Now You Can Make Virtual Tours Of These Museums Globally

Anxious and worried about the grim situation as the country battles the second wave of the pandemic? Here’s something that can ease your nerves and provide you some relief. Check out the museums across the world providing virtual tours online and get some happy hours for yourself. 

Museums across the country and the world are reflections of the rich heritage and culture of human civilisation and a storehouse of the finest architecture, history and glory. With travel coming to a halt for the safety of one’s health amidst the pandemic, we bring before you a list of global museums of which you can take a virtual tour online from the comfort of home without having to step out.

Glass Pyramid, Louvre

The Louvre: How about getting a chance to be in Paris from your home and experiencing the grandeur of the Louvre – one of the world’s largest museums and the most iconic historic monuments of the city of love? You can now have free online tours of some of the most popular exhibits including the Egyptian Antiquities and Michaelangelo’s works. The online tour offers you a 360-degree look at the museum. In order to get additional information, you can click around the rare artifacts. You can take a virtual tour here: https://www.louvre.fr/en/online-tours#tabs

The British Museum

The British Museum: You don’t have to be in London physically anymore to take a tour of the British Museum. You can access its priceless collection of over eight million objects online. The museum has joined hands with the Google Cultural Institute to offer virtual tours to visitors from the comfort of their homes. You may take your virtual tour here: https://britishmuseum.withgoogle.com/

Tokyo National Museum

Top 5 Museums in Tokyo: Sit in your living room and get an impressive taste of the best museums in Tokyo online. You can now take a virtual tour of Tokyo National Museum, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, National Museum of Nature and Science and Kioi Art Gallery, Edo Ise-Katagami Kimono Museum. Get your virtual tour here: https://artsandculture.google.com/story/EwVhCgGIR8ITXg

Kiran Nadar Museum

Kiran Nadar Museum Of Art, New Delhi: Welcome to India’s first private museum of art exhibiting modern and contemporary works of art, online. Established by avid art collector, Kiran Nadar and opened to the public in 2010, the collection comprises a magnificent generation of 20th-century Indian painters from the post-independent decades and those of the younger contemporaries. Take the virtual tour of the museum here: https://knma.netlify.app/

The Dalí Theatre Museum

The Dalí Theatre Museum: Here’s a chance of quenching your love for Spanish art. Virtual tours are now possible for the Dalí Theatre Museum, completely dedicated to the artwork of Salvador Dalí. In fact, the artist himself is buried there. Click here to get a virtual tour: https://www.salvador-dali.org/en/museums/dali-theatre-museum-in-figueres/visita-virtual/

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum: Welcome to the priceless pieces of artwork at New York’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum now online. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, this museum has a treasure exhibit of the works of Franz Marc, Piet Mondrian, Pablo Picasso and Jeff Koons. Click here to get more information on virtual tours and book your slot: https://www.guggenheim.org/group-visits

The National Gallery of Art

The National Gallery Of Art: You may be miles away from Washington DC but that won’t let you miss a chance to tour the National Gallery of Art. Founded in 1937, this museum, a storehouse of impressive antiques and art pieces, can now be accessed virtually online. You can also get hold of the audio and video recordings of the past lectures online. Take your virtual tour here: https://www.nga.gov/global-site-search-page.html?searchterm=virtual%20tour%20&category=Online%20Features&pageNumber=1&lastFacet=category

Take the virtual tour of these museums online, get enriched and enlightened and share your experience with us in the comments section. Have you been a museumgoer and a museology enthusiast? If you want to share your exciting experiences, write to us at connect@silvertalkies.com. We can help you share your happy tales by featuring them in our magazine.

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