Google Arts & Culture has collaborated with some iconic museums to offer virtual tours of the incredible buildings, filled with art.
Global (22 April 2020) – At the moment the only way we leave our homes is to get groceries, by watching TV and in our dreams! Now you can leave home and take a virtual tour of a famous museum. Google Arts & Culture is an offering on the internet that focuses solely on the arts.
The website is filled with entertainment options. Literature lovers can tour the world’s most beautiful libraries, art lovers can view artworks in detail, and travel lovers can venture through museums, national parks, and so much more!
Below is a list of 12 famous museums you can tour from the comfort of home.
- British Museum, London – Virtual tour
- Guggenheim Museum, New York – Street View tour
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. – View two online exhibits
- Musée d’Orsay, Paris – View the history of & Artworks within
- National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul – Street View tour
- Pergamon Museum, Berlin – View the Sculptures
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam – Street View tour
- Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam – Virtual tour & close up with the art
- The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles – Street View Tour
- Uffizi Gallery, Florence – Street View tour & Artworks within
- MASP, São Paulo – Virtual Tour
- National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City – A photo tour
It is heartwarming to see everyone opening their tourist attractions to the global public. Being able to experience these museums and the art from the comfort of home is even more inspiration to get there in person one day.
We don’t know about you, but this lockdown and pandemic have seen our bucket lists grow quite a bit. What have you added to your bucket list since the lockdown?