Ten international museums to visit in a virtual way. It is the initiative of ten of the most famous museums on the planet that allow guided tours on the web. The idea of virtual tours was born due to the pandemic from Coronavirus which imposed a forced stop on the world population. No travel, no travel from one nation to another and even less within the same state, except in exceptional cases. An obligatory practice that Italy has adopted for several days now.
Among the ten participating museums there are three Italians: the Vatican Museums in Rome, the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan and the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. The other international museums involved in the virtual tour are the Louvre in Paris, the Prado in Madrid, the British Museum in London. And, again, the National Museum of Korea in Seoul, the MoMA and Met in New York, the Archaeological Museum of Athens, the National Gallery of Art in Washington.
Online museums for virtual tours in times of pandemic
The Italian museums make use of the Museionline site which contains information from over 3.500 between museums, foundations and galleries. Also, to help enthusiasts discover works of art online, Google has archived an infinity of priceless pieces. A painstaking work carried out with the collaboration of over 60 museums and galleries. With Google street view, users can move from one place to another by visiting the most important museums in the world and admiring the most famous masterpieces of each era.
The Vatican Museums, the Brera Art Gallery and the Uffizi Gallery
The Vatican Museums (museivaticani.va) are among the most interesting galleries to visit as they provide users with 7 virtual tours. Among these fantastic trips to do online there is also the tour dedicated to the magnificent Sistine Chapel. There Pinacoteca di Brera (pinacotecabrera.org) is another all-Italian jewel.
Among the most famous works included in the virtual tour also "The scourging of Christ"By Luca Signorelli, the"Dead Christ"By Andrea Mantegna and"The Marriage of the Virgin"By Raphael. There Uffizi Gallery (uffizi.it) is one of the museums that the whole world envies us. Among the works not to be missed, the "Birth of Venus"And the"Spring”By Botticelli. And, again, the works of Caravaggio and of course the room dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci.
Works to be admired while sitting comfortably on the sofa at home
La Pinacoteca di Brera has included 669 works in the online archive, including one of the most famous collections in Italy of painting, from the Venetian and Lombard schools. The Vatican Museums, in addition to the Sistine Chapel, offer a virtual visit to the Raphael Rooms and to all the rooms of the museum. Truly an opportunity to rediscover and appreciate the works of art collected by Popes over the centuries.
The virtual tour of the Uffizi also includes the Vasari Corridor, Palazzo Pitti and the Boboli Gardens. In practice, a space called Hypervisions studied ad hoc for online use. In this space it is worth noting the section "Looks from the world" which tells the meeting between cultures from all over the planet.
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