Don’t get too upset because of the fact that the coronavirus quarantine has radically changed your bohemian lifestyle. You can still visit your favorite or desired museums, but without endangering your life or the lives of people around you.
The modern world is becoming more digital, and so is the world of culture. The world’s greatest museums have digitized their collections and are inviting visitors for 360-degree overviews, broadcasts of their main exhibitions, and thematic conferences. Most of them are available at Google Arts & Culture .
For our part, the Internet Protocol team has prepared a detailed guide to the museums of the world that you can visit without leaving your home.
The United States
VIDEO The museum contains more than 200,000 exhibits, including paintings by Van Gogh, Jackson Pollock, Pablo Picasso, and other eminent painters.
VIDEO One of the most visited museums of contemporary art in the world, which contains 1,700 works by more than 625 artists of the world.
VIDEO The museum features one of the best collections of American and European masters in the world.
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Even in uncertain times, there are no limits to the creative spirit. It’s what makes us human. So while our physical Museum is temporarily closed to the public, know that the spirit of the Whitney is open to all—and we're committed to connecting you to inspiration, knowledge, and a sense of community through art. We've created a special resource for you to access all of our digital resources from your couch in one handy place. Visit whitney.org/whitney-from-home, or tap the link in our profile, to explore the collection and exhibitions, watch artist talks, read or listen to audio guides, enjoy our educational resources for learners of all ages, and much more. #WhitneyFromHome — #RoyLichtenstein (1923-1997), Red Lamps, 1990, from the series Interior. Woodcut, screenprint, lithograph, colored pencil and fiber-tipped pen on board: sheet, 57 3/8 × 78 13/16 in. (145.7 × 200.2 cm); image, 51 5/16 × 72 7/8 in. (130.3 × 185.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Roy Lichtenstein Study Collection, gift of the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation 2019.191. © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein, all rights reserved
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More than 23,000 works of artists of the 20th and 21st centuries are available online.
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After decades as a representational painter, in her seventies Alma Thomas turned to abstraction, creating shimmering, mosaic-like fields of color with rhythmic dabs of paint. "Color is life," she once proclaimed, "and light is the mother of color." . "Starry Night and the Astronauts" evokes the open expanse and celestial patterns of a night sky, but despite its narrative title, the work could also be read as an aerial view of a watery surface, playing with our sense of immersion within an otherwise flat picture plane. . The painting was created in 1972, when the artist was seventy-seven. In the same year, she became the first African American woman to receive a solo exhibition at a major art museum, the @whitneymuseum in New York City. . See "Starry Night and the Astronauts" by Alma Thomas on view in the Modern Wing.
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This one is 2 in 1: a higher education institution and an art museum, which is famous for its extensive collection of impressionists and American art.
VIDEO A private collection of old West European paintings. Here are the works of Bruegel the Elder, Titian, El Greco, Rembrandt, and Velazquez.
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"Unfortunately, I don’t have a way to fix the world right now. The museum is now nearly two weeks into an unprecedented closure—public health requires that museums, along with performance halls, movie theaters, and sports arenas join together to close our doors and slow the spread of coronavirus. During this unsettling period of isolation, though, we need to connect with one another more than ever, and I believe that the arts can provide that bridge. . In that spirit, I wanted to reach out to say that NMWA is here for you. We hope that in the days ahead, the museum and its art will become welcome resources as we face the impact of this coronavirus. . We value your participation and appreciate your comments and opinions, so please continue to share with us on social media. Connection is more important than ever." . —Susan Fisher Sterling, Director of the National Museum of Women in the Arts . 💡: #YaelBartana, "What if Women Ruled the World," 2016
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The first and only museum in the world to exhibit works of art created exclusively by women.
Here are samples of plants, animals, fossils, and minerals along with archaeological and cultural artifacts.
An online tour offers to get acquainted with the interiors of the official residence of the President of the United States.
One of the most interesting, oldest, and largest aerospace museums in the world.
