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Detroit Historical Museum – Virtual Tour

The Detroit Historical Museum chronicles the history of the Detroit area from 18th-century fur trading to cobblestone streets, 19th-century stores, and on to the auto assembly line.

In 1928, the museum opened in a one-room suite on the 23rd floor of what is now the Cadillac Tower.

In 1951, on the 250th anniversary of Detroit’s founding by Antoine Laumet de la Mothe Cadillac, the new museum facility was dedicated.

In 1961, the Dossin Great Lakes Museum opened on Belle Isle Park as a branch of the Historical Museum devoted to maritime history.

Today, the museum has over 200,000 items with a fascinating collection of curated exhibits.

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Concerts in the Park

In alphabetical order by city. Participants are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets and check the weather.

• Friday Nights Downtown Music Series: 7-8:30 p.m. Fridays through Aug. 23, the Knight Amphitheater at Riverside Park, 3311 Parkways Blvd., Auburn Hills, auburnhills.org/calendar.php, 248- 370-9353.

• In the Park Summer Concert Series: 7 p.m. Wednesdays, through Aug. 14, at Shain Park, Merrill Street and Bates Street, Birmingham, www.bhamgov.org/summerconcerts, free, family-friendly concert series. If inclement weather, call 248-530-1650 to check event status.

• Concerts in the Park: 6-9 p.m. Fridays, through July 19, Depot Park, 375 Depot Road, Clarkston, concessions, https://clarkston.org/events/concerts-in-the-park.

• Concerts in the Park: 7 p.m. Fridays, July 5-Aug. 2, RIchardson Community Center, 1485 E. Oakley Park Road, Commerce Twp., www.commercefireworks.org.

• Stars in the Park Summer Concert Series: 7-8:30 p.m. Thursdays, through Aug. 15, (no concerts July 18 and Aug. 1), Heritage Park Amphitheater, 24915 Farmington Road, Farmington Hills, www.facebook.com/CityofFarmingtonHills. No alcohol or pets, bring lawn chairs or blankets.

• Summer Concert Series: 6:30-9 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 1, Lake St. Clair Metropark Thomas Welsh Activity Center, Harrison Twp., www.metroparks.com/concerts, concerts are free with park admission fees.

• Symphony by the Shores: 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays, through July 30, Lake St. Clair Metropark Thomas Welsh Activity Center, Harrison Twp., www.metroparks.com/concerts, concerts are free with park admission fees.

• Sounds Like Summer Concert Series: 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays, July 9-Aug. 20 and 6:30-7:30 p.m., Aug. 22, Veterans Park, 200 W. Livingston Road, downtown Highland, www.highlanddda.com/events-attractions.

• LOLive! Concerts in the Park: 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesdays July 10-Aug. 14 and Aug. 28-Sept. 4, Children’s Park, downtown Lake Orion between Broadway and Anderson, downtownlakeorion.org.

• Uptown Friday Night Concert Series: 7-9 p.m. Fridays July 12 through July 26, at 49 N. Walnut St. and Aug. 2-Sept. 13, at Macomb Place in front of O’Halloran’s Public House, Mount Clemens, facebook.com/DowntownMountClemens.

• Music is Main & Center concert series: 7-9 p.m. Saturdays, through Sept. 28, downtown Northville Town Square, www.downtownnorthville.com.

• Free concerts at Wildwood: 7-8:30 p.m. Thursdays, July 11 and July 18, Wildwood Amphitheater, 2700 Joslyn Ct., Orion Twp., orion.events, free, bring lawn chairs or blankets.

• Downtown Oxford Concerts in the Park: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursdays through Aug. 15, (no concert July 4), Centennial Park on Lapeer Road, downtown Oxford, www.facebook.com/DowntownOxford. Oxford Open Air Market is 4-7 p.m. at Washington Square.

• Music in the Parks concert series: 6:30 p.m. select dates at Pontiac Parks, bring blankets or lawn chairs, pontiac.mi.us. Polyesta Playas is July 11 at Rotary Park, Wesson St.; Mariachi Jolisto and Pancho Villa’s Skull is July 24 at Oakland Park, 500 E. Montcalm St., and concerts Aug. 21 at North Kiwanis Park, Stanley Ave., and Sept. 5 at Beaudette Park, www.pontiac.mi.us/government/mayor/events.php.

• Music in The Park: 7-8:30 p.m. Thursdays through July 25, Rochester Municipal Park, 400 6th St., Rochester, www.facebook.com/musicintheparkdowntownrochester. Concerts are presented by Rochester Kiwanis, free admission, bring a blanket or lawn chairs, food truck vendor.

• Summer Carillon Concert Series: 6 p.m. Fridays, July 5-Aug. 9, on Oakland University campus, Elliott Tower carillon, bring a lawn chair or blanket, oakland.edu/elliott-tower, free. Also Fridays at noon, Oakland University’s carillonneur plays a live concert for a half-hour.

• Royal Oak Summer Concert Series: 7 p.m. Thursdays July 11-Aug. 15, at Centennial Commons Park, 204 S. Troy St. Royal Oak, includes preshows, www.royaloakchamber.com/summer-concert-series.

• Sights & Sounds Free Concert Series: 4-9 p.m. July 10 and Aug. 14, Royal Oak Farmers Market, 316 E 11 Mile Road, Royal Oak, www.romi.gov.

• Wild Summer Nights Concert Series: 6-7:30 p.m., July 10, July 24, Aug. 7 and Aug. 21, Detroit Zoo, 8450 W 10 Mile Road, Royal Oak, local musicians, https://detroitzoo.org, included with zoo admission.

• Shelby Township Summerfest: 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays July 10-Aug. 7, River Bends Park, 5722 22 Mile Road, Shelby Twp., www.shelbytwp.org, www.facebook.com/ShelbyTwpParksandRec.

• Summer Concert Series: 7-8:30 p.m. select Fridays, July 12, July 26, Aug. 9 and Aug. 23, Stony Creek Metropark Eastwood Beach, Shelby Twp., www.metroparks.com/concerts, concerts are free with park admission fees.

• Summer in the City concerts: 7-9 p.m. July 19 and July 26, on the front lawn of the Southfield Municipal Campus, 26000 Evergreen Road, Southfield, www.cityofsouthfield.com, free admission, bring lawn chairs or blankets. Gazebo concerts are 7-8:30 p.m. July 9, July 16, and July 23, www.cityofsouthfield.com/residents/events.

• Music in the Park: 7 p.m. Thursdays, through Aug. 29, Dodge Park, 40620 Utica Road, Sterling Heights, www.sterlingheights.gov. Weather update hotline is 586-446-2692.

• Summer Sensation Concert Series: 6:30-8:30 p.m. July 11, July 25, Aug. 8 and Aug. 22, at Boulan Park, 3671 Crooks Road, Troy. Food truck starting at 5:30 p.m., troymi.gov, bring lawn chairs or blankets.

