Virtual Tours and Online Exhibits

Art and Culture Museums

• Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford: Virtual Tour*
• The Louvre, Paris: Virtual Tour*
• Vatican Museums: Virtual Tours*
• Dalí Theatre-Museum, Catalonia: Virtual Tour*
• Hallwyl Museum, Stockholm: VR Tour*
• Byzantine and Christian Virtual Museum: Virtual Tour*
• Vizcaya Museum and Gardens: Virtual Tour*
• Finnish Art Gallery: Virtual Tour*
• Cranbrook Art Museum, Michigan: Exhibit Virtual Tours*
• São Paolo Museum of Art: Virtual Tour*
• The Hermitage, Russia: Virtual Tour (YouTube)*
• Arizona State Museum: Virtual Tour*
• The Frick, Pittsburgh: Virtual tours, online collections, activities*

History Museums*

• Canadian Museum of History: Virtual Tour
• Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum: Virtual Tour
• The Palace Museum: The Forbidden City, China, 360-degree Virtual Tour
• American Battlefield Trust: 360-degree Battlefield Tours
• National Archaeological Museum, Spain: Virtual Museum
• Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello: Virtual Tour
• George Washington’s Mount Vernon: Virtual Tours, timelines, etc.
• Westminster Abbey, London: Virtual Tour
• National Museum of the Great Lakes: Virtual Tour
• Florence as it Was: 3D models of Florentine buildings, artworks, and squares
• Mexican National Institute of Anthropology & History: Virtual Tours (Flash)
• Cliffe Castle Museum: Virtual Tour
• Museum of Flight: Virtual Tour
• National Museum of the U.S. Air Force: Virtual Tour
• Best Museums in Dubai: Virtual Tours

Natural Science Museums*

• National Museum of Natural History, US: Virtual Tour
• NASA Langley Research Center: Virtual Tour
• The National Museum of Computing, UK: Virtual Tour
• The Science Museum, London: Shipping Galleries Virtual Tour

National Parks*

• Yellowstone National Park, US: Virtual Tours
• Yosemite National Park, US: Virtual Tour
• Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

Online Exhibits*

• Girl Museum: Online Exhibits
• Virtual Migration Museum: Interactive Online Experience / App
• JFK Library: “Moonshot” App and Online Interactive
• Virtual Museum of Canada: Virtual Exhibits and Cultural Content
• Museum of Ontario Archaeology: “History of Ste. Marie II” Online Exhibit
• Monterey Bay Aquarium: Animal Live Cams
• Canadian Museum of History: Online Exhibitions
• Remembering Lincoln, Ford’s Theatre: Interactive online exhibit
• M Woods, Beijing, China: Experimental Online Exhibition
• Koshland Science Museum: Interactive Virtual Exhibits
• Second Canvas Apps: 30 Museum Apps (Google Sheet)
• Reina Sofía Museum Radio: Audiovisual resources; an acoustic museum experience
• History Colorado: Online Exhibits
• Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum
• National Museum of the U.S. Navy
• National Women’s History Museum

Virtual Tours – Historical Sites

• Buckingham Palace (England)
• Pompeii (Italy)
• Great Wall of China
• Tour of England (YouTube interactive Video)
• Tour of London
• Colonial Williamsburg (Virginia)
• Ellis Island (New York)
• Palace of Versailles (France)
• Claude Monet’s House (France)
• La Scala Opera House (Milan, Italy)
• The Doge’s Palace (Venice)
• The Anne Frank House
• The White House (Washington DC)
•  Pointe-à-Callière Montréal Archaeology and History Complex
• Edinburgh Castle (Scotland)
• Schönbrunn Palace (Austria)
• Royal Palace of Caserta (Naples, Italy)
• Johnstown Castle Gardens - Ireland

Virtual Tours / Live Cams – Zoos

• Explore.org - Live webcams from around the world - primarily animals
• San Diego Zoo Live Cams
• Zoo Atlanta Panda Cam
• Smithsonian National Zoo Live Cams
• Cincinnati Zoo
• Reid Park Zoo Lion Cam Live Feed (Tuscon)
• Brooks Falls Live Animal Cam
• African Watering Hole Live Camp
• Djuma Private Game Reserve Live Cam
• Ouwehand Park Polar Bear Cubs Live Cam (Netherlands)
• Live Animal Cam – Bear, Deer, Wolves, etc., (Transylvania, Romania)
• Nihondaira Zoo (Japan) - Polar Bears (7pm - 4am)

Virtual Tours / Live Cams – Aquariums

• Monterey Bay Aquarium – Virtual Tour
• Monterey Bay Aquarium – Live Cams
• Georgia Aquarium Live Cam
• Tennessee Aquarium Live Cam
• National Aquarium
• Seattle Aquarium – this is a set of YouTube Video classes from the Seattle Aquarium

Virtual Garden Tours

• The Gardens at Waddeson Manor
• Claude Monet’s Garden (Giverny, France)
• Chicago Botanical Garden
• Hawai’i Tropical Botanical Garden (Papaikou, HI)
• Kew Gardens (London, UK)

Virtual Campus Tours

• UNC System Tours (multiple campus tours available!) You may need to download virtual reality software for this, but it is available through the App Store and Google Play

Travel/Miscellaneous

• Chile 360 - 360 degree views of sights in Chile (Phone App)
• Choose Chicago - Virtual Tours & Digital Experiences
• Cliffs of Moher - Ireland
• Colosseum of Rome - Rome, Italy
• Google Maps Virtual Treks - Sites all over the world!
• Great Pyramids of Giza - Egypt
• Heritage on the Edge - UNESCO 3-D Maps of Historical Sites
• Hotels Around the World with Live Cams
  • Malibu Beach Inn - Malibu, CA
  • Hotel Del Coronado - Coronado, CA
  • The Inbal - Jerusalem, Israel
• Machu Picchu - Peru
• Taj Mahal - Agra, India
• Bloom Cam - Live Cherry Blossoms in Washington, DC