7 world-famous museums you can visit online

Almost three years ago, a pandemic struck and the world went into partial isolation for a long time. Tourist enterprises began to lose visitors, people were afraid to go out on the streets, and air travel between countries stopped.

Museums also had a hard time, but they found a timely solution – they began to develop digital direction and allowed everyone to visit their halls online.

Two years have passed, the pandemic is over, but online museums have not gone anywhere. We have collected for you the top popular museums that you can visit from the comfort of your own home.

Vatican Museum

Rome is the cradle of civilization, and the Vatican is part of Rome. It is not just a separate state within the city, it is a historical monument that holds an unimaginable number of cultural objects and masterpieces of art.

Needless to say, it is in the Vatican Museum that the world-famous fresco “Sistine Chapel” by Michelangelo is located. And this is only a part of the museum’s collection, although it is significant.

There are works by such Renaissance geniuses as Raphael, Bernini, Botticelli, da Vinci and many others.

How to visit: you can see the museum’s collection online by clicking here. The visit is free of charge.

Louvre

This largest museum in France is located in the center of Paris. In 2018, it set a record for attendance, the museum welcomed just over 10 million people during the year.

This cultural treasure trove houses works of art from around the world, including Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. The official website of the museum even has a special section where you can separately admire one of the most famous paintings in the world in 360 format.

The authors explained the creation of this project by the fact that it is difficult to enjoy the masterpiece in the museum itself because of the large number of people who want to look at it.

How to visit: you can see the museum’s collection online by clicking here. The visit is free of charge.

Tretyakov Gallery

Many residents of our capital have at least once been to the Tretyakov Gallery, but this is no reason not to appear there again, albeit virtually.

In one visit you can hardly examine the entire collection of this museum, so why not explore all that you have not had time to do online. Or, if you are a bit luckier, in virtual reality glasses.

The museum now houses over 180,000 artifacts collected from all over the world.

How to visit: you can see the museum’s collection online by clicking here. The visit is free of charge.

Mikhail Bulgakov Museum

“Bad apartment” №50 in the house on Bolshaya Sadovaya is also open for visiting via the Internet. It was in this apartment in Bulgakov’s novel “The Master and Margarita” that Woland and his retinue lived during his visit to Moscow.

The writer himself lived there for three years, and now this apartment is a public domain. You can take a look at the interior of this mysterious place, which you once read about in the pages of the novel, as well as see how Bulgakov lived, and look into the “Blue Study”, where he wrote his works.

How to visit: you can see the museum’s collection online by clicking here. The visit is free of charge.

Hermitage

One ticket to the Hermitage gives you the opportunity to walk around the pavilions of the museum for two hours, and an online tour – even the whole day.

You can enjoy the Egyptian hall, “walk” through the diamond and gold treasure rooms, as well as get acquainted with the paintings of famous artists temporarily exhibited in the Hermitage.

If you wish, you can even “walk” around the museum and admire one of the main attractions of St. Petersburg from the street.

How to visit: you can see the museum’s collection online by clicking here. The visit is free of charge.

National Washington Museum of Natural History

It was built over 100 years ago right in the center of the city. The museum includes (just imagine!) over 140 million different artifacts that tell the story of our planet from its very beginning.

The collection includes samples of the oldest plants, animals, as well as minerals and various fossils. What attracts the most attention are the reconstructed dinosaur skeletons. There are a lot of them.

How to visit: you can see the museum’s collection online by clicking here. The visit is free of charge.

Acropolis Museum

The last museum from our selection is located in one of the oldest cities in the world – in Athens. And Ancient Greece has always been and will always be one of the most interesting civilizations, which can be studied endlessly.

The museum is named after the symbol of Athens, the Acropolis, the oldest part of the city and the complex of temples located on the hill. This museum houses artifacts of ancient Greek life and living, and will give you an invaluable experience with antiquity in 3D. All you have to do is press the keys.

How to visit: you can see the museum’s collection online by clicking here. The visit is free of charge.