Museums around the world are offering virtual tours of their works to help travelers who are unable to leave their homes. To help and standardize, I have listed direct links to pages in English or Portuguese, when available. But you can always see the website in the original language of the country where the museum is located.
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1. Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan in Italy
As the official name of “Associazione Amici di Brera e dei Musei Milanesi”, Pinacoteca di Brera is considered one of the most important museums in the city of Milan, if not Italy itself, and contains collections of art and works by great artists such as Rafael and Caravaggio.
You can pay a visit online at https://pinacotecabrera.org/en/collezioni/.
2. Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy
The Galleria degli Uffizi which in Portuguese means Galeria dos Escritores is a palace located in Florence, Italy and which houses one of the oldest and most famous museums in the world.
The museum displays works from the 12th to the 18th century with the world’s best collection of works from the Renaissance period and artists such as Caravaggio, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rafael, Rembrandt and Sandro Botticelli.
You can take a virtual tour at https://www.uffizi.it/en/online-exhibitions.
3. Vaticani museum in Rome, Italy
The Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani) are a set of museums of the Holy See that house extensive and valuable collections of art and antiques collected over the centuries by the various Roman pontiffs.
The famous Sistine Chapel, with its incredible fresco painted by Michelangelo, is also part of the Vatican Museums, in addition to other Greek, Egyptian and Italian works.
You can visit online at http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni.html.
4. Museo Archeologico in Athens, Greece
The National Archaeological Museum in Athens, linked to the Greek Ministry of Culture, is one of the most important antiques museums in the world.
It has a large collection of artifacts and works of art from the Greek civilization from its beginnings to the end of the Roman era.
You can take a virtual tour at https://www.namuseum.gr/en/collections/.
5. Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain
The Prado Museum is the most important museum in Spain and one of the most important in the world.
Presenting beautiful and precious works of art, it is located in the city of Madrid and has several Spanish arts, especially from the royal family.
You can visit online at https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection.
6. Musée du Louvre in Paris in France
The Louvre Museum, is the largest art museum in the world and a historic monument in Paris, France.
As the most visited museum in the world, with more than 9 million visitors a year, it is a central landmark of the city and has 38,000 objects from prehistory to the 21st century.
Including works such as Monalisa, Venus de Milo, Vitória de Samotrácia and others.
You can take a virtual tour at https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne.
7. British Museum in London, England
The British Museum is one of the largest and most important in the world. It is located in London and was founded on June 7, 1753.
Its permanent collection includes important pieces of great value for world history, such as the Rosette Stone and the friezes of the Parthenon in Athens.
You can visit online at https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection.
8. Metropolitan Museum in New York in the United States
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, known informally as The Met, is an art museum located in New York City in the United States.
One of the most visited museums in the world, it has approximately 2 million pieces, including works by artists such as Monet, Picasso and Van Gogh. In addition to telling the history of Egyptian, Asian, Islamic, American and European art.
You can take a virtual tour at https://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/now-at-the-met/2020/digital-digest.
9. Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam in the Netherlands
The Rijksmuseum (“State Museum”, in Dutch) is the national museum of the Netherlands, located in Amsterdam.
He is the most important in Dutch history and has works such as The Night Watch by Rembrandt, The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer and Portrait of the couple Isaac Abrahamsz Massa and Beatrix van der Laen by Frans Hals (1622).
You can visit online at https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/rijksstudio.
10. National Gallery of art in Washington in the United States
The National Gallery of Art is an art museum, located on the National Mall in Washington D.C., United States.
It is among the 10 most visited art museums in the world. Founded in 1937, it has works by artists such as Monet, Cézanne, Dalí, Van Goghh and Leonardo da Vinci, as well as important names in North American art.
You can take a virtual tour at https://www.nga.gov/collection.html.
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