National Gallery of Art Guided Tour Reviews & Ratings

Stephen kept everyone's interest for the two hour tour. The depth of his knowledge enabled all of us to gain a deeper understanding of what the paintings really depicted. We would take the tour again if Stephen had a part 2 with 40 different...continued

Disorganized and lackluster

I enjoyed the tour and the guide was personable and very knowledgeable. He presented facts and histories of the art works that you wouldn't get touring the museum on your own. Throughout the tour some people who were not with the initial group...continued

Definitely worth it. Informative guide. Would recommend to all.

Very knowledgeable and easy to understand. Would do another tour with him. If I recall correctly his name was Steven Mead.

The guide was friendly and knowledgeable. I learned a lot. It was a fun 2 hour experience.

Stephen Mead is a fine docent who led the tour with skill and humor. The two hours flew by.

Tour guide Stephen Mead was interesting and provided lots of fascinating information on pre-selected works in various areas of the museum. The tour was well paced. The initial meet up was awkward due to incorrect info sent out with the...continued

The pieces selected for the tour were mostly from the Director's Choice list, which you can do on your own with the brochure or audio guide. Our group was large (about 40) which made it difficult to see the pieces and the details for which our...continued

Interesting and I learned a lot from every painting described by the tour guide. Thanks

The tour itself was excellent. I just wished that Goldstar had made clearer that the tour was NOT affiliated to the National Gallery of Art.

Our tour guide Stephen was very knowledgeable about the works of art we viewed and provided us with fun and interesting details that typical museum tours probably would not cover. Also, two hours was the perfect amount of time for this tour. I...continued

Our tour was excellent - covered lots of periods and provided excellent back-stories to the selected paintings.

The tour was very enjoyable. Our guide, Steven, was knowledgeable, informative, and highly entertaining.
I recommend this tour for anyone who is looking for an introduction to the many treasures of the National Gallery.
It will certainly...continued

Our guide Stephen was great! Very enjoyable and well thought out choices - a wonderful overview of the treasures at the National Gallery!

Our tour guide was excellent and made a good selection of art for the tour.

The National Gallery of Art is a wonderful museum. I love the West building and all the collections. Even though we had been to this Museum before, my friend and I booked a 2-hour private tour with Stephen Mead, a professional museum tour guide. ...continued

While guiding us to a selection of the art at the gallery Stephen Mead was entertaining and informative. He had a story to tell about each piece of art that he took us to view and pointed out details that would have escaped most of us if we were...continued

Clearly a highlights tour. No tour can do justice to this great art museum unless it is for several days and preceded by a class. But this is an excellent use of two hours to get an expert view of great art.

Our guide, Steven, gave us many interesting facts, pointed at some details, hidden meanings, symbolisms, etc as well as explaining the period the various selected works took place, about the artist... Some of these paintings, I am sure, I would...continued