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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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