Zuzanna Kościuk

Best Virtual Museum Tours

Today, you don’t even have to leave your houseleave your house [leave the house]leave your house to experienceexperienceexperience some of the greatest museums in the world. You can visit them with the help of virtual toursvirtual tours [virtual tour]virtual tours. What’s a virtual tour? It’s a simulationsimulationsimulation of an existing place, usually made with images or videos. With a click of a mouse, you can see everything a museum has to offer. And what are the virtual museums most worth visiting? Let’s take a look.

Natural History MuseumNatural History MuseumNatural History Museum, London

The Natural History Museum is one of the most popular places to visit when in London. But if you can’t make it to England’s capital, don’t worry – the museum has a website, too! You can take a tourtake a tourtake a tour through numerous exhibitionsexhibitions [exhibition]exhibitions, each one with high‑quality pictures of exhibitsexhibits [exhibit]exhibits. If you’ve ever wanted to see exotic animals up closeup closeup close, this is your chance. You can also walk throughwalk throughwalk through the virtual halls of the museum. In many ways, they’re as beautiful as some of the exhibits.

Musée d’OrsayMusée d’OrsayMusée d’Orsay, Paris

This ParisianParisianParisian museum is full of works by the most famous French artists. For those who can’t visit in personin personin person, the museum offers a virtual tour. It’s your chance to see the world’s largest collectioncollectioncollection of impressionistimpressionistimpressionist paintings by such artists as Claude Monet or Pierre‑August Renoir. However, the museum is more than its art. The building itself used to be a railway station in the early 20th century and a hotel in the mid‑20th century. The virtual tour includes an exhibition that shows the changes the locationlocationlocation went through.

MASPMASPMASP, São Paulo

This museum is a treattreattreat for fans of art. It’s got one of the largest collections of paintings that spans centuriesspans centuries [span centuries]spans centuries. Its most famous works are “The Resurrection of Christ” by Raphael (one of his earliest known paintings) and “A Walk at Twilight” by Vincent Van Gogh (from the last years of his life). The virtual tour takes you to a large room where each painting is suspended in the airsuspended in the airsuspended in the air. You can see all of the paintings at once or you can pick the ones that interest you and examineexamineexamine them up close. There are also temporarytemporarytemporary exhibitions that change every few months. Be sure to take a virtual tour once in a while to see the changes.

Vatican Museums, Rome

If you’re drawn to splendoursplendoursplendour, the Vatican Museums are the place for you. Thanks to the virtual tour, you can see many types of art such as intricateintricateintricate murals without leaving the comfort of your house. The virtual tour offers seven spaces to explore, including 360‑degree images. All you need to do is to look up to see exhibits like the Sistine ChapelSistine ChapelSistine Chapel in all its gloryin all its gloryin all its glory and without crowds.

1 Źródło: Zuzanna Kościuk, licencja: CC BY-SA 3.0.