We may be physically distancing, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still see the sights! Check out these great websites where you can travel to museums, libraries, and even Disneyworld, all from your own home:
Nature
- Monterey Bay Aquarium
- Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute
- Houston Zoo
- Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
- Explore.org
- San Diego Zoo
- American Battlefield Trust
- Valley Forge National Park
- Yellowstone National Park
- Yosemite National Park
- Mars
- Farmfood360
Attractions
Libraries
- Library of Parliament, Ottawa
- Mansueto Library, University of Chicago
- New York Public Library
- Library of Congress, Washington, DC
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Seattle Public Library, Central Branch
Art and Culture Museums
- Arizona State Museum: Virtual Tour
- Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: Virtual Tours
- Byzantine and Christian Virtual Museum: Virtual Tour
- Cranbrook Art Museum, Michigan: Exhibit Virtual Tours
- Dalí Theatre-Museum, Catalonia: Virtual Tour
- Finnish Art Gallery: Virtual Tour
- The Frick, Pittsburgh: Virtual tours, online collections, activities
- Hallwyl Museum, Stockholm: VR Tour
- The Hermitage, Russia: Virtual Tour (YouTube)
- The Kremer Museum: VR Tour (Requires download)
- The Louvre, Paris: Virtual Tour
- Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum: Virtual Tour
- Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford: Virtual Tour
- São Paolo Museum of Art: Virtual Tour
- Vatican Museums: Virtual Tours
- Vermont Art Online: 360-degree Virtual Tours
- Vizcaya Museum and Gardens: Virtual Tour
- The World Coffee Museum: Virtual Tour
- Akron Art Museum, Ohio
- Albright-Knox, New York
- Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
- Artura: Contemporary diverse art and artists
- The Barnes Collection, Philadelphia
- The Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
- Birmingham Museums Trust, Birmingham, UK (art and history)
- Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
- Clyfford Still Museum, Denver
- Cooper Hewitt, New York (historical and contemporary design)
- Corning Museum of Glass, New York: Lectures, demos, glass blowing magic.
- Crocker Art Museum, California
- Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
- Delaware Art Museum
- Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
- Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, New Mexico
- Glasgow Women’s Library
- The Guggenheim, New York
- The Hammer, LA (contemporary art)
- The Khalili Collections: 35,000 works of art
- Kröller-Müller Museum, The Netherlands
- Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland
- The Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires (MALBA)
- Latino Cultural Arts Center, Denver
- The Leiden Collection
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
- M+ Collections: 5,000+ Cultural Objects
- McMaster Museum of Art, Canada
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
- Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway (art by Edvard Munch)
- Museum of New Zealand
- National Museum of Fine Arts, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- New Museum Digital Archive
- Oakland Museum of California
- Open Access at the Met
- Paris Museum of Modern Art
- Philbrook Museum of Art, Oklahoma
- Portland Art Museum
- The Rainbow Museum: Art and Photography
- Rijksmuseum: Art and Videos
- Sarmaya, Mumbai
- Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Arts, Arizona
- Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design
- SMK Open: National Gallery of Denmark Collections
- Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain
- Xul Solar Museum, Argentina
- Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
- Victoria and Albert, UK
- The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Pennsylvania
- Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (visual, performing, media arts)
- The Walters, Baltimore
- https://v21artspace.com/virtual-exhibitions
History
- Canadian Museum of History: Virtual Tour
- Cliffe Castle Museum: Virtual Tour
- Diefenbunker, Canada: Virtual Tours, Coloring Pages
- Dundas Museum & Archives: 360-degree Virtual Tour
- Florence as it Was: 3D models of Florentine buildings, artworks, and squares
- George Washington’s Mount Vernon: Virtual Tours, timelines, etc.
- Historic Ships in Baltimore: USS Constellation Virtual Tour
- Mexican National Institute of Anthropology & History: Virtual Tours (Flash)
- Museum of Flight: Virtual Tour
- Museum of the American Revolution: Virtual Tour
- National Archaeological Museum, Spain: Virtual Museum
- National Museum of the Great Lakes: Virtual Tour
- National Museum of the U.S. Air Force: Virtual Tour
- Oakville Museum at Erchless Estate: California, US Virtual Tour
- The Palace Museum: The Forbidden City, China, 360-degree Virtual Tour
- Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum: Virtual Tour
- Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania: 360-degree Equipment Tour
- Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello: Virtual Tour
- Westminster Abbey, London: Virtual Tour
Science Museums & Collections
- The Ecotarium Museum of Science: 360-degree Virtual Tour
- Luxembourg National Museum of National History: Virtual Tour
- NASA Langley Research Center: Virtual Tour
- National Museum of Computing, UK: Virtual Tour
- National Museum of Natural History, US: Virtual Tour
- Oxford University Museum of Natural History: Virtual Tour with audio commentary
- Science Museum, London: Shipping Galleries Virtual Tour
- Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation
- Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University
- Grand Rapids Public Museum, US
- History of Science Museum, Oxford University
- Idaho Museum of Natural History
- The Horniman, UK
- MIT Museum, US
- Museum of Natural Sciences, Barcelona
- National Maritime Museum, UK
- Naturalis, Netherlands: 40,000,000 natural science collections objects
- Natural History Museum, UK
- Royal Ontario Museum
- Royal Tyrrell Museum
History Collections
- Brooklands Museum, Surrey, UK (cars, motorcycles, aircraft)
- Canadian Museum of History
- Chicago History Museum, Illinois
- Digital Cleveland History
- The Henry Ford, Michigan
- Imperial War Museum, UK
- London Transport Museum, UK
- The Museum of Flight, Seattle
- National Army Museum, UK
- National Museum of African American History & Culture
- National Museum of Korea
- New York Archaeological Repository
- Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture
- Royal Armouries Collections
- South West Collections, England
- UK Postal Museum
- Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Virginia