• City of Walled Lake Summer Concerts: 7-9 p.m. Wednesdays, through Aug. 14, at Hiram Sims Park, 1299 Quinif Drive, https://walledlake.us.

• Marshbank Music Series: 5:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays July 10-July 31, at Marshbank Park, 2805 Hiller Road, West Bloomfield Twp., www.wbparks.org/events.

• Family Fun Nights and Summer Concerts: 6-7:30 p.m., concerts, 7-9 p.m. Thursdays, July 11-Aug. 22, Sibley Square Park, 48900 Pontiac Trail, Wixom, www.wixomgov.org.

• “Lost in Yonkers”: July 11-20; “Peerless” shows are July 18-28 and “Guys & Dolls” shows are July 25 – Aug. 3, at Seaholm High School in Birmingham, ticket prices vary, presented by Michigan Stage, nonprofit, www.michiganstage.org.

• “It’s Only Life- A Musical Revue”: July 12-28, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. at 1124 E. West Maple Road, Walled Lake, inspiredacting.org, $40-$45.

• “Doctor Moloch”: July 12-Aug. 4, Thursdays-Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m., Theatre NOVA, 410 West Huron St., Ann Arbor, www.theatrenova.org, 734-635-8450, https://bit.ly/TNDrMoloch, $28, Pay-What-You-Can tickets available at door. World Premiere Science Fiction theatre about Artificial Intelligence by Michigan playwright Carla Milarch.

• Shakespeare Royal Oak-“Twelfth Night”: July 25-Aug. 4, Starr Jaycee Park outdoor event, Royal Oak, www.shakespeareroyaloak.com. Also two education programs-KidsAct! for students entering grades 1-8 and the SRO Teen Ensemble for students entering grades 9-12, ShakespeareRoyalOak.com/education. Tickets are $35 at ShakespeareRoyalOak.com or at box office before performances.

• Drop-In Workshop-Illuminated Manuscripts: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. July 3, 11 a.m.-8:30 p.m. July 5, and noon-4 p.m. July 6-7, Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit, 313-833-4005, dia.org.

• Summer Exhibitions Opening Celebration: 6-8 p.m. July 11, Cranbrook Art Museum, 39221 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills, https://cranbrookartmuseum.org/events/artmembers-opening-preview-party-summer-2024.

• “Artist Talk-The Cuban Contemporary Lens”: 3 p.m. July 13, Cranbrook Art Museum, 39221 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills, https://cranbrookartmuseum.org/events/artist-talk-cuban-contemporary-lens.

• DIA Inside|Out: High-quality reproductions of artworks from the DIA’s collection are at outdoor venues throughout Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties, through October, https://dia.org/events/insideout-2024. The city of Rochester is participating, for locations visit www.downtownrochestermi.com/dia-insideout.

• Birmingham Bloomfield Cultural Arts Awards: The Cultural Council of Birmingham Bloomfield is accepting nominations through July 15, for the Birmingham Bloomfield Cultural Arts Awards. Awards ceremony is 5:30-7:30 p.m. Sept. 13, at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, https://culturalcouncilbirminghambloomfield.org.

• Southside Summer Series – Watercolor Workshop: Thursdays, through July 18, The SHAC at River’s Edge Brewing Co.,125 S. Main St., Milford, doors at 6 p.m., www.milfordvfaa.org, every other week, rotates between a full concert and an art workshop with acoustic music.

• Cranbrook on the Green: Artist-designed mini-golf is open weekends in May and September, and during regular museum hours throughout the week in July and August, one round of mini-golf-$15 adult non-members, includes admission to Cranbrook Art galleries, $8 for ages 12 and younger, Cranbrook Academy of Art, 39221 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills, register for a time slot at https://cranbrookartmuseum.org/mini-golf.

• Tiff Massey-“7 Mile + Livernois”: Exhibit through May 11, 2025, Detroit Institute of Arts Rivera Court, 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit, dia.org.

• Thursdays at the Museum: 1 p.m. Thursdays, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, self-guided visit of our collections for adults 55 and older. Groups of 25 or more in Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties can receive free bus transportation, www.dia.org/events/thursdays.

• The Hawk Makerspace: The Hawk – Farmington Hills Community Center, featuring craft space, specialized equipment including a laser cutter, 3D printer, and sewing lab. Makerspace users may purchase passes to use the equipment during Open Studio hours. Classes are also offered, fhgov.com/play,-explore-learn/the-hawk/amenities/makerspace.

• Drop-in Design: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, self-guided art-making activities in the Cranbrook Art Museum, Art Lab, 39221 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills, cranbrookartmuseum.org, general admission-$10.

• University of Michigan Museum of Art, 525 South State St., Ann Arbor, 734-764-0395, umma.umich.edu, ticket prices vary.

Beats, continued

• Toronzo Cannon: 8 p.m. July 11, The Roxy, 401 Walnut Blvd., Rochester, 248-453-5285, theroxyrochester.com, doors at 6 p.m., general- $30+.

• Hurray For The Riff Raff: 7 p.m. Jul 11, El Club Detroit, 4114 W. Vernor Hwy., https://elclubdetroit.com, $28.56.

• Giacomo Turra & The Funky Minutes: July 11, The Magic Bag, 22920 Woodward Ave., Ferndale, www.themagicbag.com, doors at 7 p.m., all ages, $25+ adv.

• Black Lips: July 12, The Loving Touch, 22634 Woodward Ave., Ferndale, 248-820-5596, thelovingtouchferndale.com, all ages, doors at 6 p.m., $5-$25+.

• Toby Keith tribute, Chris Stapleton Tribute: 7 p.m. July 13, American Ride tribute to Toby Keith and Traveler a Chris Stapleton tribute, Wildwood Amphitheater, 2700 Joslyn Ct., Orion Twp., https://orion.events, bring lawn chairs or blanket, no outside food or beverage, $20+.

• Ivan Pulley: 8 p.m. July 13, at 20 Front Street, Lake Orion, 248-783-7105, www.20frontstreet.com, doors at 7:30 p.m. all ages, $18+.

• Hobo Johnson and the Lovemakers: July 16, Royal Oak Music Theatre, 318 W 4th St. Royal Oak, www.royaloakmusictheatre.com, 248-399-3065, doors at 7 p.m., ticket prices vary.

• Lil Poppa: 7 p.m. July 17, El Club Detroit, 4114 W. Vernor Hwy., https://elclubdetroit.com, $47.59.

• Bass on the Block: 1 p.m. July 19-20, Crofoot Festival Grounds, 1 S. Saginaw St., Pontiac, thecrofoot.com, all ages, ticket prices vary.

• Sad Summer Festival 2024: 1 p.m. July 21, Crofoot Festival Grounds, 1 S. Saginaw St., Pontiac, thecrofoot.com, all ages, ticket prices vary.

