Top Tips for Art Lovers

We all know the big names in Museums, the ones people travel to. The Met, The Louvre, The Smithsonian, Uffizi Gallery, are all names that travelers flock to. And for good reason. Of course, these top our list as quality and exciting adventures to have if you’re an art lover. We have a few other recommendations as well.

Skip the Line

First, if you’re going to one of the renowned museums in a metropolitan city such as New York or Paris, purchase advance tickets. Better yet, contact a travel agent, such as Purple Light Vacations. Often, we have insider access connections to specialty rates, but also skip the line tickets.

Get a Tour Guide

Tour Guides are also available for particular museums, and well worth it for an art lover. A knowledgeable tour guide not only knows how to move through the museum efficiently but can give you all the inside scoop on pieces, the artists and sometimes the museum itself. Tour guides can range from the museum docents to independent tour guides.

Professor Lear of Oscar Wilde Tours Leading a Tour of the Gay Secrets of the Metropolitan Musuem

Join a Tour Group

This is a truly immersive art experience. Tour groups range from a guided walking tour of the city’s street art, to an all-inclusive trip exploring art and culture through multiple stops at cultural locations and multiple museums. These trips, such as the one hosted by our travel partner Oscar Wilde Tours, not only give you incredible inside secrets, but often stay in hotels that are pieces of art themselves.

Go outside

These days art isn’t found just inside a museum. Full scale street art and artistic murals are popular destinations. A few notable ones include the Wynwood Walls in Miami and Toronto’s Graffiti alley. Plus, search any big city and you’ll come up with guides to the best street art locations, such as in NYC, LA and Chicago.

Even if you’re not an art lover, some of these can offer a wider fascination for travelers.

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