Adult Programs: Guided Tours
Highlights Tour
All Ages
Explore the many highlights of the Cathedral’s history, architecture, and artwork, from the Great Bronze Doors to the seven Chapels of the Tongues. Learn about the Cathedral’s services, events, and programs that welcome and inspire visitors from around the world.
$16/Adult
$14/College Student/Senior.
Vertical Tour
All Ages
On this adventurous, “behind-the-scenes” tour, climb more than 124 feet through spiral staircases to the top of the world's largest cathedral. Learn stories through stained glass windows and sculpture, and study the grand architecture of the Cathedral while standing on a buttress. The tour culminates on the roof with a wonderful view of Manhattan.
$20/Adult
$18/College Student/Senior.
Cathedral Arts Tour
All Ages
Since its inception, the Cathedral has played a historic role in supporting the arts. Explore the Cathedral's magnificent collection, which includes glorious stained glass windows, paintings, stonework, and 17th-century tapestries, as well as a triptych by Keith Haring and a memorial by Meredith Bergman.
$16/Adult
$14/College Student/Senior.
Stained Glass Tour
All Ages
Experience the radiant stained glass windows of the Cathedral including the magnificent Rose Window, the largest in the United States, and the memorial to a stained glass artist. Each window contains a unique style of glass drawn from the English, French, and German traditions. Explore the beautiful narrative and geometric windows created by contemporary firms while learning about the history, creation, and meaning of stained glass.
$16/Adult
$14/College Student/Senior.
Architecture Tour
All Ages
Gaze upwards at ribs and vaults, columns and cornices, buttresses and beasts, prophets and pinnacles in this study of how successive styles of architectural history are reflected in the stages of Cathedral construction.
$16/Adult
$14/College Student/Senior.