Classical/Orchestra

• North Star Saxophone Quartet: 7 p.m. July 10, St. Paul’s United Methodist Church Garden of Hope, 620 Romeo St., Rochester, presented by Harmony in the Hills, bring a lawn chair, if inclement weather, concert will be held indoors, stpaulsrochester.org, free.

• Symphony by the Shores-Michigan Philharmonic: July 13, Kensington Metropark, Maple Beach, “Car-Tunes,” Parking and food vendors open at 5 p.m., concert at 7:30 p.m., www.metroparks.com/concerts, free with park admission fees.

• Royal Oak Taco Fest: July 4 – July 7, food and drinks to purchase, live entertainment, Kids Zone, downtown Royal Oak, royaloaktacofest.com.

• Oakland County Fair is July 5-14, with carnival. Fireworks show is at dusk July 5, following concert by Grant Reiff band at 7 p.m., and crowning of Oakland County Fair Royalty, at Springfield Oaks County Park, 12451 Andersonville Road, Davisburg, 248-634-8830, oakfair.org, admission and ticket prices vary. New show in 2024 is the Sea Lions Splash. Fair parking, which includes admission, is $15/vehicle and $10/motorcycle or walk-in. Presenting sponsor Oakland County Parks offers free parking July 5 and July 11 with a 2024 Oakland County Parks Vehicle Permit.

• Uncle Sam Jam: July 11-14, Woodhaven Civic Center Park, 23101 Hall Road, Woodhaven, live music, monster truck rides, ax throwing, a petting zoo, and more. Fireworks at dusk on Friday, www.facebook.com/UncleSamJam, unclesamjamfest.com.

• Art in the Park: Plymouth July 12-14, downtown Plymouth, more than 400 artists from 30 states, https://artinthepark.com.

• Annual Lavender Festival: July 12-14 and July 19-21 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at Blake’s Orchard and Cider Mill, features lavender fields, open-air market, make-and-take workshops, educational sessions on aromatherapy, gardening, and natural wellness, and a children’s activity tent, lavender-infused treats and lavender-infused hard cider and beer for sale. Advance admission tickets are $12 each, include entry to Funland and a train ride to and from the lavender fields. Children 2 and under admitted free.

• Lakefront Psychic and Holistic Festival: July 12-14, St. Clair Shores, www.rywevents.com.

• Free movie tickets for educators: Wednesdays, July 3-July 31, Participating Emagine theatre locations offer one free movie ticket to educators. The free ticket is only valid for shows beginning before 5 p.m. Wednesdays in July. Online advance tickets are not available as educators must present proof of school employment at the box office to receive their free ticket, Emagine-Entertainment.com.

• Boys & Girls Clubs fundraiser: Emagine Entertainment, Inc. theater chain will be raising funds for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan throughout July and August. Guests will be encouraged to make donations when visiting any of the Michigan Emagine Theatre locations, and each guest who makes a monetary donation will be recognized with signage at the box office, www.Emagine-Entertainment.com.

• $3 Summer Kids Movie Series: Through Aug. 15, for ages 12 and younger, Emagine Theatres, Emagine-Entertainment.com.

• Detroit Film Theatre at the Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit, dia.org, ticket prices vary.

• Farmington Civic Theater, 33332 Grand River Ave., Farmington, www.theFCT.com.

• Milford Independent Cinema: 945 E Summit St., Milford, milfordcinema.org/tickets, $5+.

• The Redford Theatre, 17360 Lahser Road, Detroit, redfordtheatre.com, ticket prices vary.

• “CoComelon” meet & greet: Gardner White to host meet & greet events with toddler JJ from “CoComelon,” preschool entertainment program at area locations: 10 a.m.-noon July 13, at 43825 W. Oaks Drive, Novi; 3-6 p.m. July 13 at 14055 Hall Road, Shelby Twp. and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. July 14, at 2660 Tittabawassee Road, Saginaw. Family fun activities include face painting, bubble show, arts and crafts, music and dancing. Gardner White will offer an additional 30% off the sale price during the event with a percentage of sales to benefit Covenant Kids, managed by Covenant HealthCare Foundation. Register at www.gardner-white.com.

• Social District Saturdays: 2-8 p.m. 2nd Saturdays, July 13, Aug. 10, Sept. 14, Centennial Commons and W. Fifth St., Royal Oak, yard games, live music, www.romi.gov/1849/SOCIAL-DISTRICT-SATURDAYS.

• Food Truck Wednesdays: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesdays, through Aug. 21, Bloomfield Township will host a food truck, each Wednesday on the Township Campus parking lot, just west of Bloomfield Community Television at 4190 Dublin Drive, www.bloomfieldtwp.org/Living-in-Bloomfield/Special-Events/Food-Truck-Wednesdays.

• Ford Piquette Plant Museum: “Luncheon Junction” takes place 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays July 5-Aug. 30, at the museum, 461 Piquette Ave, Detroit. A food truck feast to rediscover the historic Milwaukee Junction neighborhood, where the Motor City got its start. The Ford Piquette Plant Museum is open Wednesdays through Sundays, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $10-$18. Optional guided tours take place daily at 10 a.m., 12 p.m. and 2 p.m., www.fordpiquetteplant.org, 313-872-8759.

• Bank of America customers receive free admission: July 6-7, and the first weekend of each month to museums and cultural institutions across the country, including Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History, Michigan Science Center, Arab American National Museum, Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, and Motown Museum, bit.ly/2NvmECM.

• The Zekelman Holocaust Center: 28123 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills, www.holocaustcenter.org, 248-553-2400. “Auschwitz. In Front of Your Eyes,” a set of virtual tours to view in-person, 10 a.m.-noon, July 28, Aug. 13, and Sept. 22. Admission is $10 each, registration at www.holocaustcenter.org/Auschwitz.

• Royal Oak Historical Society Museum: “Rails Through Royal Oak” exhibit. Museum hours are 1-4 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 1411 W. Webster Road, Royal Oak, royaloakhistoricalsociety.com, 248-439-1501.

• Waterford Historical Society Historic Village: Open for the season, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesdays through Sept. 25, at Fish Hatchery Park, 4490 Hatchery Road, Waterford Twp. Historic Village, Log Cabin, Hatchery House and Fire Station, 248-683-2697.

• Motown Museum, 2648 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit, motownmuseum.org, 313-875-2264. Motown Mile outdoor, walkable art installation, “Pushin’ Culture Forward,” open through early fall, along the Detroit Riverwalk, free admission.

• Cranbrook Institute of Science: 39221 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills, https://science.cranbrook.edu, $14 general admission, $10.50 for ages 2-12 and seniors 65+, free for children under age 2.

• Detroit Historical Museum: 5401 Woodward Ave. (NW corner of Kirby) in Midtown Detroit, detroithistorical.org. Permanent exhibits include the famous Streets of Old Detroit, the Allesee Gallery of Culture, Doorway to Freedom: Detroit and the Underground Railroad, Detroit: The “Arsenal of Democracy,” the Gallery of Innovation, Frontiers to Factories, America’s Motor City and The Glancy Trains, museum gen. adm. is $10. Kresge Foundation’s “Kresge at 100-A Century of Impact, a Future of Opportunity” exhibit.

