Photo tours & shoots · MUSEUMS
The 15 best museum photo visits you can book today, with what each costs, how long it runs and the hour of day it really needs. Number one leads for a reason; start there.
Visit Fotografiska Berlin for two hours of changing photography exhibitions in a former artists’ house. Your ticket covers all current shows, while bars, terraces, a design shop, guided tours, drinks in the galleries, children, and dogs make this a relaxed cultural stop. Open daily from 10 am to 11 pm.
“A bit smaller than I thought but overall worth it!”
Visit Foam at Keizersgracht 609 for a changing mix of historic, documentary, and contemporary photography. Your ticket covers all exhibitions and the gallery for one day. Allow time for the bookshop and café, and check foam.org/programme before you go for the current show lineup.
Meet a private photographer near the Louis XIV statue outside the Louvre for a guided 30 to 90-minute session. Your photographer, such as Jona, Carole, Danica, or Vishwajeet, directs poses and finds strong angles. You receive professionally edited digital photos to view and download, with delivery stated within 24 hours and access available within 48 hours.
“Ben was excellent. He made my husband and me feel at ease and he was upbeat and happy.”
Visit Berlin’s Museum of Photography at your own pace with a one-day admission ticket. See photography from the 19th century to today, explore five collection areas, and visit the permanent Helmut Newton exhibition with cameras, personal objects, and the famous Newton-mobile. Temporary displays may include Body Performance and Post-War Modern Photography.
Spend a day at Los Angeles’s Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, exploring Stories of Cinema, the Casablanca and Boyz n the Hood galleries, Oscar memorabilia, and a temporary exhibition. Your ticket includes the Dolby Family Terrace, but not film screenings or the extra-cost Oscars Experience. Allow about three hours.
“I had a great visit to the museum. The exhibits were well curated and played out in a way which made them easy to explore. There was quite a lot to explore- I was there for about 3 hours and could have stayed a bit longer!”
Visit C/O Berlin in the historic Amerika Haus for a full day of changing photography exhibitions. Expect major figures such as William Eggleston, Daidō Moriyama, Irving Penn, Mary Ellen Mark, and Annie Leibovitz alongside newer artists. Your ticket also gives access to artistic interventions at Café C/O Berlin x Barkin’ Kitchen.
“Originele expositie, prettig vervreemdende ervaring met zeker ook humor. Behulpzaam personeel (gratis leen-munt voor de locker).”
Enter Rotterdam’s National Museum of Photography for a self-guided visit through 180 years of Dutch image-making. See the Gallery of Honour with 99 key works, explore changing exhibitions, and use the English or Dutch app to learn about six million photographs and 175 archives. Your ticket is valid for one day.
Spend about two hours at the Louvre with a Portuguese-speaking host and a French government-licensed guide. The route covers around 20 major works, including the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, Winged Victory, Ancient Egypt, and Napoleon III’s Apartments. You can also stay afterward for more museum time and receive help with photos and content.
“Gostei bastante da visita no global. Foi um dia complicado em que houve manifestação dos funcionários do museu,o que complicou bastante a entrada no museu. Gerando atraso de horas.Retiveram milhares de pessoas, que se foram acumulando como animais ,não respeitando minimamente os visitantes, dando uma péssima imagem. Infelizmente havia algumas zonas de interesse fechadas. inclusive as jóias da coroa.”
Spend 7 to 8 hours touring Cairo with an Egyptology guide, air-conditioned vehicle, camel ride, and photographer. Visit the Egyptian Museum, Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, and Khan el-Khalili Bazaar. George, Maria, Inas, Ahmed, and Bishoy have led different departures, while photography is included only in the pyramid area.
Visit Fundación MAPFRE in Madrid for temporary and permanent art displays, including Anders Zorn: Traveling the World, Remembering the Land and Helen Levitt. You’ll see paintings, prints, sketches, and nearly 200 photographs, with a free English or Spanish audio guide accessed by QR code.
Ride through Marrakech with an Arabic, French, or English-speaking tuk-tuk driver, passing the Koutoubia, city walls, gates, Gueliz, flea market, and souks. You’ll visit Maison de la Photographie and Le Jardin Secret at your own pace, with tickets included. Drivers such as Jalil and Hassan have earned praise for kindness and flexible photo stops.
“Jalil was a wonderful and kind driver, and made sure we had time to take photos of many beautiful sites like the old city gates and walls.”
Visit KBr Fundación MAPFRE in Barcelona’s Port Olímpic for two photography exhibitions through May 24, 2026. See Walker Evans, from 1920s documentary images to 1970s Polaroids, alongside Carlos Pérez Siquier’s Spanish photography. Your €5 ticket includes a free audio guide in English, Catalan, and Spanish.
“Excelente muestra. Buenas realizaciones fotográficas. Además, algunos de los trabajos llegan a la sensibilidad de ser humano, otros en cambio te invitan a analizar una realidad que entre todos deberíamos cambiar. Talento y creatividad. Recomendable.”
Meet your private photographer near McDonald’s Milano Duomo, then pose around Duomo Square and Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II. In 45 minutes to 1 hour, you receive 20 edited digital photos within 48 hours. The Premium option adds Sforza Castle and 10 more images.
“The photographer, Angelo, is a highly professional expert who made the two of us at ease and relaxed us, joked with us in the process and made the most amazing photos. Highly recommend him, it was the highlight of our stay in Milano!”
Spend about five hours with a private guide, photographer, and air-conditioned vehicle at the Great Pyramid, panoramic Giza viewpoint, Sphinx, and Grand Egyptian Museum. You’ll receive 40 to 50 enhanced photos through Google Drive after three to four days. Lunch, entry fees, a camel ride, pickup, and drop-off are included.
Spend three hours photographing Amsterdam’s prettiest corners with an English-speaking local guide who also works as a professional photographer. Start at Dam Square, see canals, bridges, wall art, the Amstel, and a Red Light District alley, then visit Moco Museum at a time you choose. Edited photos arrive after the tour.
A costume, a coastline or a sky that performs.
