5 Virtual and Online Exhibition Museum Tours You Can Do from Home
Are you currently sitting at home, wishing for inspiration? If that’s a yes, we highly recommend going to a museum! And you don’t even have to leave your house. We’re sharing virtual and online exhibition museum tours you can do from the comfort of your couch. Let’s check them out!
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) — New York, USA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, also known as “The Met,” is located in New York City. It’s a must-see destination if you’re in the city. There are many wonderful art collections from around the world, such as works by El Greco and Goya as well as French paintings by Van Gogh. Additionally, it’s where the annual epic “MET Gala”, one of the world’s biggest red carpet events of fashion, is held.
Don’t hesitate to take The Met’s 360° Project Museum virtual tour, which is an incredible award-winning series of six short videos for visitors around the world. It will make you feel like you’re strolling through the actual gallery!
Musée d’Orsay, Paris — Paris, France
Musée d’Orsay is the most beautiful art museum in France. It’s located in the center of Paris, facing the Tuileries Garden along the Seine River. In the past, this museum was a railway station named “Gare d’Orsay.” The architecture is so stunning that former Thai King Rama V used it as inspiration for the Hualampong Railway Station, the main railway terminal of Bangkok, Thailand.
Musée d’Orsay displays collections of art mainly focused on impressionist and post-impressionist paintings such as “Self-Portrait” by Van Gogh, “Blue Water Lilies” by Claude Monet, and much more. You can find all of these on the online museum site.
British Museum — London, UK
The British Museum is one of the best-known and most-visited museums in the world. There is an enormous number of remarkable collections covering all fields of human knowledge such as the Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon sculptures, and the Egyptian Mummies. If you go to London, don’t miss the chance to visit. The museum is a free-for-all and now it’s also free for you at home.
If you don’t know what to do at this time, let’s check the site of British Museum! You will find the super creative and innovative online museum tour there.
National Women’s History Museum — Virginia, USA
The National Women’s History Museum’s mission is to tell the stories and share the powerful history of US women to inspire, educate, and shape the future of the next generation.
Over the past two decades, this museum has become the largest online cultural institution dedicated to women’s history in America. The online exhibitions include Women in the Olympics, the Women of NASA, along with Female Adventurers, and a lot more.
High Museum of Art — Georgia, USA
The High Museum of Art is the leading art museum in the southeastern United States. Here you can find more than 15,000 works of art, including significant holdings of European paintings, and burgeoning collections of modern and contemporary art.
There are many interesting online collections and exhibitions on the site. We suggest you check out “Civil Rights Photography,” which includes more than 300 photos of the social protest movement from the 1950s and 1960s in the US from Rosa Parks’s arrest to Freedom Rides to tumultuous demonstrations.
While you can imagine and plan your next journey post COVID-19 now, you can also look for inspiration and maximize your knowledge. Even though we cannot go on a trip at the moment, don’t abandon your wanderlust and just sit on your couch. Let’s explore virtual museums around the world via the Internet until we can hop on a plane and see them in person!
Meet SNEAK Team:
Aom is a dreamer and a traveler who’s in love with medieval architecture and expansive outdoor scenes. She collects magnets from everywhere she goes, hoping that someday her refrigerator will be full of them.
Originally published at blog.getsneak.com on May 1, 2020.
