Visit Famous Museums During Quarantine with Virtual Museums

When the COVID-19 pandemic began to gain traction, museums didn't hesitate to close their doors. But that automatically creates a conflict point: every museum needs visitors, or else it's nothing more than a storage room… yet many institutions around the world are offering virtual tours through their official websites. The Virtual Museums portal takes care of organizing and placing those museums on a map, so you can reach them with a couple of clicks.

Culture Without Leaving Home

In recent weeks, the search for extra material to endure, resist, survive quarantine has become a priority. At the end of March we talked about Pluto TV, with dozens of free channels. We also shared brain-melting puzzles easily, and then there's the site "Me Aburre la Cuarentena", dedicated to compiling all sorts of free content.

But what about the 'traditional' art from museums? Obviously, the vast majority of institutions closed their doors to respect social distancing, but we've seen great efforts when it comes to digitizing and publishing material online. The Smithsonian Institution has been a great example with its Open Access and Smithsonian X 3D initiatives. However, if you prefer something more aligned with a virtual tour, then you should start with Virtual Museums.

The interface couldn't be simpler: a Google Maps-based map with markers that take you to dozens of museums, each with a brief description, links to its official page, and its virtual tours (if they offer them). Some of the museums that appear there rely on the Google Arts & Culture platform (such as the Guggenheim Bilbao), but others offer their own digital construction, and why not, more elaborate.

The Pavillon de l'Arsenal is especially interesting for those of us who follow technology closely, but it would be a serious mistake to ignore the Transport Museum in London, the inexhaustible Prado Museum in Madrid, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and more distant options like the Yamatane Museum of Art in Tokyo. In short, if COVID-19 took away your dose of museums and you can't wait, Virtual Museums will help you.

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