MOCA will be closed on Sunday February 16 due to severe weather.

Tours and Group Visits

Tours

MOCA offers guided tours, workshops, and weekend drop-in tours each exhibition season.

How to Book

To book a guided tour and workshop, email events@moca.ca.

Guided tours and workshops can be booked from Wednesday – Friday, 11 – 5 pm, with the latest start time at 4 pm. These tours run for one hour and can accommodate a maximum of 30 people.

All bookings include a general admission ticket.

Private Guided Tours

Time: 1 hour
Group Size: 10 to 30 people
Cost: $50 per person

Your group will be led on a private tour by a MOCA Visitor Experience Guide, who will provide new perspectives and context to consider in your interpretation of the art. During your visit, you will have the opportunity to engage in lively conversation where questions are encouraged. Expand your understanding and connection to the art in the exhibition, and how it relates to the world around us.

Private Guided Tour and Workshop

Time: 2 hours
Group Size: 15 to 30 people
Cost: $100 per person

This option includes a guided tour and a workshop. After the tour, your team will participate in one of the hands-on studio activities below to deepen your understanding of the exhibition’s theme.

Group Visits

Adult groups of 10 or more will receive a discounted admission price at $10 per person. 

Studio Activity Options

This activity introduces students to thinking about contemporary art through a deeper look at Ghazaleh Avarzamani’s Mashrabiya, the bright blue window screen that is a fixture of MOCA’s studio space. Through close observation, conversation, and a hands-on paper-cutting craft, students will explore shape, colour, and light as well as new ways of thinking and talking about contemporary art.

Inspired by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas’s exhibition Diaries After a Flood, Watercolour Wonders will introduce students to the medium of watercolour painting, exploring beginner painting techniques. Students will have the opportunity to illustrate their imaginations and own stories while responding to Yahgulanaas’s Haida Manga, a mixture of North Pacific Indigenous narratives and frame lines and Japanese cartooning.

Drop-In Tours

Duration: 45 minutes
Time: 1 pm and 3 pm
Date: October through January, every Saturday and Sunday
Cost: General Admission to the museum must be purchased. No additional cost is required.

Join us for our drop-in tours, included free with museum admission, and connect with contemporary art in an accessible and community-focused setting. Led by MOCA’s Visitor Experience Guides, these tours offer a unique opportunity to delve deeper into the themes of our current exhibitions, fostering further discussion and understanding. Open to everyone, our drop-in tours embody our commitment to making art accessible and engaging for all community members.

School Visits

For information on school and educational group visits, click here or email learning@moca.ca.

Visitors to the Members Open House for Greater Toronto Art 2021, October 2021. Photo by Gabriel Li.