Plenty of celebrated museums, parks, exhibitions and renowned landmarks scattered across the planet can now be explored digitally, no travel required. From the Louvre to the New York Museum of Modern Art, from the Taj Mahal to Versailles, from the Colosseum to Hollywood's Avenue of Stars — every one of these destinations is just a click away!
Google Art Project functions as a gateway enabling virtual journeys to every landmark and historical monument imaginable. Numerous sites have crafted their own digital tours, complete with photographs and detailed write-ups for each item, spanning the White House, Versailles, the Colosseum, the Pyramids of Giza, the Orsay Museum, Hollywood's Avenue of Stars, the Taj Mahal, the Van Gogh House and countless other extraordinary locations! Fair warning — tearing yourself away from this project will prove incredibly difficult!
The Louvre Museum ranks among the planet's most expansive and celebrated art institutions. Its holdings encompass roughly 300,000 objects! Why not begin acquainting yourself with the opening 35 pieces this very evening, since they're all featured in the museum's digital gallery? You'll get the chance to view firsthand the authentic Venus de Milo sculpture, Leonardo da Vinci's "Gioconda," Raphael's "The Beautiful Gardener" and Jan Vermeer's "Lacemaker." Quite a lineup, wouldn't you say?
Does the idea of peeking into the Grand Canyon midweek appeal to you? A digital tour of this breathtaking Arizona wonder enables armchair travelers to observe the landmark from every angle while uncovering the geological forces that shaped the canyon through various features embedded in the platform.
Fancy an underwater excursion? Absolutely! The Sanctuaries project invites everyone to plunge, at no cost whatsoever, into America's subaquatic realm. Skilled divers captured millions of shots of seascapes using 360° panoramas, granting an incredibly immersive glimpse of marine ecosystems. Viewing options include support for virtual reality headsets.
Housed in Madrid, this art museum boasts the most comprehensive assemblages of Goya, Bosch, Zurbarán, Velázquez, Murillo and El Greco, alongside other distinguished masters. With more than 30,000 pieces in its collection, passionate art enthusiasts should make a point of experiencing the Prado at least once in their lifetime — and a digital tour serves as the ideal primer. Every artwork is organized by theme, and the platform provides an alphabetical directory of artist names for easier browsing.
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London's Royal Parks present digital walkthroughs of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. When quarantine days at home start wearing you down and a stroll among blossoming gardens beckons, an online ramble through London's Royal Parks is precisely what the moment calls for.
Have you been longing to jet off to New York? Why not kick things off with a digital visit to the New York Museum of Modern Art — ranked among America's three most-visited museums and one of the planet's most beloved art institutions. Of its 200,000 works, 65,000 have already been digitized and made freely accessible, so passing up this chance would be a real shame.
The Vincent Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam also welcomes virtual guests. Visitors gain entry to 1,800 posters, books and sketches drawn from the artist's archive, sorted into thematic groupings: art nouveau, ornaments, nature motifs and beyond. Museum leadership clarified that these items fall outside the permanent collection, which kept them out of reach for the general public for years.
