The internet provides plenty of opportunities to virtually visit places of historical, cultural and/or artistic relevance; often the tours and supporting materials provided are not merely very well curated and produced, but also engaging and even fun.
(more…)The Smithsonian Institution
The Museum of the World
The British Museum in London offers virtual tours through extensive parts of its collections filtered by regions and/or themes (e.g. Art & Design, Living & Dying etc.).
(more…)Virtual Museum Tours with Google
Using its own Google Street View technology, and its vast databases of scanned artworks, books, artefacts Google offers a very broad and well curated choice of sophisticatedly produced virtual museum tours incl. also teaching and learning activities, teaching resources etc. through Google Arts and Culture.
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