While it’s hard to beat the experience of seeing an art piece with your own eyes, you could easily spend a lifetime traveling the world in search of all of them. Fortunately, the digital age has made it possible to visit some of the most famous museums from the comfort of your own home.
Staying in quarantine does not have to be boring, you can even learn something new! We chose 10 famous European museums that you have to visit, even if just virtually!
British Museum, London
The virtual tour of this iconic museum that’s located in the heart of London allows you to tour through various periods of history and discover curiosities like the Egyptian mummies. Also, hundreds of other artifacts can be seen there, so don’t miss your chance! Start your tour here.
Hermitage, St Petersburg
Did you know that Hermitage, one of the world’s largest museums, employs 50-70 cats to this day? And that is not all! The Hermitage Collection contains a mind-boggling three million items spread across 120 different rooms. See them here.
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
It is the largest art museum in Austria and one of the most important museums worldwide. You can either visit their collections online or take yourself on a tour with their app.
Louvre, Paris
The Louvre is not only one of the world’s largest art museums, but it’s also one of Paris’s most iconic historic monuments and home to famous Mona Lisa painting. The museum offers free online tours of some of its most important and popular exhibits. Choose your virtual tour here.
Musée d’Orsay, Paris
This Parisian gallery houses dozens of famous works by French artists who lived and worked from 1848 to 1914. Head to the virtual exhibition and see artworks from such world-renowned artists as Monet, Gauguin, and Cézanne.
Pergamon Museum, Berlin
Pergamon is one of the biggest museums in Germany; therefore, it has a whole lot to offer. This historical museum houses plenty of ancient artifacts such as the famous Ishtar Gate of Babylon and, naturally, the Pergamon Altar.
Prado, Madrid
The Museo del Prado has the largest and most important collection of Spanish painting in the world, numbering more than 4,800 paintings and dating from the Romanesque period to the 19th-century. See the artworks here.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Home to many masterworks from the Dutch Golden Age, this iconic museum offers a Google Street View tour that will make you feel like you’re actually strolling through its halls. Head on there to see works from such geniuses as Vermeer and Rembrandt.
Uffizi Gallery, Florence
This gallery in Florence, Italy is home to the art collection of one of the city’s most famous families—the de’Medicis. Now, anyone can wander through its fancy halls designed by Giorgio Vasari specifically for Cosimo I de’Medici back in 1560.
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
You can see the works of this ingenious painter up close by stepping into this virtual museum which is home to the largest collection of artworks by Vincent van Gogh. The collection includes over 200 paintings, 500 drawings, and over 750 personal letters.
Prefer to stroll through Prague museums and galleries? Here’s a list of places that offer virtual tours: (source: expats.cz)