1. Google Arts and Culture
https://artsandculture.google.com
Google Arts and Culture is a real online museum that covers 3,000 world-class works of art from top museums.
Google has demonstrated its strong technical ability to conduct all-round digital sampling and provide 360 degree VR panoramic view for visitors.
It also provides high resolution of 4K that ensures high quality of those pictures of works on its website. You can even see clearly the texture of characters on them after enlarging. Google also provides text for details. It is easy for you to forget the time while you are spending your day at Google Arts and Culture.
2. Metropolitan Museum of Art
Located next to Manhattan Central Park, the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City is the largest art museum in the United States. With 17 curatorial departments, 2.2 million square feet, and more than 2 million works in its permanent collections, the Metropolitan Museum of Art—colloquially known as the Met—contains more treasures than most visitors will ever be able to see in a lifetime.
The Met collection represents more than 5000 years of art from across the globe for you to experience and enjoy. On its website, the Timeline allows you to travel between any country and any time you want.
Before you go to visit the Met, you might as well browse the website to experience its VR guide and select exhibitions you are interested in.
3. MoMA
You can’t miss MoMA if you love modern art. The website adopts the classic modern checkerboard color design.
You can find plenty of video guide on its website, so it’s easy to do some homework before visiting. There is also a list of artists with work in their collection for you to enjoy your favorite works at home whenever you want.
4. Vatican Museums
http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/it.html
When it comes to museums, the Vatican Museums can’t be missing. The Vatican Museums are one of the most popular attractions in Rome. Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, but “the sparrow may be small but it has all the vital organs.” You can find the famous Sistine Chapel ceiling and The Last Judgment wall mural here.
The website also provides 360 degree VR panoramic view with detail guides to each room of each museum. The detailed VR pictures are even clearer than those you see while visiting in person.
5. Frans Hals Museum
https://www.franshalsmuseum.nl/en/
Frans Hals Museum is a museum of portraits. In 1950, the museum was split in two locations when the collection of modern art was moved to the Museum De Hallen (since 2018 called Hal). The main collection, including its famous 17th-century Frans Hals paintings, for which the museum is named, is located in the former Oude Mannenhuis on the Groot Heiligland. The combination of modern and contemporary art always make people exciting.
Though it is a less known museum, the sense of design of its website is no inferior to that of other large famous museums in the world.
The website also features a category by color. You can view detailed text introduction by clicking on each of the collections.
During this hard quarantine time, browsing guides of these major museums greatly meets your desire to visit them, and if there’s a chance to go there in the near future, these websites are the guidelines before you set off.
Happy visiting!