France
VIDEO You can take an online walk through some galleries of the palace-museum.
A synonym for the luxury industry, a monument of French architecture, and simply a grandiose project.
VIDEO The most famous construction of Gothic architecture.
The United Kingdom
VIDEO The museum contains about 8 million objects, the most interesting of which can be viewed online.
VIDEO The museum with the largest collection of British art, including Millais' masterpiece Ophelia .
VIDEO A mysterious archaeological site that you can “touch” using the Internet.
Italy
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#iorestoacasa e #ioleggoacasa. Lo dice anche Maria Adelaide, la figlia di Luigi XV re di Francia, ritratta nel 1753 non in posa ufficiale ma mentre legge rilassata sul suo divano. In barba alle etichette di corte, questo ritratto ha tutta la potenza di uno scatto fotografico dei giorni nostri. Siamo nel pieno Illuminismo e il pittore, convinto che la battaglia contro l’oscurantismo vada condotta in egual misura da entrambi i sessi, dichiara apertamente il suo femminismo ante-litteram. Gli ornamenti di Adelaide, rappresentati con realismo, sono scelti dalla donna con profonda consapevolezza. Tutto è luce nella sua parure: le perle discrete e opalescenti, gli zaffiri a goccia del colore blu chiaro delle gemme di Ceylon, il diamante tagliato a rosa coroné. Raffinatissimo il gusto delle vesti di provenienza esotica ma indossati con un’attitudine occidentale. Lo racconta la mise alla turca della dama, non solo una scelta glamour, ma l’ espediente per una maggior libertà di movimenti e uno stile di vita lontano dai rigidi paludamenti di corte. Jean-Étienne Liotard, Maria Adelaide #Uffizi • E N G 🌍 #istayathome and read on the sofa! This is Marie Adélaïde, daughter of Louis XV, king of France, in an unofficial portrait while reading on a sofa(1753). This looks like a modern pic, not the portrait of a princess of the 18thcentury! We are in the Enlightenment and the artist depicts Adélaïde as a modern woman, reading, posing in an unconventional way, and dressing according to her taste, “à la turque”, an elegant but comfortable oriental trend. This portrait shines in light from the colours of the dresses to the precious stones: the opalescent pearls, the blue sapphires and the coroné rose cut diamond. Jean-Étienne Liotard, Maria Adelaide, 1753.
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Enjoy The Birth of Venus by Botticelli and a lot more in a virtual walk through one of the oldest museums in Europe.
In the online space, you can view the Chapel in detail, without being pushed by other tourists in front if the frescoes of Michelangelo, Botticelli and Perugino.
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The portrait of #Commodus 💎 in the figure of #Hercules is a marble bust preserved at the Capitoline Museums in Rome. It traditionally comes from the imperial praedia on the Esquiline and is both a portrait and an effigy of a precise political program. The somatic traits of the emperor are quite realistic and comparable with coins dating back to 190 AD. The eyes are a little protruding and half-closed, the elongated face, the sharp nose, the tumid mouth, the thick mustache, the hair and the beard treated like a single mass that is deeply engraved by the drill, with very bright chiaroscuro effects. The Herculean attributes are the leonine skin, with the mouth on the head and the legs knotted on the chest, the club in the right hand resting on the shoulder, the knobs of the Hesperides in the left hand. The lion's skin on the head creates a dark background of shadow that frames and enhances the head. 🇮🇹Il ritratto di Commodo in figura d'Ercole è un busto marmoreo conservato ai Musei Capitolini a Roma. Proviene tradizionalmente dai praedia imperiali sull'Esquilino ed è contemporaneamente sia un ritratto, sia l'effigie di un preciso programma politico. I tratti somatici dell'imperatore sono abbastanza realistici e confrontabili con le monete databili attorno al 190 d.C. Gli occhi sono un po' sporgenti e socchiusi, il volto allungato, il naso affilato, la bocca tumida, i baffi fitti, la capigliatura e la barba trattati come una massa unica che è profondamente incisa dal trapano, con effetti di chiaroscuro molto vivaci. Gli attributi erculei sono la pelle leonina, con la bocca sulla testa e le zampe annodate sul petto, la clava nella mano destra poggiata sulla spalla, i pomi delle Esperidi nella mano sinistra. La pelle di leone sulla testa crea un fondo scuro d'ombra che incornicia ed esalta la testa. #MuseiCapitolini #CapolavoriCapitolini #Illustration #ItalianArt #MuseiItaliani #Portrait #BeniCulturali30 #Beautiful #Artist #Masterpiece #Italia #Followme #Architecture #Rome #Arte #Cultura #Museum #Italy #Like4like #Like #Follow #AncientRome #Roma #Culture #Painting #Sculpture
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A magnificent collection of sculptures, including the symbol of Rome, the Capitoline Wolf .
