10 virtual tours of museums to explore from your sofa
10 virtual tours of museums to explore from your sofa
Are you an amateur of art or history? Would you like to visit museums around the world, but you don't have time or money to do it? With the help of virtual tours and Matterport technology, you can now visit many different museums around the world.
Indeed, many museums are now virtual, allowing you to experience the experience from home. The advantage of these virtual tours is that they give you the opportunity to access galleries you might never have seen otherwise.
From France to Australia, here is our list of 10 virtual tours of museums online.
1. Museum of Art and History of Saint-Léger - Soissons, France
Located in the northeast of Paris, this museum was installed in 1933 in the buildings of the former Saint-Léger Abbey. Through the virtual tour of the Museum of Art and History of Saint-Léger, there are collections of painting, sculpture, the treasure of the cathedral, the rich archaeological collections as well as temporary exhibitions.
Thanks to Matterport technology, the virtual tour offers descriptions of the museum in English and French as well as links to the museum site for those who want more information.
2. Vence Museum, Emile Hugues Foundation - Vence, France
The Vence Museum occupies the Château de Villeneuve, the former home of the lords of Villeneuve, Counts of Provence and Lords of Vence. Today, he presents artists who have lived or stayed in Vence, while developing an axis towards the different movements of Contemporary Art.
The virtual tour with Matterport contains integrated images to see and read the works and texts proposed by the museum.
3. Theatre-museum Dali - Figueres, Spain
Dedicated to the life and work of surrealist artist Salvador Dalí, the Dalí Theatre-museum presents the most important and most diverse collection of works by the artist. In addition to Dalí's paintings, we find virtual tour sculptures by the artist, three-dimensional collages, mechanical devices and other curiosities from Dalí's imagination.
The virtual tour of this museum is integrated into their website and has many information points with images and small anecdotes.
4. Oxford University Natural History Museum - Oxford, England
From the oldest English university, Oxford, this museum houses the collection of fossils, skeletons and other specimens from the academic institute.that. The virtual tour shows the collection that covers all kinds of educational topics, from 4.5 million-year-old meteorites to Darwin's theory of evolution.
Thanks to Matterport's dollhouse view, the museum's wonderful collection travels very easily.
5. Warwick Castle - Warwick, England
40 minutes from Birmingham and 1 hour and 40 minutes from London, Warwick Castle is a medieval wonder and one of England's main attractions. In the virtual tour, you can travel inside the castle, discover its history and enjoy its architecture.
In this virtual tour, each room of the castle contains an information point that explains what it was used for.
6. The National Museum of Computing - Bletchley Park, England
The National Museum of Computing is home to the world's largest collection of running historical computers. The virtual tour allows you to follow the development of computer science: from the Turing-Welchman bomb and the Colossus of the 1940s to the major systems and central computers of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, including the rise of personal computing and the rise of mobile computing and the Internet.
The descriptions, with links to videos and textual explanations, provide additional details and a history of the objects exhibited in this virtual tour.
7. Opera Gallery - New York City, United States
Opera Gallery is an international gallery specialized in modern and contemporary art, with fourteen sites worldwide. The museum seeks to cultivate the links between emerging artists and established artists. The virtual tour presents works of all kinds, including painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, photography and video.
The virtual tour of the Opera Gallery allows you to travel on 3 floors using the level selector and to learn about each work with the information points.
8. The Frick Madison - New York City, United States
The Frick Madison is a temporary gallery in the Frick Collection that is currently being renovated. Unlike Frick's usual style of presentation, the works are organized at Frick Madison in chronological order and by region. The museum contains valuable paintings and sculptures by Bellini, Goya, Houdon and many others.
The Frick Madison has integrated his virtual tour on its website with the plan of each floor to facilitate the movement between each room.
9. The Museum of Flight - Seattle, USA
The Museum of Flight is the world's largest private air and space museum and attracts more than 500,000 visitors each year. The museum has more than 150 aircraft in its collection, including the Lockheed Model 10-E Electra, the Boeing 747 and the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird.
The museum offers several virtual visits Matterport that allows you to enter dozens of these iconic planes.
10. The National Gallery of Victoria - Melbourne, Australia
The National Gallery of Victoria is Australia's oldest and most visited gallery. It hosts a large number of international and local artists, exhibitions, programmes and events, ranging from contemporary art to major international historical exhibitions, fashion and design, architecture, sound and dance.
The museum's website presents many virtual visits based on the exposure you want to see.
By ordering a virtual tour, museums can offer visitors who cannot travel to discover cultural and historical sites. The Matterport 3D tool will also increase the visibility of your museum. If you would like to see more virtual museum tours, visit the museum website. Matterport.
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