# Museum Virtual Tours **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 15, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/museum-virtual-tours/849536 "2020-03-15T16:05:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/museum-virtual-tours/849536/1 "2020-03-15T16:05:17Z")
If you like museums, and don’t already have enough online content, this article has links to 12 museums that offer virtual tours. I have really been enjoying the Rijksmuseum so far. > **[These 12 Famous Museums Offer Virtual Tours You Can Take on Your Couch](https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours)** > > Google teamed up with more than 1,200 museums and galleries around the world to bring anyone and everyone virtual tours and online exhibits of some of the most famous museums around the world. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/museum-virtual-tours/849536/2 "2020-03-15T20:39:19Z")
Neato! Thanks, **Southern Yankee**. if you enjoy those, then you’re probably in the right frame of mind to take the occasional look at this - [https://artsandculture.google.com/](https://artsandculture.google.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/museum-virtual-tours/849536/3 "2020-03-15T22:11:43Z")
Thanks, _Banksiaman_. It looks like Google Arts and Culture is involved in some of the museum tours too. Good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/museum-virtual-tours/849536/4 "2020-03-15T23:50:38Z")
[I always have my students take the virtual tour of Ellis Island that Scholastic made.](http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/) If anyone has kids at home and you need a packet that walks them through it and has them locate answers to Q’s from it, let me know and I can send you the packet. A very educational and fun(videos, audio, many things) experience. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/museum-virtual-tours/849536/5 "2020-03-16T01:01:21Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [I always have my students take the virtual tour of Ellis Island that Scholastic made.](http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/) That’s an excellent way to avoid goose shit. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/museum-virtual-tours/849536/6 "2020-03-16T01:11:16Z")
> [@RioRico](#): > > That’s an excellent way to avoid goose shit. I’ve never actually been there. I’d love to go, though. Been teaching bout it for years. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/museum-virtual-tours/849536/7 "2020-03-16T01:15:59Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I’ve never actually been there. I’d love to go, though. Been teaching bout it for years. I’ve been there twice and loved it. ---
**Author:** ![GMANCANADA](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gmancanada/32/2837_2.png) [@GMANCANADA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GMANCANADA)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/museum-virtual-tours/849536/8 "2020-03-16T01:20:59Z")
In a similar vein of museums and art, I recently read about this app: **Smartify** and it gets great reviews. It provides augmented reality tours of various museums and gives you detail about the artwork. When we travel we always check out the local art museums and try to do a tour or audio tour while there. Unfortunately, they usually only provide a overview of the collections. It sounds like this has lots more detail on more (all?) of the artwork. It’s at 30 museums and growing now. All that said, I haven’t used it yet, but will next time we go somewhere they have museums. If anyone’s used it, what’s your review? [https://smartify.org](https://smartify.org)