Enjoy the best museums in the world like you never imagined before thanks to its virtual tours.
According to Charlie Brooker, creator of the award-winning television series «Black Mirror», Technology is something that should scare us, something that has a very dangerous impact on our daily lives. However, well used technology is our friend and allows us to see satellites in real time, or virtually opens the doors of some of the most famous museums in the world. Because yes, it is possible to do it from the comfort of your home virtual tours to museums as relevant as the MoMA in New York. Let’s see which are the best options.
The Uffizi Gallery: Florence
The Uffizi Gallery, Uffizi Gallery in Italian, it is a famous museum and palace of the city of Florence. In this museum you can find some of the most important works by authors such as Botticelli and Michelangelo. Works like “The nuptials of Marie de’ Medici with Henry IV of France” by Jacopo Chimenti, “The Birth of Venus” by Botticelli, or the “Portinari Triptych” by Hugo van der Goes, just one click away from your sofa.
The Vatican Museums: Rome
It may sound crazy, but you can visit from the back of your bed the Sistine Chapel, Raphael’s bedroom, and even the Braccio Nuovo. Enjoy a 360º view of the Vatican Museums, so that you can discover the 14 most legendary rooms and chapels in the world of museums with ease. Works like “Vision of the Cross” by Giulio Romano, or “The Baptism of Constantine” by Francesco Penni, they are waiting for you.
Facade of the Vatican Museums, which you can now visit online
Reina Sofia Museum: Madrid
An essential on this list, the Reina Sofía museum in the capital of Spain is one of the contemporary art museums most important in the world. A museum that covers the artistic period that goes from the year 1900 to the present day. In it we can find international treasures and jewels signed by artists of the stature of Dalí, Miró or even Picasso. Works like “Guernica” by Pablo Picasso, or the “Portrait of Tristan Tzara” by Robert Delaunay await your virtual visit.
Louvre Museum: Paris
Surely, if you are an art lover, you have ever fantasized about being able to see Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa (also known as the Gioconda) without having to hurry or endure any involuntary push. Well, this is no longer a fantasy, it is a reality. The Louvre Museum in Paris offers you the possibility of carrying out a virtual tour full of videos, podcasts and much more, that will allow you to enjoy this genuine museum on another level. Works as mythical as “Freedom guiding the people” by Delacroix, “The Code of Hammurabi”, or “The Rape of the Sabine Women” by Nicolas Poussin, available from the screen of your mobile device.
Rijksmuseum: Amsterdam
In collaboration with Google, the Rijksmuseum has digitized all his works and they are now accessible through a virtual tour. This collection is a real walk through the history of the Netherlands offering artistic jewels that go from the Middle Ages to the contemporary age. You will have available works of the size of “The Night Watch” by Frans Banning Cocq, or “The trustees of the clothiers” by Rembrandt.
The Rijksmuseum is a must if you are a lover of art history
Van Gogh Museum: Amsterdam
In this virtual tour, you have just one click more than 200 paintings, 500 drawings and 700 letters of the most famous Dutch painter of all time. From “Potato Eaters” going by “Vincent’s room in Arles”, until you reach the famous “Self-portrait in front of the frame”. Likewise, the visit includes access to content on van Gogh’s personal and love life.
Alte Nationalgalerie: Berlin
If you are an art lover, and you have not yet had the opportunity to visit the Alte Nationalgalerie in person, you cannot miss its virtual visit. In it you will find the best works of authors such as Friedrich, Menzel and Manet. The museum is located in the Berlin Museum Island, and this particular museum is dedicated to all 19th century German art, as well as French impressionists. Among the most relevant works you will find “Island of the Dead” by Arnold Böcklin, or «Eisenwalzwerk» by Adolf von Menzel.
Possibly the most iconic museum in all of Berlin, the Alte Nationalgalerie
Krakow National Museum: Poland
As was the case with the Rijksmuseum in the Netherlands, the National Museum of Krakow has digitized its works in collaboration with Google. It has more than 200 unique works, among them with “The Lady with the Ermine” by Leonardo da Vinci. A must if you are passionate about Eastern European art.
British Museum: London
Something really remarkable about the virtual visit to the British Museum in London is that you can make a visit that can only be carried out online: the visit of the Great Court. On this adventure through one of the most emblematic museums in the world, you will discover incredible jewels such as “Rossetta Stone” and more than 7 million objects brought to London from the most remote corners of the planet. A unique collection that tells us about colonial past of what was once the world’s leading military, economic and political power.
The British Museum is an essential virtual tour
National Gallery: London
Together with the British Museum, the National Gallery is the most important museum in the british capital. A virtual tour that will take you to appreciate works by internationally recognized authors such as Vincent van Gogh or Jan van Eyck, William Turner, John Constable or Thomas Gainsborough. Works such as “The Resurrection of Lazarus” by Sebastiano del Piombo or “The Baptism of Christ” by Piero della Francesca, are just some of the works that you will find on your virtual tour of the National Gallery.
How can I visit museums online?
As a general rule, you will find the links to the virtual tours within the web pages of each museum that is digitized.