Covid-19, also known as coronavirus or “the bug”, has forced us to be confined in our homes, in quarantine, with no other human contact than that of those who live with us and even alone. This small tenant has managed to paralyze all activity around the world, especially tourism. But thanks to technology, we can continue to enjoy and admire the wonders of the world. This is the case of museums , which we cannot physically access; But, luckily, we can enjoy them without leaving the sofa thanks to the virtual visits that the best museums in the world offer us.
Around the world through virtual visits to the best museums
If we are art lovers and we like to visit museums, let’s take advantage of the occasion, since some of the most important museums in the world offer us to visit their virtual rooms to see their collections or at least part of it , and thus remove this monkey of traveling and exploring . Take good note and the links, that we are embarking right now on our journey through virtual visits to the best museums in the world.
Russia and the Hermitage
With our pajamas on we travel to Russia, where in the city of Saint Petersburg we make a stop at the State Hermitage Museum . It is the museum that presents the largest number of exhibitions in the world, reaching more than three million works of art .
Paris, the city of love … to museums
If we now virtually go to Europe, we can get off in Paris. Here we visit the famous Louvre Museum , which is the largest art museum in the world, with its famous sculptures like the Victory of Samothrace and paintings like the Mona Lisa.
Without leaving the city, we can take a look at the Musée d’Orsay to admire the best collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works, made in oils and canvases, and works with themes related to the history of France. Also in Paris we can admire the Museum of Modern Art that houses a large collection of modern and contemporary art from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and in its archives are the most outstanding works of renowned artists such as Henri Matisse or Rober Delaunay.
The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam
In Amsterdam (Holland), the Rijkmusem Museum offers us some fine arts, crafts and history of the country. Also in this same city is the Van Gogh Museum , dedicated to exhibiting works by the author himself.
London exhibits its two great jewels
Without stopping on our unique journey through virtual visits to the best museums in the world, we make a stop in London. Here is the British Museum : it is a great cultural center, and it presents one of the largest collections in the world on the evolution of man, through art, religion, history, world conflicts … We will also visit the Tate Britain Museum in whose portal offers an overview of British art from 1545 to the present day and chronologically shows the great British artists of all time.
Virtual visit to the Vatican
We cannot fail to enter the Vatican Museums , where the visitor is shown a large collection of public art, sculptures and wonderful frescoes. All of Rome is already a museum in itself.
Virtual visits to the best museums in the world such as the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
In Egypt, the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, created to protect the country’s rich cultural heritage, shows us the famous Tutankhamun mask among other great wonders.
Discover South Korea from the couch
In South Korea, the National Museum of Korea shows us the rich cultural history of the country and does so with four locations spread across its geography. Thanks to Google Arts & Culture we can walk through the museums as if we were there.
New York, New York
If we virtually cross the pond, with one click we can visit several national museums, all of them very interesting because they show us their history through their art.
In New York, the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) lets us admire great works by Van Gogh or Salvador Dalí, among others; it also has large collections of graphic, industrial, photographic, architecture or film design . In the National Gallery of Art, which are physically two galleries connected by an underground tunnel, it offers us a wide collection of art that ranges from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.
Australia, beyond kangaroos
The National Gallery of Victoria (Australia), is the largest art gallery in the country and in it we can admire works of art from different parts of the world , as well as large collections of illustrious Australian artists.
The Prado and the Reina Sofía, the golden mile of Spanish art
If we make a stop in Spain, a visit to the Prado Museum in Madrid is a must, where you can admire the rich cultural and historical heritage of Spain through its paintings by important painters such as Goya, Velázquez, El Greco, among other greats of the universal paint. Also in Madrid there is the Reina Sofia Museum that exhibits more than 23,000 works of modern art from the 20th century, grouped in collections.
We could make other stops anywhere in the world, but our eyes and bodies get tired after this trip through virtual visits to the best museums in the world. On another occasion we will make other stops because we are offered a wide window to know and visit other less known museums, but each one with its charm.
