Travel and Learn Without Leaving Your Home: Social Media Benefits for Students and Teachers!
Social Media has many benefits for students and teachers! If you have a class assignment you can explore videos on YouTube or check out tags on Instagram. If you are interested in another country go to Google maps and walk the streets of France. You can even take virtual museum tours without leaving your home.
Use Google Maps to find world landmarks like the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France or the Colosseum in Rome, Italy. Visit some of the most famous museums in the world online and go on a virtual tours together! Museums that offer Free online tours:
BRITISH MUSEUM
London’s British Museum has more than eight million objects you and your child can view online. The museum has also partnered with the Google Cultural Institute to offer virtual tours using Google Street View technology.
Site: https://www.britishmuseum.org/with_google.aspx
DALÍ THEATRE-MUSEUM
Located in the town of Figueres in Catalonia, Spain, the Dalí Theatre-Museum is wholly devoted to the artwork of Salvador Dalí. The museum offers virtual tours of the grounds and a few exhibits.
EGYPTIAN MUSEUM
The Egyptian Museum in Cairo houses one of the most exclusive collections of ancient Egyptian artifacts and have the largest collection in the world.
https://egyptianmuseum.org/360-museum-tour
GOOGLE ART PROJECT
The Google Art Project allows online tourist to discover and view famous artwork online offering exceptional detail of the objects, Google partnered with more than 60 museums and galleries from around the world to archive and document priceless artwork and offers virtual tours of museums using Google Street View technology. Museums included in the Google Art Project are the White House, the Museum of Islamic Art in Qatar, and even São Paulo street art from Brazil.
THE LOUVRE
Visit the The Louvre for free! The is one of the world’s largest art museums and aside from the Eiffel Tower it is one of Paris’ most iconic sites. Parents and children can Visit the museum's exhibition rooms and galleries
And even click on the some of the objects to find out more information about them!
Site: https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne#tabs
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
Located in New York, The Met features an online collection and virtual tours of some of its most extraordinary collections, including works from Vincent van Gogh and Jackson Pollock. The Met has collaborated with the Google Cultural Institute offer a larger selection.
NASA
NASA offers free virtual tours of its Space Center in Houston, with an animated robot named “Audima” as your tour guide.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
Founded in 1937 and located in Washington D.C. But, if you cannot make it to Washington D.C., there are virtual tours of its gallery and exhibits available online.
Site: https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/visiting/virtual-tours/google-virtual-tour
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
Located on the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio The National Museum of the United States Air Force is the official museum of the United States Air Force. The museum contains military weapons and aircrafts, including the presidential airplanes of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Richard Nixon. The museum also offers free virtual tours of its entire grounds and decommissioned aircrafts from World War II, Vietnam, and the Korean War.
NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MUSEUM
Located in Alexandria, Virginia The National Women’s History Museum was founded to educate, inspire, empower, and shape the future “by integrating women’s distinctive history and culture in the United States.” Online tourist can find several online exhibits.
THE ORIENTAL INSTITUTE MUSEUM
The Oriental Institute Museum is connected with The University of Chicago. So the museum is constantly The museum offers art and other archaeological treasures of ancient civilizations from the Near East. The museum features artifacts from ancient Egypt, Nubia, Persia, Mesopotamia, Syria, Anatolia, and Megiddo.
SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
One of the most visited museums in the world The National Museum of Natural History located in Washington DC, offers an online virtual tour of their entire grounds and the treasure inside. The tour includes the Hall of Mammals, Insect Zoo, and Dinosaurs.
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Check out The Guggenheim’s online collection. Located in New York city this museum is famous for artwork from artist like Henri Matisse and Vasily Kandinsky to see the museum offers. You can find artist like Pablo Picasso!
Site: https://www.guggenheim.org/collection-online
THE SPY MUSEUM
This popular Washington D.C. museum is dedicated to all things espionage. Just don’t expect to see any silly James Bond-esque gadgets. Instead, visitors can delve into the history of real-life international espionage. The Spy Museum is home to numerous objects used by international intelligence services. These include cipher machines, counterfeit currency, disguised weapons, miniature cameras, radio transmitters and receivers, and dead drops. In addition, several of the exhibits are related to specific espionage cases and historic figures.
VATICAN MUSEUMS
Located in Rome Italy, The Vatican Museums feature an extensive collection of rare art and classical sculptures curated by the Vatican Popes over several centuries. Visit the online virtual tour to see the museum grounds, exhibits and Michelangelo’s famous ceiling of The Sistine Chapel.
Start exploring today!