• Dossin Great Lakes Museum: 100 Strand Drive, Belle Isle, Detroit, detroithistorical.org.

• Michigan Science Center (Mi-Sci): 5020 John R. St., Detroit, museum gen. adm. is $18+. Standard Mi-Sci films are available as a $6 add-on to general admission tickets. Mi-Sci is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday and until 8 p.m. the first Friday of each month, 313-577-8400, www.mi-sci.org. Mi-Sci participates in several programs that provide reduced admission to patrons: Museums for All-When patrons show their SNAP EBT card and picture ID, general admission tickets are only $3/person for up to four people in their party. Museums on Us-Bank of America cardholders receive free general admission on the first full weekend of every month. Other members of the party must pay general admission. Discount is available in person only.

• Ford House: Historic estate of Edsel and Eleanor Ford, 1100 Lake Shore Road, Grosse Pointe Shores, fordhouse.org/events, 313-884-4222.

• Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm: Drop in tours on Fridays and Saturdays from noon-3 p.m., at 1005 Van Hoosen Road, Rochester Hills, with a guided tour of the Van Hoosen Farmhouse at 1 p.m., www.rochesterhills.org/musprograms, museum members-free, non-members-$5/adults, $3/seniors and students, no registration needed.

• Blue Star Museums: Through Labor Day, museums offer free admission to U.S. active-duty military personnel and their families, including National Guard and Reserve, through Labor Day. A list of participating museums nationwide is at arts.gov/bluestarmuseums.

• The Wright: The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, 315 E. Warren Ave., Detroit, 313-494-5800, open Tuesday-Sunday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and open until 7 p.m. on Thursday, closed on Mondays, reserve timed tickets at thewright.org, $30+ gen adm., $20 for seniors 62+, $15 for youth, ages 5-17, free for under 5.

• The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation and Greenfield Village: 20900 Oakwood Blvd., Dearborn, Ford Rouge Factory Tours Monday-Saturday, purchase tickets online, prices vary, thehenryford.org. Salute to America 4th of July Celebration is 5-10 p.m. July 2-5, Greenfield Village, 20900 Oakwood Blvd, Dearborn. strolling Greenfield Village and Detroit Symphony Orchestra musical performance at 8:30 p.m., in celebration of Independence Day, ending with “1812 Overture,” cannon fire and fireworks finale, ticket prices vary, general parking is $9, food to purchase, register at thehenryford.org.

• Greater West Bloomfield Historical Society: Open 1st/2nd/4th/5th Sundays of the month and 3rd Fridays, 1-4 pm, (holidays excluded) with exhibits including “Four Communities” exhibit at The Orchard Lake Museum, 3951 Orchard Lake Road, Orchard Lake. Admission is free, donations are welcome, www.gwbhs.org, 248-757-2451.

• Meadow Brook Hall offers Guided House Tours and Self-Guided Tours, check available times and purchase tickets at meadowbrookhall.org/tours, ticket prices vary. Meadow Brook Hall, 350 Estate Drive, Rochester, on the campus of Oakland University.

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The 75 Best Virtual Museum Tours Around the World [Art, History, Science, and Technology]

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The 75 Best Virtual Museum Tours Around the World [Art, History, Science, and Technology]

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You can now access collections from many of the world’s top museums without ever leaving home! We’ve put together an ultimate list of 75 world-class museums that offer virtual tours you can visit from the comfort of your couch.

Many of the virtual tours include exhibit walk-throughs and the ability to examine some of the world’s best paintings, sculptures, and other pieces up close and personal. These virtual tours are jam-packed with enough details to make you feel like you’re really visiting the museum. The experiences are sure to entertain the whole family, an art or history buff, or even those who want to imagine the joys of travel!

We’ve broken our list into 4 easy-to-review sections, including art, natural history, science and technology, and history museums. So whether you prefer to take in a painting at the Van Gogh Museum, check out an SR-71 Blackbird at the Museum of Flight, or gaze upon the Rosetta Stone, this list has it all!

Many of the virtual exhibits in this article are offered through a collaboration with Google Arts and Culture. If you’re not familiar, Google Arts and Culture is an online platform that showcases high-resolution images and videos of artworks and cultural artifacts from more than 2,000 museums throughout the world. You can zoom in and out of images in great detail and view some of the best pieces of artwork ever created without leaving your couch.

The platform is available in 18 languages and has been praised internationally for increasing access to art to those who may have not had the opportunity otherwise. It’s available for web , iOS , and Android .

1. The Albertina Museum (Vienna, Austria)

Year Opened: 1805

The Albertina Museum features one of the most important European collections of international modern art and houses one of the largest and most important print rooms in the world with approximately 65,000 drawings and 1 million old master prints. Hundreds of the works housed in the museum, like “Study for the Last Supper” by Da Vinci and “The Water Lily Pond” by Monet, can be viewed online thanks to a partnership with Google Arts and Culture.

To view the online exhibits, click here .

2. Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)

Year Opened: 1879

The Art Institute of Chicago is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the U.S., hosting approximately 1.5 million people annually. Its collection features more than 5,000 years of human expression from cultures around the world and contains more than 300,000 works of art in 11 curatorial departments.

The online tour allows you to view major pieces from the museum’s collection, such as “American Gothic,” “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte,” and “Nighthawks.” The site also offers projects to get creative at home, educator resources, and JourneyMaker, a digital tool that allows visitors to create unique, personalized tours of the museum.

To view the online tour, click here .

3. Benaki Museum (Athens, Greece)

Year Opened: 1930

Established in 1930 by Antonis Benakis in memory of his father Emmanuel Benakis, the Benaki Museum houses Greek works of art from prehistoric to modern times and an extensive collection of Asian art. It also hosts periodic exhibitions and maintains a state-of-the-art restoration and conservation workshop.

The entire museum can be viewed virtually in great detail.

To view the online virtual tour, click here .

4. The Broad (Los Angeles, California)

Year Opened: 2015

The Broad is a contemporary art museum named for philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad. The Broad houses a nearly 2,000-piece collection of contemporary art, featuring 200 artists including works by Cindy Sherman, Jeff Koons, Ed Ruscha, Roy Lichtenstein, and Andy Warhol. Notable installations include Yayoi Kusama’s “Infinity Mirrored Room” (pictured above) and Ragnar Kjartansson’s expansive 9-screen video “The Visitors.”

The Broad has put together a series of YouTube videos to give you a first-hand look at the museum.

5. Centre Pompidou (Paris, France)

Year Opened : 1977

The Centre Pompidou, named after the president of France from 1969 to 1974, is the largest museum for modern and contemporary art in Europe and the second-largest in the world. The museum has more than 12,000 pieces of artwork on display, including works by Kandinsky, Dalí, and Valadon.

