Museum Hack is a band of overly-enthusiastic, renegade museum tour guides. We lead adventures in New York, Washington DC, San Francisco, Chicago and Los Angeles. Our small-group experiences key on passionate storytelling, juicy gossip, and little-known oddities. It'll be the best 2 hours you've ever had in a museum.
For People Who Don’t Like Museums
Museum Hack tours focus on the incredible works hidden in deep dark corners. Our renegade tour guides will tell stories to keep you engaged in awesomely unconventional ways.
We Hacked It
Our un-highlights tour puts an alternative spin on the museum, featuring other sides to the highlights we love, as well as some of the strangest, wildest, sexiest stories hidden throughout the museum. Each Museum Hack tour is customized based on the audience. Because we have small groups, the guides can modify the agenda based on your experience.
We promise you will have an active, fun, engaging session. 110% satisfaction guaranteed.
Note: Museum Hack tours are for adults only. Minimum age is 18. Attendees under 18 will not be allowed to attend and may be turned away.
Reviews of Museum Hack
(4.7-star rating across
428 reviews)
The Art Institute of Chicago: Badass Bitches Tour
Reviewed by Caren K. on 3/1/2020
I really enjoyed the class itself and the information Jessamyn gave us. She was very knowledgeable and presented the information in a very animated and interesting way. I personally did not like all the games. I am not very knowledgeable about art and was thrilled with the interesting, fun way it was presented, but felt kind of put on the spot to interpret something I didn't understand or to be thinking about a picture I needed to take while she was talking about something else. I know she didn't mean it that way AT ALL. Nevertheless, the history and the additional pictures she showed us on her iPad and the way she explained everything was enough for me. I would still definitely recommend it to others.
The Art Institute of Chicago: Badass Bitches Tour
Reviewed by Rachel K. on 3/1/2020
Great Tour led by Jessamyn! Fun and interactive (played games) and learned a lot too.
The Art Institute of Chicago: Badass Bitches Tour
Reviewed by Matt N. on 3/1/2020
Jessamyn was awesome. The whole experience was well... badass!
Matt and Dani Nessetti
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Un-Highlights Tour
Anonymous review on 2/24/2020
The tour was great! I've been to the Met many times before but it was nice to get a more in-depth view and history behind some artwork I wouldn't have been able to get on my own. Jen was a funny and informative tour guide.
Getty Center: Badass Bitches Tour
Anonymous review on 2/20/2020
We enjoyed our tour of the Getty today with Monisha. She was very animated and fun and we learned about the dearth of women artists in the Getty collection among other things. Monisha lifted our spirits after the parking fiasco. The parking was a nightmare; not your fault, but even when we told the parking attendant that we had tickets for a tour, he wouldn't let us in. Finally, after waiting and arguing, the attendant started letting cars in. Our tour started almost a half hour late because people were held up trying to get into the Getty parking lot (once in, there were spaces!) We will not be going there again and I will write the Getty about their appalling parking situation. Let's just say, it put a damper on our enthusiasm for the tour.
Thanks for listening. Good luck with the Getty. They have so much money, they don't really care who has problems getting into their parking structure; it makes no difference to them. I hope you find some museums that are more "user friendly."
Metropolitan Museum of Art: VIP Night Tour
Reviewed by Eloise O. on 2/18/2020
Fabulous! Lindsay and Jim are both wonderful guides. A super fun evening with super fun people.
American Museum of Natural History: Un-Highlights Tour
Reviewed by Jason G. on 2/18/2020
We had the best time on our tour with Kevin. He was fun, informative, interesting, and made everyone feel included. Highly recommend even if you've already been to the museum!
Getty Center: Badass Bitches Tour
Reviewed by Cassandra B. on 2/10/2020
Desire
1. More actual female artists work.
2. More stories about the origin or creation story of the art would be interesting.
Our guide was outstanding in terms of positive energy and tying in her personal and professional relevance to the art! The exercises were terrific at engagement and bonding.
Getty Center: Un-Highlights Tour
Reviewed by Carol H. on 2/1/2020
A Fun, engaging, creative way to see the Getty!
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Badass Bitches Tour
Reviewed by Grant M. on 2/1/2020
Such a great tour! We had an amazing tour guide (Elizabeth) who gave us a museum experience like we never had before. It was high energy, informative and we learned things we would have otherwise missed out on while experiencing the Met. Highly recommend for anyone who wants to know more about the female influences at the Met or just a great tour in general.
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Badass Bitches Tour
Reviewed by Lisa M. on 1/27/2020
Amazing class! So much fun and learned so much. Was sad when the afternoon ended!
National Gallery of Art: Badass Bitches Tour
Reviewed by Betsy R. on 1/26/2020
Loved the NGA tour! Our guides Brook and Caroline were the best at making women in art come alive! Thank you for an awesome tour!
Getty Center: Badass Bitches Tour
Anonymous review on 1/6/2020
Really fun tour and great guide.
Getty Center: Un-Highlights Tour
Anonymous review on 1/5/2020
Guide was great
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Un-Highlights Tour
Reviewed by Neisha R. on 12/29/2019
The tour was refreshing and very comical and enjoyable. All the major points of the museum were touched. Our tour guide had a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor that made the tour extremely funny.
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Badass Bitches Tour
Reviewed by Kris K. on 12/9/2019
It was very interesting made especially so by the group leader.
Would do another
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Badass Bitches Tour
Reviewed by Tina M. on 12/8/2019
What a fun and educational afternoon! Jen was amazing, and the time flew by—lots of laughs and learning!
Metropolitan Museum of Art: VIP Night Tour
Reviewed by Catherine L. on 11/24/2019
Fun and entertaining with interesting stories all the way. Lots of energy and very interactive
Metropolitan Museum of Art: VIP Night Tour
Reviewed by Lauren W. on 11/2/2019
Elizabeth and Jim were such a great team! I am a native New Yorker and I have been to the museum several times before, but this tour taught me little interesting facts that I was not aware of. I highly recommend this tour!
Getty Center: Un-Highlights Tour
Reviewed by Debra H. on 9/30/2019
Our tourguide, Kris, was personable, funny, energetic, and perceptive. We enjoyed his "curriculum" to the max and appreciate how he devised the un-tour stories and games so that we would playfully interact with the works he chose, and our attention never flagged. We learned gross, saucy, and gruesome details that are un-forgettable. Our afternoon at the Getty was un-surpassed!
Students who have taken classes at Museum Hack generally have positive things to say about their experiences. They appreciate the knowledgeable and animated guides who present information in interesting and engaging ways. Many students mention enjoying the interactive elements and games that are incorporated into the classes.. Students also mention that they learn a lot during the classes, often gaining new insights and perspectives on the artwork being showcased. Overall, the classes at Museum Hack are described as informative, high-energy, and a unique way to explore museums.
Quotes:
1. "Theehistory and the additional pictures she showed us... was enough for me."
2. "Amazing class! So much fun and learned so much. Was sad when the afternoon ended!"
3. "Our guide was outstanding in terms of positive energy and tying in her personal and professional relevance to the art! The exercises were terrific at engagement and bonding."
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