Austria
Features the paintings of Raphael, Brueghel, Caravaggio, Rubens, and other brilliant artists.
Known for the Kiss by Gustav Klimt and the scandal surrounding the Golden Adele painting.
The Netherlands
VIDEO The museum is dedicated to the work of the most marginal and to this day popular genius of painting, as well as the works of his contemporaries.
Features works of Jan Vermeer, Rembrandt van Rijn, Frans Hals and others. A rich collection of the “Golden Age”.
Spain
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CITA AMB ELS SOMNIS DE DALÍ «Algunes vegades he pogut també observar que la llum solar, caient-me directament damunt les parpelles, ha produït somnis acolorits.» Salvador Dalí, La vida secreta de Salvador Dalí, 1942. . . CITA CON LOS SUEÑOS DE DALÍ «En varias ocasiones he podido también observar que la luz solar, cayendo directamente sobre mis párpados, ha producido sueños coloridos.» Salvador Dalí, La vida secreta de Salvador Dalí, 1942. Imagen: Robert Whitaker. Retrato de Salvador Dalí, 1968. Robert Whitaker ©Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, 2020 Derechos de imagen de Salvador Dalí reservados. Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, 2020
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An incredible opportunity to get acquainted with the most diverse collection of works by the famous surrealist artist.
Germany
You get an opportunity to get acquainted with the art of the 19th century from the collection of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation.
Finland
The main art museum in Finland with an incredible collection of paintings, sculptures, graphics, and drawings.
Greece
Over 3,000 famous artifacts of the Acropolis of Athens, the most significant sanctuary of the ancient city.
Australia
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Take a moment to defocus and breathe out with the ripples. For #WomensHistoryMonth, we’re celebrating the work of extraordinary female artists in our collection, like Australian painter Lesley Dumbrell. Dumbrell was highly engaged with the women’s art movement and a founding member of the Women’s Art Register in Australia. Known for her geometric abstraction, she has a sophisticated understanding of the use of colour. Pictured here is Dumbrell's ‘Solstice’ 1974, which was acquired by the Gallery in 2019. The work comprises vertical blue lines overlaid with a repeated pattern of orange, pink, and green triangles, which combine to give an impression of movement and produces a hypnotic effect #MuseumFromHome #5WomenArtists Image: Lesley Dumbrell 'Solstice' 1974, AGNSW, Patrick White Bequest Fund 2019 © Lesley Dumbrell
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The largest art gallery in Sydney and one of the largest in Australia.
New Zealand
Here you can find everything you need to know about the nature, traditions, and life of New Zealand.
Japan
Introduces the works of Japanese artists who lived and worked in Kobe.
South Korea
VIDEO The largest historical and art museum and cultural center of the Republic of Korea.
Indonesia
VIDEO UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Russia
VIDEO The main and most beautiful museum in Russia.
VIDEO Enjoy your virtual walk among the outstanding works of Russian artists without entry lines.
A way to virtually get into the writer’s office, take a look at archival photographs, and see how the greatest novel The Mater and Margarita was created.
