Historic & Cultural Attractions
- Tour The White House
- Palace of Versailles Virtual Exhibits
- NASA Langley Research Center Virtual Tour
- National Museum of the United States Air Force Virtual Tours
- Civil War Battlefield Virtual Tours
- Smithsonian Natural History Museum Virtual Tours
- Geology, Gems, and Minerals Tour – where the Hope Diamond lives!
- Winchester Mystery House Close the shutters and turn the lights out, this is a very haunted and spooky house!
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Curated mini-tour.
- Great Wall of China
- Mars
Nature & Outdoors
- Virtual Garden Tours These are BEAUTIFUL, especially if you’ve forgotten what nature looks like.
- National Park Tours Kenai Fjords in Alaska, Hawaii Volcanos, Carlsbad Caverns, Bryce Canyon, and Dry Tortugas in Florida
- US Forest Service Webinars (free) Experts discuss the latest science, practice, and policy on urban forestry and the environment.
- Virtual Tours of US National Parks Tours include: Yellowstone, White Sands Denali, Grand Tetons, Statute of Liberty.
Music
- Detroit Symphony Orchestra Stream their concerts (and watch past concerts!)
- Vancouver Symphony BeethovenFest
- Royal Opera House Free operas and ballets.
- New York Metropolitan Opera Nightly limited-edition live-streams.
- Classical Music Performances (free) Great performances and concert libraries that you can enjoy from home.
- The Metropolitan Opera (free) Each day, a different encore presentation is being made available for free streaming.
- Streaming Music Performances (free) There are also a number of other performances being streamed on facebook and you tube that you can find based on your listening preference.
- Billboard List
Fitness
- Planet Fitness At-home Workout Streams Live @ 7pm EST
- Streaming Group Fitness Classes (free) In case you miss your gym.
Wildlife
- Fiona the Baby Hippo at Cincinnati Xoo.
- Baltimore Zoo Live Streams View penguins, lions, giraffes, flamingos, and goats.
- Baltimore Aquarium Blacktip Reef Stream
- Jellies Invasion Cam
- Washington DC and Baltimore Aquariums
- San Diego Zoo
- Monterey Bay Aquarium
- Georgia Aquarium
Art
- National Gallery
- Uffizi Gallery Tour Botticelli’s Birth of Venus lives here.
- Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery The American Collection.
- Louvre Museum Virtual Tours
- British Museum – Museum of the World Tour
- Infinity Mirrors Art exhibit by Yayoi Kusama.
- Famous Paintings Get WAY closer than you’d ever be allowed to in the real world.
- Banksy Murals on Street View
- Google Arts and Culture Take virtual tours and view high-resolution images of artworks housed in at over 100 museums.
- Paris Museums Access over 300,000 pictures of artwork.
Education
- National Emergency Library (free) Books that supports emergency remote teaching, research activities, independent scholarship, and intellectual stimulation.
- Michelin-Star Cooking Lessons (free) Chef Massimo Bottura offers free cooking lessons on Instagram live every day at 2pm CT.
- Online Crafts & Hobbies
- University Courses (free)
- More Free University Courses (free)
- Learn a New Language (free)
- Tuition Free Colleges (free)
- Online Master Classes (paid) Instruction from the “world’s greatest minds” on: film, TV, culinary arts, writing, entertainment, music, sports & games, business, photography, fashion, and more.
Reprinted with permission from Minuteman Press Annapolis.