Famous museums around the world offer virtual tours in times of lockdown

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, museums and cultural institutions across the globe are closing their doors to the public. But while visitors can no longer roam the halls of these institutions, virtual tools and online experiences mean anyone with an internet connection can browse world-class collections from home.

Paris’s Louvre, Russia’s Hermitage, and the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC: these are some of the world’s great museums offering virtual tours and sneak peeks in lieu of actual visits during the coronavirus pandemic.

Some of the virtual tours of museums across the globe:

• The Louvre
• Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
• The Boston Children’s Museum
• .British Museum, London
• National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
• Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
• The Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
•  National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul
•  Anne Frank House
• The Vatican Museums
• The Guggenheim
• National Museum of the United States Air Force
• NASA Research Centers
• The National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City
• Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
• Uffizi Gallery, Florence
• Picasso Museum, Barcelona
• National Palace Museum, Taipei City
• The Hermitage