Most of us are still spending time at home due to Coronavirus pandemic. Sometimes it can be hard to accept all that’s happening in the world right now but I know we’re all doing our best. If you’ve been reading my blog, you may know that I wrote about Thirty things to do in self isolation. In that post one of the things I recommended was taking a virtual museum tour. This morning I came back from a walk with my dog, he fell asleep immediately and I went out on the balcony and took my coffee and my laptop with me. I wanted to do more virtual museum tours and I ended up spending two hours on Google Arts and Culture. I decided to write a post about some of the museums you can visit online. I’ll share the links for each museum I visited and I hope you’ll visit them too. Join me in 24 amazing virtual museum tours.
First, there are 2,500 museums on this beautiful platform. I chose virtual tours through 24 museums. I’ve already been to some of these museums and I hope I can visit other museums from this list. I hope you’ll love them as much as I do.
Let’s begin!
1. The first out of 24 amazing virtual museum tours was Musee d’Orsay Paris. I read the story about museum’s history and then spent some time looking at paintings of Van Gogh, one of my favourite artists of all times. Click on the link here to get to Musee d’Orsay Paris.
2. The second one was (obviously) Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam. I found some interesting stories about Van Gogh’s love life and which books were his favourite. I really recommend taking an online tour of Van Gogh’s museum in Amsterdam. Beside these interesting stories you can see his beautiful artwork here.
3. The third museum on my list of 24 amazing virtual museum tours was MOMA (Museum of Modern Art) in New York. (See, I’ve already visited Paris, Amsterdam and New York without leaving my home.) I love Museums of Modern Art in general and visiting MOMA New York online was amazing. I hope I’ll have a chance to see it personally some day.
4. Next one was a virtual tour of the MET (Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York). For fashion lovers – you’re gonna love this museum.
Some of the online exhibits you can see are: Christian Dior: The New Look, Christian Dior: Ball Gowns, Coco Chanel: Modernism.
I loved it! Take an online tour of the MET in New York by clicking this link!
5. After New York I decided to take a tour of Frida Kahlo museum in Mexico City. If you’re familiar with Frida Kahlo’s life and art you know you’ll want to visit this museum online. If you don’t know anything about Frida Kahlo this is the right place to start. Here’s the link!
6. Let’s get back to Europe! The next museum I chose to visit from 24 amazing virtual museum tours was Schonbrunn. If you’ve been to Vienna you know how beautiful Schonbrunn palace looks. It’s not only a museum, it’s a palace with amazing decor and gorgeous paintings. Until we’re able to travel again, I highly recommend taking an online tour of this beautiful place.
7. An online tour I really loved was a collection of photographs from Life magazine. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it as much as I did. You can see it here!
8. For sport lovers, there’s a real treat on Google Arts and Culture and that is an online tour of the Olympic museum in Lausanne, Switzerland. If you love watching sports and Olympic games I’m sure you’ll love some history about Olympic Games and some great photos. The Olympic games that were supposed to be held in Tokyo this summer (2020) are canceled but I hope we’ll have a chance to watch them next year.
9. If you love the art of Caravaggio and El Greco it’s time to take a virtual tour of Capodimonte Museum in Napoli, Italy.
If you ever happen to be in Napoli I recommend visiting this museum and bringing your picnic equipment because its gardens are perfect for an afternoon picnic on the grass. Plus the views from this area are stunning so you definitely won’t regret visiting Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte.
For now, you can see the amazing artwork from the comfort of your home by clicking this link.
10. While we’re in Napoli (Naples, Italy) we could stop by one more museum – National Archaeological Museum of Naples. My husband and I were lucky to live in this amazing city for a year and believe me, Napoli has beautiful museums that are worth a visit. I know this is a bit off topic but a lot of people are not even considering visiting Napoli on their way to Amalfi Coast or Capri and other beautiful islands. So, I really hope you’ll take virtual tours of these two museums I recommended and maybe someday visit this beautiful, unique city. The link to the virtual tour is here!
11. One of the museums I recommend visiting if you’re in Istanbul is Pera museum. Until we’re able to travel again you can take a virtual museum tour and find out more about Istanbul. There are various exhibits you can see right now.
I recommend having a virtual tour of Istanbul: The city of dreams. For all coffee lovers there’s an online exhibit called Coffee Break. Another available online tour is Language of the wall about graffiti and street art. Here is the link.
12. Another Istanbul museum that I recommend visiting while in Istanbul is Istanbul Modern (Istanbul Museum of Modern Art). It’s definitely my favourite museum in Istanbul and now you can take a virtual tour of the place. I was so happy when I saw that Google Arts and Culture partnered with Istanbul Modern. I hope you’ll like it! Click the link here to take a virtual museum tour.
13. The Victoria and Albert Museum in London virtual tour was a time well spent. It has so many interesting things about design and fashion and I loved it! Grab your cup of coffee (or tea), click the link here and enjoy!
14. I’ve already mentioned in my previous blog post Conde Nast as one of my favorite online magazines. Now you can check out Conde Nast archive of amaaazing photos (especially black and white ones) here.
15. I haven’t been to Paris yet, but for now, I love that we can take these amazing virtual museum tours from home. One of the things I chose for this list of 24 amazing virtual museum tours is Underground Paris, a project focused on street art movement. You can visit it here.
16. I’m happy that Nikola Tesla Museum from my city, Belgrade partnered with Google Arts and Culture. Therefore, I highly recommend taking this amazing virtual museum tour and learning more about one of the world’s most famous scientists.
Nikola Tesla Museum is on my list of Top ten things to see in Belgrade. If you feel like reading more about my city, click Top ten things to see and do in Belgrade and you can take a virtual museum tour here.
17. National Azulejo Museum in Lisbon, Portugal is a place I’m hoping to visit some day.
Until then, if you’re a fan of Portuguese tiles like I am, check out the museum’s virtual tour here.
18. Another virtual tour for street art lovers that I found interesting is Bogota Street Art. Check it out here.
19. Another place I’m hoping to visit some day is Moscow and The Bolshoi Theatre. Until then we can enjoy beautiful stories and photos about the theatre and see the costumes by taking a virtual tour.
20. If you want to see where Sigmund Freud used to live and work take a virtual tour of Sigmund Freud Museum in Vienna. Click here to get to Sigmund Freud’s home.
21. La Galleria Nazionale in Rome has so many interesting online exhibits and stories. You can see them by clicking here.
22. Another delight for fashion lovers is a virtual tour of Agatha Ruiz de la Prada Foundation in Madrid. (Check out this link here.)
I’ve heard about this designer about five years ago and I loved seeing her colourful work on Google Arts and Culture platform.
23. MUVE – Glass museum in Venice, Italy has a beautiful collection of Murano glass and you can see it by clicking this link here.
24. The last museum on my list of 24 amazing virtual museum tours is The Museum of Innocence in Istanbul. If you read Orhan Pamuk, I’m sure you’ll want to visit it. Here’s the link.
I hope you liked my choice of museums you can visit online. Thank you so much for reading!