The Centre has dozens of videos available on its YouTube channel that provide walk-throughs of the museum and explanations of its most important works.

To view the video tours, click here .

6. The Dalí Theatre-Museum (Figueres, Spain)

Year Opened : 1974

Dedicated to the life and work of the surrealist artist Salvador Dalí, the Dalí Theatre-Museum displays the single largest and most diverse collection of works by the artist. In addition to Dalí paintings from all decades of his career, there are Dalí sculptures, 3-dimensional collages, mechanical devices, and other curiosities from Dalí’s imagination. Through the website, guests can take a virtual tour in 360-degree of the entire museum.

To view the virtual tour, click here .

7. Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan)

Year Opened: 1885

With more than 100 galleries covering over 658,000 square feet, the Detroit Institute of Arts has one of the largest and most significant art collections in the U.S. Its collection features works spanning from ancient Egypt and Europe all the way to modern contemporary art.

The museum has put together “ At Home With DIA ” to offer school field trips from home, weekly film screenings, senior resources, and home projects. DIA also has a partnership with Google Arts and Culture to provide online exhibits including:

Frida Kahlo in Detroit
Ordinary People by Extraordinary Artists
Diego Rivera’s Detroit Industry
Self Portrait on the Borderline between Mexico and the United States

8. Frick Collection (New York City, New York)

Year Opened: 1935

Located in the Henry Clay Frick House, the Frick Collection houses the art collection of industrialist Henry Clay Frick. The collection features some of the best-known paintings by major European artists, including Bellini, Rembrandt, and Vermeer, as well as numerous works of sculpture and porcelain.

The entire museum can be viewed virtually.

9. Galleria dell’Accademia (Florence, Italy)

Year Opened : 1784

The Galleria dell’Accademia, while small compared to other museums featured, is still the second most visited museum in Italy. Its command of visitors is in large part due to its display of perhaps the most famous sculpture in history — Michaelangelo’s statue of David.

You can view a short, video-guided tour of the museum, which includes 360-degree viewing, allowing you to get a close look at the museum’s offerings.

To view the video tour, click here .

10. Georgia O’Keeffe Museum (Sante Fe, New Mexico)

Year Opened: 1997

The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum is dedicated to the artistic legacy of Georgia O’Keeffe and her contributions to American Modernism. The museum’s collection includes many of O’Keeffe’s key works, ranging from her innovative abstractions to her iconic large-format flower, skull, and landscape paintings, to paintings of architectural forms, rocks, shells, and trees. Initially, the collection was made of 140 O’Keeffe paintings, watercolors, pastels, and sculptures, but now includes nearly 1,200 objects.

The museum website offers creative activities, stories, and education about Georgia O’Keeffe’s life, along with several virtual exhibits available through Google Arts and Culture, including:

Georgia O’Keeffe
American Modernism
United States

11. Grand Palais (Paris, France)

Year Opened : 1900

The Grand Palais is a large historic site, exhibition hall, and museum dedicated to the organization of exhibitions, publishing books, art workshops, photographic agency, and hosting major fairs and events. The museum receives 2.5 million visitors each year. The partnership with Google Arts and Culture brings extensive online exhibits to life, from the construction of the building to the masterpieces that lie within it.

12. Hermitage Museum (Saint Petersburg, Russia)

Year Opened : 1764

The Hermitage Museum is the second-largest and eighth-most visited art museum in the world. The Hermitage has more than 60,000 pieces of artwork on display, including the “Peacock Clock” by James Cox, “Madonna Litta” by Leonardo Da Vinci, and works by Rembrandt, Michelangelo, and Antonio Canova.

The online tour is extremely comprehensive and allows you to virtually walk through all 6 buildings in the main complex, treasure gallery, and several exhibition projects.

13. High Museum of Art (Atlanta, Georgia)

Year Opened : 1905

The High Museum of Art offers over 15,000 works of art in its collection and is the leading art museum in the southeastern U.S. The museum focuses on 19th- and 20th-century American art, historic and contemporary decorative arts and design, European paintings, modern and contemporary art, photography, folk and self-taught art, and African art.

The museum’s partnership with Google Arts and Culture also offers online exhibits for viewing including:

Bill Traylor’s Drawings of People, Animals, and Events
How Iris van Herpen Transformed Fashion
Incredible, Innovative, and Unexpected Contemporary Furniture Designs
Photos From the Civil Rights Movement

14. The J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California)

Year Opened: 1953

The J. Paul Getty Museum is made up of 2 campuses — the Getty Center and Getty Villa — that receive more than 2 million visitors per year. The Getty Center features pre-20th-century European paintings, drawings, illuminated manuscripts, sculpture, and decorative arts and photographs from the 1830s through present-day from all over the world. The Getty Villa displays art from Ancient Greece, Rome, and Etruria.

The museum has put together online resources like art books, online exhibitions, podcasts, and videos, all viewable on its website .

It has also partnered with Google Arts and Culture to showcase online exhibits including:

18th Century Pastel Portraits
The Art of Three Faiths: Torah, Bible, Qur’an
Eat, Drink, and Be Merry
Getty Museum Acquisitions 2019
Heaven, Hell, and Dying Well

To view the online galleries, click here .

15. Kunsthaus Zürich (Zürich, Switzerland)

Year Opened : 1910

The Kunsthaus Zürich features one of Switzerland’s most important art collections from the 13th century to the present day. While the museum places an emphasis on Swiss artists, including Alberto Giacometti, you’ll also find work from the likes of Monet, Picasso, and Warhol.

The museum’s partnership with Google Arts and Culture has digitized several of the museum’s best collections for viewing.

16. La Galleria Nazionale (Rome, Italy)

Year Opened: 1883

La Galleria Nazionale displays about 1,100 paintings and sculptures from the 19th and 20th centuries — the largest collection in Italy. It features work from famous Italian artists including Giacomo Balla, Umberto Boccioni, Alberto Burri, and foreign artists including Cézanne, Monet, Pollock, Rodin, and Van Gogh.

It has teamed up with Google to offer 16 virtual exhibits for online viewing.

17. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) (Los Angeles, California)

Year Opened: 1910

LACMA is the largest art museum in the western U.S., attracts nearly a million visitors annually, and holds more than 150,000 works spanning the history of art from ancient times to the present.

The website (click LACMA @ Home ) includes exhibition walkthroughs, soundtracks and live recordings, online teaching resources, and courses.

To view the LACMA’s online virtual tour from Google Arts & Culture, click here .

18. Mauritshuis (The Hague, Netherlands)

Year Opened : 1822

The Mauritshuis is home to some of the best Dutch paintings from the Golden Age of Art. The museum consists of 854 works by artists like Johannes Vermeer, Rembrandt Van Rijn, and Jan Steen. Famous works include “Girl with a Pearl Earring” (pictured above) and “View of Delft” by Vermeer, and “The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp” by Rembrandt.

