Explore the Center

We invite you to explore the Arsht Center beyond experiencing a live performance. With free tours, visual art installations and incredible public art, the Arsht demonstrates the parallels between the performing and visual arts, allowing patrons to witness — in one setting — stunning architecture, contemporary visual art and world-class live performances.

Free Arsht Center Tours

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Mondays and Saturdays at Noon*

Tours depart from the lobby of the Ziff Ballet Opera House.

Tours last approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes, no reservations required. 

Please Note: All guests must have their backpacks screened by an Arsht Security Officer(s) prior to taking the tour.

The Arsht Center, the largest performing arts center built in the United States in the last three decades, now offers free regularly scheduled tours twice a week.

Highlights of the tour include:

  • Insider information about the Arsht's architecture, history and the many stars who have graced its stages.

  • A mini Miami history lesson as you walk through and experience the beauty of the theaters

  • Dramatic views of Biscayne Bay and the Miami skyline from the Arsht's upper tiers and Biscayne Boulevard pedestrian bridge.

  • The magnificent Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places site-specific installations created by renowned artists

 *Schedule may change if Monday or Saturday fall within a holiday week. Please call the Box office 305.949.6722 for more tour schedule information.

 

Group Tours

Are you looking for a great corporate team bonding event? Does your girl scout troop need to earn a badge? Would you like to expose your students to the arts via a field trip? Group tours are ideal for groups of 10 or more that would like to get an in depth look at the beautiful architecture of the Arsht Center.   

Highlights of the tour include:

  • Insider information about the Arsht's architecture, history and the many stars who have graced its stages.
  • A mini Miami history lesson as you walk through and experience the beauty of the theaters
  • Dramatic views of Biscayne Bay and the Miami skyline from the Arsht's upper tiers and Biscayne Boulevard pedestrian bridge.
  • The magnificent Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places site-specific installations created by renowned artists.

Private Group Tours are available on Mondays.

For more information on Group Tours please email: groupsales@arshtcenter.org

 

Visual Arts

The Arsht's growing number of visual art exhibits and installations greatly enrich the Arsht Center experience. Demonstrating the parallels between the performing and visual arts allows patrons to witness — in one setting — stunning architecture, contemporary visual art and world-class live performances. Additionally, the new Knight Masterworks Print Collection, which commissions visual artists to create new works annually for the Arsht, enhances the growing body of new dance, music and theater works commissioned, developed and produced by the Arsht Center each year.