele and Wiener Werkstätte rooms of the Neue Galerie, a Beaux-Arts house on Fifth Avenue at 86th Street.
Checked 7 November
The private guided tour at the Noguchi Museum
An hour with a museum educator, by appointment for up to 15, through the museum and sculpture garden Isamu Noguchi built and installed himself in Long Island City.
Checked 8 November

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What is not on the public calendar: museums before opening, collections after closing, and the shops and studios that open by appointment.