Private Art & Culture Access

After-hours at the great museums, private gallery viewings and the collections closed to the public — New York's cultural world, opened for you.

A single country that holds the ocean glamour of Miami, the canyon light of California, the cultural heights of New York and the vast wilderness of the West.

When to go

November through April is finest, when Florida and the Southwest bask in warm, dry days while the Northeast turns crisp and luminous. Your advisor times it to the light, the crowds and your own calendar.

The experiences

A sense of what this journey can hold — each one arranged privately and shaped to you:

• After-hours at the Met or the great museums, the galleries yours in the quiet after closing.
• Private viewings at the leading galleries, guided by the dealers and curators themselves.
• Access to private collections and rooms that are closed to the public.
• A curator-led walk through an exhibition arranged before or after the general hours.

A sense of the rhythm

This journey moves at the pace of contemplation, built around the hours when the great institutions belong to you alone. Days are unhurried, each viewing given room to breathe. We arrange the introductions quietly, so the doors are simply open when you arrive.

The institutions or the private collections?

You can center the trip on the great museums, seen in the stillness of after-hours. Or focus on the private galleries and collections, guided by the people who built them. We shape the days toward the kind of access that matters most to you.

How to do it well

The counsel our advisors give travelers planning this journey:

• Begin planning early; after-hours access to the major institutions is arranged well in advance.
• Keep the days spacious, so each viewing has the time and quiet it deserves.
• Tell us the artists and periods you care about, and we will open the right doors.
• Let us pair each viewing with a table nearby, so the day flows from the art to the meal.

What only your advisor can open

The difference between a good trip and an unrepeatable one is access — and access is a relationship, not a booking. Every guide, room and moment is chosen and sequenced for you.

Who it's for

Travelers who value privacy, time and doing it once — beautifully — and who would rather have one trusted advisor orchestrate every detail than assemble it themselves.

Estimated investment

From US$13,000 per traveler, based on double occupancy — scaled to your dates, party size and level of privacy. A starting point, not a final quote; confirmed once your advisor tailors the itinerary.

Designed entirely around you

Nothing here is a package. A Forest Travel advisor shapes the whole journey and stays one message away before and throughout your trip.

Your Virtuoso privileges

As a Virtuoso member, Forest Travel includes benefits reserved for Virtuoso guests at the finest luxury hotels, at no added cost: a room upgrade on arrival when available, daily breakfast for two, a property credit toward dining or spa, and early check-in with late check-out when the hotel allows.

Continue exploring New York

Part of our New York travel guide. Related private journeys:

• The Manhattan Long Weekend
• The Power Itinerary

Begin the conversation

Tell a Forest Travel advisor how you like to travel and they will design Private Art & Culture Access around you — privately, every Virtuoso privilege included. Request your private consultation →