The museum has partnered with Google Arts and Culture to bring several of its best works to life for virtual viewing.

To view the Mauritshuis’ online exhibits, click here .

19. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York)

Year Opened: 1870

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, also known as “The Met,” is the largest art museum in the U.S. and the fourth most visited museum in the world with more than 6 million visitors each year. The permanent collection contains more than 2 million works from classical antiquity and ancient Egypt, paintings and sculptures from nearly all of the European masters (including Monet’s Water Lillies), and an extensive collection of American and modern art. It also has extensive holdings of African, Asian, Oceanian, Byzantine, and Islamic art.

The museum has extensive different online exhibits available for viewing through Google and its own Art at Home website .

20. Musée du Louvre (Paris, France)

Year Opened: 1793

The Louvre Palace, which houses the museum, began as a fortress under Philip II in the 12th century to protect the city from English soldiers that were in Normandy. It wasn’t repurposed as a museum until 1793. Now, the Louvre is easily one of the most historic art museums in the world. Not only is the Louvre the largest art museum in the world at 782,910 square feet (72,735 square meters), but it also had 9.6 million visitors in 2019, making it the most visited museum in the world as well. Featured masterpieces include “Mona Lisa,” “Winged Victory of Samothrace,” “Venus de Milo,” and “Hammurabi’s Code.”

The Louvre has several virtual galleries on display, including:

The Advent of the Artist, including works from Delacroix, Rembrandt, and Tintoretto
Egyptian Antiquities, featuring collections from the Pharaonic period
Remains of the Louvre’s Moat — visitors can walk around the original perimeter moat and view the piers that supported the drawbridge dating back to 1190
Galerie d’Apollon, destroyed by fire in 1661 and recently rebuilt for viewing

To view the Louvre’s virtual tour page, click here .

21. Musée d’Orsay (Paris, France)

Year Opened: 1986

The Musée d’Orsay is housed in the former Gare d’Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1898 and 1900. The museum holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1914, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and photography. It is one of the largest art museums in Europe and had more than 3.6 million visitors in 2019. It houses the largest collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces in the world, including works by Cézanne, Degas, Gauguin, Manet, Monet, Renoir, Seurat, Sisley, and Van Gogh.

The museum allows you to virtually walk through one of its popular galleries, featuring hundreds of paintings from French artists.

To view the Musée d’Orsay online gallery, click here .

22. Museo Nacional del Prado (Madrid, Spain)

Year Opened : 1819

The Museo Nacional del Prado is considered to have one of the greatest collections of European art in the world and offers guests the single largest collection of Spanish art. The collection currently comprises around 8,200 drawings, 7,600 paintings, 4,800 prints, and 1,000 sculptures. Well-known works include “Las Meninas” by Diego Velázquez, “The Third of May 1808” by Francisco De Goya, and “The Garden of Earthly Delights” by Hieronymus Bosch.

The museum’s online gallery allows you to get a close look at over 10,000 different pieces of art. The Prado also offers a 1-hour live show on Instagram every morning at 4 a.m. EST.

To view the online gallery, click here .

23. Museo Frida Kahlo (Mexico City, Mexico)

Year Opened: 1958

The Frida Kahlo Museum, also known as the Blue House due to its blue walls, is a historic museum dedicated to the life and work of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. The building was Kahlo’s birthplace, the home where she grew up, lived with her husband Diego Rivera for many years, and where she later died in a room on the upper floor. The museum contains a collection of artwork by Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and other artists, along with the couple’s Mexican folk art, pre-Hispanic artifacts, photographs, memorabilia, personal items, and more. Find out more in our guide to the best museums in Mexico City .

24. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Madrid, Spain)

Year Opened: 1990

The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, also called the Museo Reina Sofía, is one of the most popular art museums in the world. The museum includes large collections of Spain’s 2 most popular artists, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí. Famous works on display include “Guernica” and “Woman in Blue” by Picasso and “Cubist Self Portrait” by Dalí.

You can view collections of artwork at the Reina Sofía through its partnership with Google Arts and Culture.

25. Museu de Arte de São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil)

Year Opened: 1947

The Museu de Arte de São Paulo is Brazil’s first modern art museum. The museum is internationally recognized for its collection of European art, as it’s considered the finest museum in Latin America and all of the Southern Hemisphere. The museum primarily features Brazilian art, prints, and drawings, as well as smaller collections of African and Asian art, antiquities, decorative arts, and others, amounting to more than 8,000 pieces. MASP also has one of the largest art libraries in the country.

You can now take a virtual tour of online galleries the museum has to offer, including:

Art from Brazil until 1900
Art from Italy: Rafael to Titian
Art from France: from Delacroix to Cézanne
Art in Fashion
Histories of Madness: The Drawings of Juquery
Picture Gallery in Transformation

26. Museum of Broken Relationships (Los Angeles, California and Zagreb, Croatia)

Year Opened: 2010

The Museum of Broken Relationships is dedicated to failed love relationships. Its exhibits include personal objects left over from former lovers, accompanied by brief descriptions. The museum was founded by 2 Zagreb-based artists, film producer Olinka Vištica and sculptor Dražen Grubišić, after their 4-year relationship came to an end.

The virtual tour includes a close-up collection of dozens of the museum’s most interesting pieces.

27. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, Massachusetts)

The 17th largest art museum in the world, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) hosts one of the most extensive art collections in the U.S. It houses over 8,000 paintings, surpassed only by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and exceeds 1 million visitors each year. Pieces by world-renowned artists like Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Monet are featured alongside sculptures, mummies, ceramics, and other artifacts from ancient civilizations.

There are currently 16 online exhibits available for viewing.

28. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Houston, Texas)

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) is one of the largest museums in the U.S., and its collection features over 64,000 works from 6 continents. The collection places emphasis on pre-Columbian and African gold, Renaissance and Baroque painting and sculpture, 19th- and 20th-century art, photography, and Latin American art. Read our guide to the best museums in Houston for more information.

The museum has 14 online exhibits available for viewing in collaboration with Google Arts and Culture.

29. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) (New York City, New York)

Year Opened: 1929

Regarded as one of the largest and most influential museums of modern art in the world, MoMA’s art collection features an overview of modern and contemporary art, including works of architecture and design, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated books, and artist’s books, film, and electronic media. MoMA’s holdings include more than 150,000 individual pieces including Andy Warhol’s “Campbell’s Soup Cans” and Van Gogh’s “Starry Night,” in addition to approximately 22,000 films and 4 million film stills.

MoMA’s website offers 86,000 works of art that can be viewed online, along with a partnership with Google Arts and Culture to create a virtual display of its Sophie Taeber-Arp exhibit.

To view the website’s collection, click here . To view the Google exhibit, click here .

30. National Gallery (London, England)

Year Opened : 1824

The National Gallery features more than 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900, including works such as “Sunflowers” by Van Gogh, “The Virgin on the Rocks” by Da Vinci, and “The Arnolfini Portrait” by Jan Van Eyck.

