6 Famous Museums Offering Virtual Tours
6 Famous Museums Offering Virtual Tours
Stuck at home? If you've run out of things to do to keep boredom away during this period of self-isolation, here are 6 museums offering FREE virtual tours. Great idea to add into your homeschooling schedule or to break up that endless Netflix cycle!
Inject a little culture and education into your day right from the comfort of your couch!
Google arts & culture has teamed up with over 2500 museums and galleries around the world to bring anyone virtual tours and online exhibits of some of the most famous museums around the world.
Check out our favorites below...
Museum #1: Madrid, Spain
Visit el Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales in Madrid Spain. This museum is one of the oldest in Europe and the most important in Spain!
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, MNCN - CSIC, Madrid, Spain - Google Arts & Culture
Madridâs National Museum of Natural Sciences is one of the oldest in Europe and the mos...
Museum # 2: The Houston Museum of Natural Art
The Houston Museum of Natural art in Houston, Texas features dinosaur fossils, Astronomy, space science exhibits, Native American Culture, and more. This is one of the most heavily attended museums in the United States, if you haven't been, now's your chance to experience what the Houston Museum of Natural Arts has to offer!
Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, TX, United States - Google Arts & Culture
Founded in 1909, the purpose of the Houston Museum of Natural Science has always been to ...
Museum #3: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
This famous American art museum features two online exhibits through Google. The first is an exhibit of American fashion from 1740 to 1895, including many renderings of clothes from the colonial and Revolutionary eras. The second is a collection of works from Dutch Baroque painter Johannes Vermeer.
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States - Google Arts & Culture
The National Gallery of Art â the nation's museum â preserves, collects, exhibits...
Museum #4: Lincoln Home National Historic Site
This is a great tour to add into homeschooling sessions, this tour allows you to view the outdoors, first and second floor, as well as the visitor center of Lincolns home. See where Lincoln lived before becoming the 16th President of the United States!
Lincoln Home National Historic Site, National Park Service, Springfield, IL, United States - Google Arts & Culture
Lincoln Home National Historic Site preserves the Springfield, Illinois home and a histor...
Museum #5: MusĂ©e dâOrsay, Paris
You can virtually walk through this popular gallery that houses dozens of famous works from French artists who worked and lived between 1848 and 1914. Get a peek at artworks from Monet, CĂ©zanne, and Gauguin, among others.
MusĂ©e dâOrsay, Paris, Paris, France - Google Arts & Culture
The history of the museum, of its building is quite unusual. In the centre of Paris on th...
Museum #6: National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City
Built in 1964, this museum is dedicated to the archaeology and history of Mexicoâs pre-Hispanic heritage. There are 23 exhibit rooms filled with ancient artifacts, including some from the Mayan civilization.
The National Museum of Anthropology - Mexico City - Ziko van Dijk / Wikimedia Commons - Google Arts & Culture
The National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City â devoted to the archaeology and his...