Metropolitan Museum Tickets NYC
 

I'm sure someone will be happy to tell me it's wrong to offer these tickets here, but I thought I'd give it a try as I am not trying to profit, just recover my expense. Anyway, I have 2 extra adult advanced sale tickets to the Met Museum, if anyone wants them for $15 each e-mail me at [email protected] The tickets to not expire. Advantage: you will not have to wait on line at the Museum, simply take these to the reservation desk and they will give you 2 admission buttons. Thank you!

But doesn't this museum take whatever for admission? I was there last summer and watched this very elegant lady in front of me hand the ticket seller a quarter, yes $.25 for her ticket. Even though the suggested price at that time was $11.00 or something.... I didn't have to wait more than 3 minutes to get in, although I did pay the full suggested price.

They do have a suggested price, but it is really by donation. You can pay as little or as much as you want.

It would be nice for you if someone took these off your hands, but a couple of thoughts occur to me. Number one is the same as 4khansen says, you pay what you want to get in, and in theory buying those tickets from you means the buyer isn't giving anything at all in addition to the museum. If someone went and gave a couple dollars each to get in, the bottom line is that it is even more income to the museum than buying the tickets that have already been sold.

Secondly is that I've never seen a line to pay for admission. But I have seen lines at the reservation desk. If the idea is to avoid standing in line, a person would probably be better off buying tickets there than having to turn in the vouchers in the reservations line.
Sorry.

I hope someone can take these tickets off your hands Margie, I don't think it is wrong to offer them here. By the way, when I was at the Met last year, there WAS a line to pay admission. Depending on time of year, time of day and many other factors there can be a line so having reservation tickets ahead of time could potentially be advantageous.
Good Luck!

Are these tickets for a particular exhibit that requires advanced reservations?

In my experience, even when there's a line to pay the regular admission which is pay what you want, the line moves very quickly.

NYer here. And I was at the MET last week with an out-of-town guest.

Yes, the $15 is a suggested donation. I usually give them $1, which is very generous. I've seen families of 4 or 5 getting in with $1.

As for lines, there is rarely a line unless someone is holding it up. Last week, I was at a line where a family (the father, actually) kept asking the cashier questions, thereby holding up the line for more than 10 minutes. Otherwise, it takes less than 5 minutes to get a pass/pin.

It also helps if you DON'T bring a bag with out. The bags will be search at a different line, and if you have a jacket or umbrella, it has to be checked too.

Again, enjoy your visit. It's a fabulous museum. I've been there over half a dozen of times and I still haven't seen everything.

Yes, the museum does take whatever you wish for a donation - most pay the suggested full admission price of $15, some don't for whatever reason. Personally I would never hand someone a quarter to get into anything, let alone a world-class facility. By me offering these tickets here, the museum is not getting gypped, I PAID the museum for them, the museum has the money for the tickets regardless of who uses them; I am not in the habit of ripping off art venues. If you have ever been to the museum on a rainy day, or during a vacation period there is usually a line, with these you may avoid it, not a big deal but convenient. I have never seen a line at the reservation desk that matched that at the general admission booth. You could also buy them and give them as a gift to someone who would appreciate them. Just a thought.

$1 is generous????

Some posters seem to have been unusually harsh on Margie. The poor woman has a couple advance registration tickets to sell, and she's not making any money on the offer. That's it.
Will there be lines when you go the museum? It depends on when you go. But, if you plan on a weekend afternoon, you can bet there'll be lines! So, if you're going then, it's worthwhile to buy her tickets. Otherwise, maybe yes, maybe no.
As for how much to give, I just can't understand those who would give a mere pittance to visit one of the world's great museums. Surely. mingtsainy is joking when he/she says, "...I usually give them $1, which is very generous..."

Howard, THANK YOU!

atilla, I totally agree. It's not generous, it is insulting.

Ming: I hope you make minimum wage or less which is why you would have the audacity to suggest that $1 is "generous" to gain access to one of the most incredible museums in the world!!!! :L

The policy is in place for the sake of those who can't afford the full admission. Like any honor system, there will be those who abuse it and take advantage of the situation -- that's just human nature.

I meant, my $1 is generous compared to others who get passes for the entire family with $1.

Also in my defense, the MET receive HUGE amount of public funds from the state and city of NY. I work in NYC and we pay enormous amount for state and city taxes, and sales tax.

I feel no guilt in enjoying what I pay for with my tax dollars.

Sorry, mingtsainy, I don't buy your rationalization! And, thank goodness, most us New Yorkers who visit the Met don't either.

I don't know all the details so I won't be so hard on mingtsainy, but I can see a couple of reasons why someone would not pay the full amount.
If you live in the city and go often, often taking others as a sort of host, and they are paying their full way, I think it's fine to just pay a dollar or two each time.
When we spent a month on the upper east side, I think we went to the Metropolitan three or four times. The first time we paid the full requested amount. But we were only there maybe an hour. We went back several times and each additional time we gave a few dollars each. All together they got more money from us that if we had just gone for one full day, yet we never spent a full day's worth there, all added up. We wouldn't have gone back four times for a total of $96 or whatever it was, and I don't feel guilty about that.

Of course, if I lived in New York, I'd make a greater contribution and go often on my membership.