Its website offers a few virtual tours, showcasing many rooms in the museum, the Sainsbury Wing, and a Google Virtual tour.

31. National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.)

Year Opened: 1937

The National Gallery of Art and its attached Sculpture Garden are located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. and are open to the public free of charge. The museum was privately established in 1937 for the American people by a joint resolution of the U.S. Congress.

The National Gallery is widely considered to be one of the greatest museums in the U.S. It ranks second in total visitors of all American museums, 10th in the world, and features incredible pieces including Jackson Pollock’s “Number 1,” Leonardo da Vinci’s “Ginevra de’ Benci,” and Degas’ “Little Dancer Aged 14.”

The museum has put together a collection of educational resources on its website for teachers, families, and children. It also features online exhibits through Google Arts and Culture including:

American Fashion — highlights from 1740 to 1895
Johannes Vermeer — Dutch Baroque painter

To view the National Gallery of Art online collection page, click here .

32. National Gallery of Victoria (Victoria, Melbourne, Australia)

Year Opened: 1861

The National Gallery of Victoria is Australia’s oldest, largest, and most visited art museum. The museum offers a wide variety of international and Australian art in its collection, including paintings, drawings, photography, and sculptures.

The online tour includes walk-throughs of exhibits, including highlights from the NGV Triennial 2020 and Chinese Collection, as well as exhibits featuring Goya and KAWS.

33. National Museum of China (Beijing, China)

Resplendence of the Tang Dynasty National Museum of China

Year Opened : 2003

The National Museum of China covers Chinese history from 1.7 million years ago to the end of the Qing Dynasty in 1911. Notable works include the “Houmuwu” Rectangle Ding, a rectangular bronze sacrificial vessel made in the late Shang Dynasty, the heaviest piece of ancient bronze ware in the world, and a Han Dynasty jade burial suit laced with gold thread. It is one of the largest museums in the world, and the second most visited art museum in the world, just after the Louvre.

The museum has virtual exhibits available for 360-degree viewing including:

Resplendence of the Tang Dynasty
Sunken Silver

34. National Museum of Korea (Seoul, South Korea)

Year Opened : 1909

The National Museum of Korea is the top museum of Korean history and art and has been committed to various studies and research activities in the fields of archaeology, history, and art, continuously developing a variety of exhibitions and education programs.

The museum’s virtual tour provides a 3D walk-through of exhibits, including 1,000 years of Korean design and 500 years of the Joseon Dynasty.

35. National Museum, New Delhi (New Delhi, India)

Year Opened: 1949

The National Museum, New Delhi is one of the largest museums in India. The museum has around 200,000 works of art, both of Indian and foreign origin, including paintings, sculptures, jewelry, ancient texts, armor, and decorative arts ranging from the pre-historic era to modern works — covering over 5,000 years.

The museum has partnered with Google to bring its online exhibits to life, including:

Art of Caligraphy
Cadence and Counterpoint
Indian Bronzes
Nauras: The Many Arts of the Deccan
Pottery from Ancient Peru
Treasures of National Museum, India
Radha and Krishna in the Boat of Love

36. National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Seoul, South Korea)

Year Opened: 1969

The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art was first established in 1969 as the only national art museum in South Korea, accommodating modern and contemporary art of Korea and international art of different time periods. The museum features over 7,000 pieces of artwork, including works of contemporary Korean artists such as Go Hui-dong, Ku Bon-ung, Park Su-geun, and Kim Whan-ki.

Google’s virtual tour takes you through 6 floors of contemporary art from Korea and all over the globe.

37. National Palace Museum (Taipei, Taiwan)

Garden of Compassion and Tranquility at National Palace Museum Taipei

Year Opened : 1965

The National Palace Museum has a collection of nearly 700,000 pieces of ancient Chinese imperial artifacts and artworks. The collection encompasses 8,000 years of history of Chinese art, including jade, paintings, bronzes, and porcelain that were formerly held in the Forbidden City of Peking.

The museum offers 360-degree virtual tours of many different exhibits.

To view the virtual tours, click here .

38. National Portrait Gallery (Washington, D.C.)

Year Opened : 1962

The National Portrait Gallery has a collection of over 21,000 works of art. The collection focuses on images of famous Americans and how they’ve shaped U.S. culture. A major attraction of the National Portrait Gallery’s collection is the Hall of Presidents, which contains portraits of nearly all American presidents. It is the largest and most complete collection in the world, except for the White House collection itself.

The museum has several collections featured on Google Arts and Culture, but also offers digital workshops, and distance learning resources for children and teachers.

To view the online resources, click here .

39. Pergamonmuseum (Berlin, Germany)

Pergamon Altar, view of the Gigantomachy frieze / north risalit

The Pergamonmuseum houses monumental buildings, such as the Pergamon Altar, the Ishtar Gate of Babylon, and the Market Gate of Miletus reconstructed from the ruins found in Anatolia, as well as the Mshatta Facade. The museum is subdivided into the antiquity collection, the Middle East museum, and the museum of Islamic art. It is visited by over 1 million people every year.

The museum has dozens of structures and other artifacts that can be viewed online.

40. Picasso Museum (Barcelona, Spain)

Year Opened: 1963

The Picasso Museum, located in the heart of Barcelona’s Latin Quarter, is visited by millions every year. They come to marvel at the best works of Picasso, perhaps the most famous painter of all, but stay to marvel at the best-preserved medieval architecture in Barcelona. With 4,251 works by the painter exhibited, the museum has one of the most complete permanent collections of his works.

The online tour offers a large selection of Picasso’s finest works, as well as virtual tours of the museum’s beautiful courtyards.

41. Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Year Opened: 1798

The Rijksmuseum was founded in The Hague in 1798 and moved to Amsterdam in 1808, where it was first located in the Royal Palace. The current main building was designed by Pierre Cuypers and first opened in 1885. The museum has on display 8,000 objects of art and history from the years 1200 to 2000, and a total collection of 1 million objects. The museum features masterpieces including Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch” and “The Jewish Bride,” plus works by Frans Hals and Johannes Vermeer, who are known to have been major contributors to the Golden Age of Dutch art.

Google offers a street view tour of some excellent art pieces located in the museum, and the museum has put together an entire virtual tour of all of the museum’s masterpieces viewable on its website.

To view the Google street view tour, click here . You can also view the museum’s From Home microsite and masterpieces tour .

42. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (San Francisco, California)

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art SFMOMA

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is composed of over 33,000 works of art spread throughout 7 gallery floors and 45,000 square feet of space. Following a 3-year closure for expansion, the museum reopened in 2016 and is now one of San Francisco’s must-see destinations.

SFMOMA’s website is updated regularly with videos and articles regarding current exhibits, projects, and artist showcases and provides behind-the-scenes looks of the museum.

To view the museum’s multimedia features, click here .

Read our guide to the best museums in San Francisco to find out more.

