Public Tours

Docent-led public tours are offered in the museum galleries. All tours are led by docents especially trained to expand the visitor experience. For What Do You See? and IMA Spotlights tours, please meet the Docent on floor two of the entrance pavilion, at the top of the escalator. Lilly House Tours will begin just inside the front door of the Lilly House.

Gallery Tours

1 PM | Thursdays and Saturdays

Tour: What Do You See?

Efroymson Family Entrance Pavilion Floor 2
1 PM

Explore works of art through interactive dialogue with a museum Docent. (30 minutes)

Fridays and Sundays

IMA Spotlights Tour

Efroymson Family Entrance Pavilion Floor 2
1 PM & 2:30 PM

Explore works of art through interactive dialogue with a museum Docent. (30 minutes)

Garden Tours

Third Thursday of each month February–November, 2025

Heirloom Tree Tour 

The Garden at Newfields
2 PM & 5 PM (when Museum hours allow for the second tour)

Join our Garden Guides for a monthly tour to see our heirloom trees transform through the seasons. Each tour will highlight the prominent characteristics of each species for that month.

March 22–October 26, 2025

Garden Tour

The Garden at Newfields
Saturdays 12:30 PM & 3:30 PM & Sundays 12:30 PM

Join our Garden Guides to see The Garden transform throughout the seasons. Each tour will highlight the prominent characteristics of each garden space and discuss flora, architecture, and history.

Thursdays March 27, April 10, April 17, April 24, May 8, & May 15, 2025

Spring Blooms Garden Tour

The Garden at Newfields
3 PM

Join Newfields Horticulturists to explore The Garden and see all the beautiful blooms spring has to offer.

Last Thursday of every month April–September

Garden Tour: Director’s Tour with Chad Franer

The Garden at Newfields
6 PM

An evening tour of The Garden at Newfields with Chad Franer, The Tom and Nora Hiatt Director of Horticulture.

Lilly House Tour

Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays

Lilly House Tour

Lilly House at Newfields
2 PM

Join a museum Docent for a guided tour of Oldfields, the former home of the Lilly family.

Honor a loved one with a bloom-struck planter. Celebrate someone special and support The Garden at Newfields all season long. Each Bloom-Struck donation includes a customized plaque and blooms that change with the seasons.