Best Virtual Museum Tours

Best Virtual Museum Tours

In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, many establishments have been forced to close, including many museums around the world. Despite that, many of these establishments have found a creative way to bring their museums to you, and that is through the use of technology. Get an inside peek into the cultural richness of NYC and other places around the world we’ve been so desperately missing.



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Virtual Tours From NYC Museums

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1000 5th Avenue

Photo: The Met

The Met is a cultural hub of visual art, fashion, history and more. They are running a virtual tour through Google Arts & Culture, providing access to dozens of education exhibits


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The Met 360 Project

Photo: The Met

This is an award-winning six video series that invites people world-wide to explore their art and architecture, including extensions of their museum such as The Met Cloisters, The Temple of Dendur and more. See the exhibit anytime.


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The Museum of Modern Art

11 W 53rd Street

Photo: MoMa

Their virtual tour is also being hosted through Google Arts & Culture, giving free access to over a hundred paintings, sculptures and installations embodying the peak of stylistic art that emerged through the decades.


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The Brooklyn Museum

200 Eastern Pkwy

Photo: Brooklyn Museum

This is another museum that is using the Google Arts & Culture platform for virtual tours to provide free access to their art and history collections. They have several online exhibits available and extensive collections of artwork.


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The Cooper Hewitt

2 E 91st Street

Photo: Cooper Hewitt

The museum has an extensive design collection dating back to 1100 B.C. and they have been more than willing to give people educational access to some of those collections on the Google Arts & Culture platform. Thousands of one-of-a-kind art and collective pieces are available now online.


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The American Museum of Natural History

200 Central Park West

Photo: American Museum of Natural History

The American Museum of Natural History is using its Facebook and Twitter platforms to provide access for people staying home to previously recorded virtual tours. Every day, they’ll be sharing previously recorded Facebook lives at 2 PM EST, so stay tuned through their Twitter for more updates!


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Whitney Museum of American Art

99 Gansevoort Street

Photo: The Whitney Museum

The museum is working alongside Google Arts & Culture to provide online access to dozens of artworks in American modernism, Literary realism and more.


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The Frick Collection

1 E 70th Street

Photo: The Frick Collection

The Frick Collection is also providing free access through Google Arts & Culture. So far, they have five available exhibits and a variety of painting collections.


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Guggenheim Museum

1071 5th Avenue

Photo: The Guggenheim

They’re offering a wide array of modern and contemporary art online for people to access for free through the Google Art & Culture platform, including online exhibits and more.


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Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute

120 E 125th St, Harlem

Photo: ArtsAndCulture.google.com

While you're staying safe at home, you can still join the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) in Harlem online and experience two of their groundbreaking exhibitions, the 2017, Race, Myth, Art, and Justice! and the 2018 Liminal Space at their Google Culture page here 


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Nothing compares to the real thing, but at least these tours make for an excellent break in the at-home workday. Why not pop on your virtual shoes and take a tour of MoMA over lunch? 



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Virtual Tours From Museums Outside NYC

The Louvre

Paris, France

Take the tour here

  

The National Gallery of Art

Washington D.C., U.S.

Take the tour here

 

The British Museum

London, UK

Take the tour here

 

NASA’s Langley Research Center

Hampton, Virginia

Take the tour here


The Vatican Museums

Vatican City, Italy

Take the tour here


The National Women’s History Museum

Alexandria, Virginia

Take the tour here

  

The National Museum of The United States Air Force

Dayton, Ohio

Take the tour here

 

National Museum of Anthropology

Mexico City, Mexico

Take the tour here

 

The J. Paul Getty Museum

Los Angeles, U.S.

Take the tour here


Van Gogh Museum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Take the tour here


Pergamon Museum

Berlin, Germany

Take the tour here


National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art

Seoul, South Korea

Take the tour here