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our best 7 online Museum

Here is our choice of 7 of the best online experiences to see wonders of the world from museums around the globe . Each one is a rabbit hole to get lost in.

The National Museum of Scotland

With around 20,000 objects on display in the different permanent galleries, you can travel to Taj Mahal, the Uffizi and the Palace of Versailles, among others, also over 1,000 objects from National Museums Scotland’s collections have been added to the Google Arts & Culture online collection. Find out more about individual objects or you can explore themes including Scotland’s early silver and the archive of the fashion designer Jean Muir.


Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Amsterdam is one of Europe’s most visited cities and the Van Gogh Museum is one of the most visited sites within the city. Van Gogh’s story of tragedy and genius resonates with millions of people around the world, many of whom come here to marvel at over 200 paintings, 500 drawings and 750 personal letters. The Google Arts & Culture tool now offers access to the entire museum, allowing you to get up close and personal with some of the most treasured artwork in the world.

Guggenheim Museum, New York
Marvel at one of the most Instagrammable staircases in the world before absorbing a huge collection of art from the Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary eras. A visit to the Guggenheim is a unique experience unlike any offered by a conventional art gallery – architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed the museum as a journey, with visitors walking up (or down) a gently sloping spiral. The galleries are divided like membranes in citrus fruit, with self-contained yet interdependent sections. Visitors can view pieces by great artists like Picasso, Kandinsky and Miró at their via Google Arts & Culture.
Picasso Museum, Barcelona
The Picasso Museum in Barcelona through its virtual portal / ©Picasso Museum
The Picasso Museum, located in the heart of Barcelona’s Latin Quarter, is visited by millions every year. They come to marvel at the best works of perhaps the most famous painter of all, but stay to marvel at the best-preserved Medieval architecture in Barcelona. The online tour offers a large selection of Picasso’s finest works as well as virtual tours of the museum’s beautiful courtyards.
Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, New York
You can explore 129 artworks from arguably the most famous museum in the world through the Google Arts & Culture program. That includes some of its most prized assets, such as Van Gogh’s Starry Night and Rousseau’s The Sleeping Gypsy. In total, MoMA boasts a collection of over 150,000 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, architectural models and drawings, and design objects. Even for the most learned aficionado, there are myriad opportunities to discover and learn something new about modern art.
British Museum, London
The digital tool on offer from the British Museum / ©British Museum
The British Museum was the first national museum in the world. Opened in 1759, it serves the same purpose as it did back then, offering a view of human history with priceless artifacts from every corner of the globe. From a rock tool carved by early humans 1.8m years ago to items made as recently as the 1950s, the British Museum’s virtual tour grants you access to some of its most prized possessions such as the Rosetta Stone and the Elgin Marbles.
Musée d’Orsay, Paris

Musée d’Orsay was originally built as a grand railway station and hotel, but today houses the largest collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist works in the world. Much of this can now be experienced through its own virtual tour, offering a complete history of the Impressionist era through the works of Monet and Gauguin amongst many others. There is also an online exhibition on the storied history of the building itself.
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