Group Planning Ideas
2013 Spring Season * Metropolitan Opera House

Your group might enjoy adding other activities within the Lincoln Center campus and the area around Lincoln Center that would perfectly complement your visit to ABT. Here are suggestions and information for fine dining, tours, classes for dance students and museums.

LINCOLN CENTER CAMPUS

Fine Dining
Set within one the most spectacular cultural destinations in the world; The Grand Tier Restaurant in the Metropolitan Opera House is an elegant dining experience. Enjoy contemporary cuisine by Chef Jeff Raider for pre-curtain dining. Served in an atmosphere highlighted by spectacular chandeliers and original masterpieces by Marc Chagall an evening at the Grand Tier is truly an experience. The Grand Tier Restaurant is now open two hours prior to curtain to all Lincoln Center ticket-holders for pre-curtain dining. To receive information about group dining, catering and private event options, please contact the special events representative: Kathleen Eubanks | 212 873 1602.

The Revlon Bar located nearby on the Grand Tier level offers light snacks and a full-service bar. It is also open two hours prior to curtain for pre-curtain and intermission dining.

Restaurant List
ABT’s Group Sales Department would be happy to provide you with a list of fine restaurants located within the Lincoln Center Area.

Lincoln Center Tours
Groups receive a special discount.
Introduce your group to all that Lincoln Center has to offer. If you have a group of 15 or more, you can tour Monday through Saturday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, and on Sunday afternoons. Groups should be booked at least a month in advance and can include specialty tours as well. Call 212.875.5350 or email tour_desk@lincolncenter.org for more information.
Adults $17
Seniors/Students $14
Children $8

The New York Public Library For The Performing Arts
Located right within Lincoln Center, your group may enjoy the extensive research collections and wonderful exhibits at New York’s own Library for the Performing Arts, located at 40 Lincoln Center. For further information, call 212-870-1630 or visit nypl.org.

DANCE STUDENTS
	Coming to New York for one day or one week? Steps on Broadway is the perfect studio for your students to enjoy a true New York experience. Humming with vibrancy, vitality and tradition, Steps is one of New York’s best-known dance studios. Student groups coming from all over the world can choose from over 50 classes each day offered from a wide range of dance styles, including jazz, ballet, contemporary, tap, flamenco and more. For detailed information and reservations call 212-874-2410 or visit stepsnyc.com. Then, after your dance class, enjoy a world-class performance by American Ballet Theatre at the Met. Arrange for your performance tickets through ABT Group Sales.
MUSEUMS Lincoln Center area
	Museum of Natural History Central Park and 79th Street At the American Museum of Natural History your group can enjoy nature at its most fascinating, from dinosaurs to outer space. Additional museum options include the new Hayden Planetarium. Call 212- 496-3676.
	MoMA 11 West 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues The Museum of Modern Art is home to the world’s largest collection of modern painting and sculpture, comprising some 3,200 works dating from the late nineteenth century to the present. The museum’s collection includes art by such renowned figures as Matisse and Picasso as well as contemporary artists. Call 212-708-9685.
	New-York Historical Society 170 Central Park West at 77th Street Bring your group to New York’s oldest museum, the New-York Historical Society, and experience 400 years of American history. Founded in 1804, its holdings cover four centuries of American history and include one of the world’s greatest collections of historical artifacts. Call 212-485-9293.
	Children’s Museum of Manhattan 212 W. 83rd Street, between Amsterdam Ave. and Broadway Children can learn about themselves and our culturally diverse world through a unique environment of interactive exhibitions and programs. From its humble beginnings in a neighborhood storefront in 1973, CMOM has grown to a 38,000 square-foot learning facility and has become a destination for visitors from around the world. Call 212-721-1234.