Friday Fun: Touring 12 Famous Museums from Home

Most museums are closed during the pandemic, but you can still visit them virtually from the comfort of your home thanks to Google Arts & Culture.

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December 4, 2020, 5:00 AM PST

By Clement Lau


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The National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City | Miroslaw Skorka / Shutterstock

Museums are some of our most beloved destinations. Unfortunately, most of them have been closed since March and it is unclear when they will re-open. If you are longing for a little culture and education, you can actually visit some of the world's best museums virtually. As reported by Andrea Romano, thanks to Google Arts & Culture, we can still participate in online tours and continue to gain knowledge about art, history, and science.

Romano highlights the following 12 museums in the article:

  1. The British Museum, London
  2. Guggenheim Museum, New York
  3. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
  4. Musée d’Orsay, Paris
  5. National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul
  6. Pergamon Museum, Berlin
  7. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
  8. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
  9. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
  10. Uffizi Gallery, Florence
  11. MASP, São Paulo
  12. National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City 

If you are tired of being bored or surfing the internet mindlessly, be sure to check out all or some of these museums online.

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