Touring from the comfort of home! Grab your favorite beverage and enjoy the journey.

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February 3, 2022: We want to thank a young lady, Amelia, for her contribution to this page. The world is filled with fun facts and we are happy to share Ameila’s with all of you. https://www.bayut.com/mybayut/tallest-buildings-world/

February 23, 2023: Contributed by Kelly, a student at the Center of Northern York’s Knowledge Association. Thank you to Harry Rizzo for sending to us.  Animal Kingdom Branch of Biology Reference

Geography Games and Virtual Travel through the USA written by Cassie Parker
Field trips are exciting and can provide great experiences for both children and adults. Although in-person field trips are always an adventure, they can be costly, difficult to plan, and weather-dependent. This is where virtual field trips can come into play as a wonderful alternative. There are countless places to visit across the United States, and many of them have online tours. You can choose a couple or experience all that the country has to offer by taking a virtual road trip across the country from the comfort of your home!

A Google Arts and Culture offering https://artsandculture.google.com

A New York City arts institution, 92Y150, has made its online archives—which contain hundreds of recordings of readings, concerts, and educational talks—free to the public during this time. https://www.92y.org/archives

 New York Places to Visit | Bronx Zoo Tour

 Grounds For Sculpture in Hamilton Township, NJ

Here are some United States National Park virtual tours you might be interested in perusing.
https://artsandculture.withgoogle.com/en-us/national-parks-service/kenai-fjords/exit-glacier-tour
https://artsandculture.withgoogle.com/en-us/national-parks-service/hawaii-volcanoes/nahuku-lava-tube-tour
https://artsandculture.withgoogle.com/en-us/national-parks-service/carlsbad-caverns/natural-entrance-tour
https://artsandculture.withgoogle.com/en-us/national-parks-service/bryce-canyon/sunset-point-tour https://artsandculture.withgoogle.com/en-us/national-parks-service/dry-tortugas/near-little-africa-tour

Here are some rather good Websites from museums around the world who are offering free virtual tours.

The Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Montclair Art Museum-Learn and create from home with MAM docents, art educators and teaching artists.

The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam offers a few virtual exhibits 

The Louvre Museum in Paris offers some virtual tours

Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA

Art at the Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia

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.

Additional Items – To see more from Google Arts & Culture’s collection of museums, visit the collection’s website. https://artsandculture.google.com/partner?hl=en&tab=pop

There are thousands of Museum Street Views on Google as well. 

Google Arts & Culture also has an online experience for exploring famous historic and cultural heritage sites.

Radio Stations: Here’s a very cool place where you can “tune in” to radio stations from around the world. Just move your mouse around the globe and click on the green dot and you’ll be able to choose from radio stations serving that portion of the globe. The link starts with “The Jazz Groove” from San Francisco California. http://radio.garden/listen/the-jazz-groove/NoTYuwia