Virtual Museum Tours was last updated April 2020.
Barry Museum at Od Dominion University
They have really fine collections of contemporary art glass and dolls, plus American twentieth century painting.
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They have a lot of glass, ranging from ancient to contemporary, and other things that don’t interest me quite as much.
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Smithsonian Institution (exhibitions from many of the museums)
https://www.si.edu/exhibitions/online
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Smithsonian Natural History Museum (multiple tours, including previous temporary exhibits)
https://naturalhistory.si.edu/visit/virtual-tour
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American Museum of Natural History
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Vatican Museum
http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/tour-virtuali-elenco.html
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Georgia O’Keefe Museum
https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/georgia-o-keeffe-museum?hl=en
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Detroit Institute of Art
https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/detroit-institute-of-arts?hl=en
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Museum of Fine Arts Boston
https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/museum-of-fine-arts-boston?hl=en
This includes several fashion exhibitions.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
https://www.rockhall.com/your-tour
Three different exhibitions
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George Washington’s Mount Vernon
https://virtualtour.mountvernon.org
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One more Smithsonian Museum: Freer/Sackler
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And, finally, the Google Arts & Culture page on museum collections, which has an incredible number of options.
https://artsandculture.google.com/partner?hl=en
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Finish Museums
https://finland.fi/arts-culture/finnish-museums-step-up-their-online-game-to-meet-demand/
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Stuck at Home? These 12 Famous Museums Offer Virtual Tours You Can Take on Your Couch (Video)
Experience the best museums from London to Seoul in the comfort of your own home.
British Museum, London
This iconic museum located in the heart of London allows virtual visitors to tour the Great Court and discover the ancient Rosetta Stone and Egyptian mummies. You can also find hundreds of artifacts on the museum’s virtual tour.
Guggenheim Museum, New York
Google’s Street View feature lets visitors tour the Guggenheim’s famous spiral staircase without ever leaving home. From there, you can discover incredible works of art from the Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary eras.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
This famous American art museum features two online exhibits through Google. The first is an exhibit of American fashion from 1740 to 1895, including many renderings of clothes from the colonial and Revolutionary eras. The second is a collection of works from Dutch Baroque painter Johannes Vermeer.
Musée d’Orsay, Paris
You can virtually walk through this popular gallery that houses dozens of famous works from French artists who worked and lived between 1848 and 1914. Get a peek at artworks from Monet, Cézanne, and Gauguin, among others.
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul
One of Korea’s popular museums can be accessed from anywhere around the world. Google’s virtual tour takes you through six floors of Contemporary art from Korea and all over the globe.
Pergamon Museum, Berlin
As one of Germany’s largest museums, Pergamon has a lot to offer – even if you can’t physically be there. This historical museum is home to plenty of ancient artifacts including the Ishtar Gate of Babylon and, of course, the Pergamon Altar.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Explore the masterworks from the Dutch Golden Age, including works from Vermeer and Rembrandt. Google offers a Street View tour of this iconic museum, so you can feel as if you’re actually wandering its halls.
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Anyone who is a fan of this tragic, ingenious painter can see his works up close (or, almost up close) by virtually visiting this museum – the largest collection of artworks by Vincent van Gogh, including over 200 paintings, 500 drawings, and over 750 personal letters.
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
European artworks from as far back as the 8th Century can be found in this California art museum. Take a Street View tour to discover a huge collection of paintings, drawings, sculptures, manuscripts, and photographs.
Uffizi Gallery, Florence
This less well-known gallery houses the art collection of one of Florence, Italy’s most famous families, the de’Medicis. The building was designed by Giorgio Vasari in 1560 specifically for Cosimo I de’Medici, but anyone can wander its halls from anywhere in the world.
MASP, São Paulo
The Museu de Arte de São Paulo is a non-profit and Brazil’s first modern museum. Artworks placed on clear perspex frames make it seem like the artwork is hovering in midair. Take a virtual tour to experience the wondrous display for yourself.
National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City
Built in 1964, this museum is dedicated to the archaeology and history of Mexico’s pre-Hispanic heritage. There are 23 exhibit rooms filled with ancient artifacts, including some from the Mayan civilization.