Nowadays, that travelling abroad is restricted, virtual visits to other countries is an alternative solution. You can visit the important sightseeings of many countries, museums are amongst them. This is not difficult now, since most of the museums have created virtual tours of their exhibitions. And high digital competences are no necessary! Even a “digital immigrant” can benefit this service. You can virtually explore ten of the most important museums around the world.
- Pinacoteca di Brera – Milan
The Brera Gallery exhibits important works of art and is located in Milan, Italy. There, you can find some of the most important painting collections created by Italian painters. It was created as a consequence of the educational-cultural program of the Brera Academy. It is co-located in the Brera Palace with the National Library (Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense), the Observatory (Osservatorio di Brera), the Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), the Lombard Foundation for Science and Letters (Istituto Lombardo di Scienze e Leten (Academy of Belle Art).You can have a virtual tour here: https://pinacotecabrera.org/en/collezioni/
- Vatican Museums – Rome
The Vatican Museums are housed inside the Vatican in Rome and you can take a virtual tour with a 360-degree camera. It is a complex of some of the top museums and archeological sites in the world with an annual traffic of over 4.3 million tourists. They include exhibits from the Roman Catholic Church’s long and vast collection, including famous statues from the ancient world and Renaissance and modern-day masterpieces. Visit the museum virtually by clicking on: http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni.html
- Archaeological Museum – Athens
The National Archaeological Museum is the most important museum in the world in the field of Ancient art. His collections represent all the cultures that flourished in Greece from prehistoric times to the end of the Roman period. You can visit the museum by clicking on: https://www.namuseum.gr/en/collections/
- Louvre Museum – Paris
The Louvre Museum is one of the largest and oldest art museums in the world. 35,000 works of art are on display, while his permanent collections occupy a total area of 60,600 square meters and among them are the Greek ones, which cover 25 rooms or spaces. Visit Online HERE: https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne
- Museum of Prado – Madrid
The Prado Museum holds one of the most important art collections in the world, and in particular a large number of paintings from the 14th to the early 19th century. Although established as a Museum of Painting and Sculpture, Prado now includes more than 5,000 drawings, 1,000 coins and medals, as well as some 2,000 decorative items. His sculptures are estimated at around 700 and his paintings, to which he owes his international fame, around 8,600. These are works by Velathketh, Goya, El Greco, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, etc. The Museum exhibits about one third of the paintings it holds, so the exhibits alternate. Visit Online by clicking HERE: https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-works
- Uffizi Gallery – Florence
Galleria degli Uffizi is housed in the palace of Florence. The works on display at the museum cover the period from the 13th to the 18th century and compose one of the most important collections of Renaissance art. Visit Online HERE: https://www.uffizi.it/en/online-exhibitions
- Metropolitan Museum of Art – New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is one of the largest and most important art museums in the world. It was founded in 1872 and is located on 5th Avenue in Manhattan. His collections contain more than two million works of art and include separate areas of Greco-Roman, Medieval, Islamic, Asian and contemporary art, as well as photographs, clothing, weapons and armor and musical instruments. Visit Online HERE: https://artsandculture.google.com/explore
- British Museum – London
The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. His collections, numbering more than seven million items, are among the largest and most comprehensive in the world and come from all continents, depicting and documenting the history of human civilization from its inception to the present day. Start your virtual tour from here: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection
- Hermitage – St. Petersburg
The Hermitage Museum is the largest and one of the oldest in the world, with collections of over 3,000,000 works. It is housed in a complex of six buildings, the old Winter Palaces, on the banks of the Neva River. Among the museum’s important exhibits is a collection of Western European art with works by Leonardo da Vinci, Auguste Rodin, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Paul Gauguin, Paul Cézanne, Claude Monet, Rembrandt and others. There are also exhibits from ancient Greece, Egypt and Rome, as well as large collections of jewelry. Virtual tour can by done by clicking here: https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/?lng=el
- The Groninger Museum, Groningen-Netherlands
The Groninger Museum is well-known for its exceptional and colourful building and also because of its fascinating exhibitions and intriguing collection.The Groninger Museum has proven over the years that a museum can be a place for both study and relaxation. It is bursting with artistic energy, which is obvious as you pass by. Visit virtually its collections here: https://www.groningermuseum.nl/en/art/exhibitions?type=now&page=1&perPage=6