43. Sistine Chapel at the Vatican Museums (Vatican City)

Year Opened: 1483

The Sistine Chapel, located inside of the Apostolic Palace (the official residence of the pope in Vatican City), is easily the most popular chapel in the world. The chapel is famous for its magnificent ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, and is considered to be one of the best artworks to come out of the Italian Renaissance. The primary panels of the ceiling showcase 9 scenes from the Book of Genesis, of which “The Creation of Adam” (pictured above) is the best known and most recognized.

Its website offers a virtual tour of the chapel’s most stunning sites, including the ability to marvel at Michelangelo’s ceiling from the comfort of your couch.

44. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York City, New York)

Year Opened: 1939

The Guggenheim Museum was established by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in 1939. It is the permanent home of a continuously expanding collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, early modern, and contemporary art and also features special exhibitions throughout the year.

Google’s Street View feature lets you tour the Guggenheim’s famous spiral staircase and some of its art pieces. It also offers a handful of online collections on its website .

45. Tate Modern (London, England)

Year Opened: 2000

Tate Modern is one of the largest museums of modern and contemporary art in the world, consisting of art dating from 1900 until today. The gallery receives over 5 million visitors a year, making it the sixth most visited art museum in the world and the most visited in the U.K.

The Tate Modern has published dozens of videos on its YouTube channel that give you an in-depth look at many of its exhibits, including the Andy Warhol exhibit and the Aubrey Beardsley exhibit.

To view the Tate Modern’s YouTube channel, click here .

46. Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (Madrid, Spain)

Year Opened: 1992

Located in Madrid, the Thyssen has over 1,600 paintings inside its walls and was once the second-largest private collection in the world after the British Royal Collection. It includes works from the Italian primitives, the English, Dutch, and German schools, Impressionists, Expressionists, and European and American paintings from the 20th century. It also features pieces from the continent’s most celebrated artists including Rembrandt and Dalí.

The virtual tour includes a detailed look at the permanent collection, along with exhibits including the Rembrandt and Impressionist galleries.

47. Tokyo National Museum (Tokyo, Japan)

Year Opened : 1872

The Tokyo National Museum is the oldest and largest art museum in Japan, and one of the largest art museums in the world. At the museum, you’ll find a collection of artwork and cultural objects from Asia, ancient and medieval Japanese art, and Asian art along the Silk Road.

The museum has teamed up with Google’s Arts and Culture to provide an inside look at what the museum has to offer.

48. Uffizi Gallery (Florence, Italy)

Year Opened: 1581

The Uffizi was designed by Giorgio Vasari for Cosimo I de’ Medici, whose family members were by far the largest patrons of art in Renaissance Italy. The museum now spans over 139,000 square feet with 101 different rooms that house its art pieces, including famous pieces such as “The Birth of Venus.” Over 2 million people visit the Uffizi each year, making it the most viewed art museum in Italy.

The museum has teamed up with Google to showcase online galleries including:

Piero di Cosimo, Perseus Freeing Andromeda
The Santa Trinita Maestà, Cimabue
The Creative Process Behind Federico Barocci’s Drawings
Drawings by Amico Aspertini and other Bolognese artists

49. Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Year Opened: 1973

The Van Gogh Museum is dedicated to perhaps one of the most famous artists of all time — Vincent Van Gogh. The museum contains the largest collection of Van Gogh’s paintings and drawings in the world, including over 200 paintings, 500 drawings, and over 750 personal letters. The museum has over 2 million visitors each year and is the 23rd most visited art museum in the world. Find out more in our review to the best museums in Amsterdam .

The museum has teamed up with Google to create online exhibits on Vincent Van Gogh’s love life and the books he loved to read. You can also visit the museum’s website for a selection of things to do for young children, including school lessons and coloring pages.

50. Victoria and Albert Museum (London, England)

Year Opened : 1852

The Victoria and Albert Museum collection spans 5,000 years of art from Europe, North America, Asia, and North Africa. The collection of ceramics, glass, textiles, costumes, silver, ironwork, jewelry, furniture, medieval objects, sculpture, prints and printmaking, drawings, and photographs is among the largest and most comprehensive in the world.

The virtual tour, in partnership with Google Arts and Culture, offers several online exhibits ranging from fashion to surrealism.

1. American Museum of Natural History (New York City, New York)

Year Opened : 1869

One of the largest natural history museums in the world, the American Museum of Natural History contains 34 million specimens of plants, animals, fossils, minerals, rocks, meteorites, human remains, and human cultural artifacts.

The museum’s 360-degree virtual tours offer an up-close look at permanent exhibits, current exhibits, past exhibits, and research stations.

2. The British Museum (London, England)

Year Opened: 1759

The British Museum is one of the largest in the world and houses over 8 million works within its walls. Established in 1759, it was the first public national museum in the world. Visitors can tour the great court and view some of the most famous objects in history, like the Elgin Marbles of Greece and the Rosetta Stone of Egypt.

The Museum is the world’s largest indoor space on Google Street View and you can go on a virtual visit to more than 60 galleries.

The British Museum also has virtual galleries on display, including:

Prints and Drawings

To visit the British Museum’s virtual tour page, click here .

3. National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico City, Mexico)

National Museum of Anthropology Sun Stone

Year Opened: 1964

The National Museum of Anthropology is the largest and most visited museum in all of Mexico. The museum contains significant archaeological and anthropological artifacts from Mexico’s pre-Columbian heritage, such as the Stone of the Sun (or the Aztec calendar stone) and the Aztec Xochipilli statue.

The museum has made more than 100 items available for Google visitors to explore from home.

To view the museum’s online collection, click here .

4. National Museum of Natural History (Washington, D.C.)

Located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History is the 11th most visited museum in the world and the most visited natural history museum in the world. With over 325,000 square feet of exhibition space, the museum’s collections contain over 145 million specimens of plants, animals, fossils, minerals, rocks, meteorites, human remains, and human cultural artifacts — the largest natural history collection in the world. Highlights of the collection include the Hope Diamond and the Star of Asia Sapphire.

You can view all of these specimens from the comfort of your home as the museum has dozens of different online exhibits that can all be accessed on its website.

To view the museum’s virtual tour, click here .

5. Natural History Museum (London, England)

Year Opened: 1881

Undoubtably one of the best Museums in London , the Natural History Museum in London showcases 80 million life and earth science specimens of great historical and scientific value, even housing pieces collected by Charles Darwin. There are 5 categories within the museum: botany , entomology , mineralogy , paleontology , and zoology . Over 5 million people visit this museum each year, making it the most visited natural history museum in Europe.

One of the museum’s most prominent displays is the skeleton of an 82-foot long blue whale named Hope, which you can learn more about through a self-guided virtual tour, along with several other galleries.

1. London Science Museum (London, England)

Year Opened : 1857

The London Science Museum holds a collection of over 300,000 items, including famous items such as Stephenson’s Rocket, Puffing Billy (the oldest surviving steam locomotive), the first jet engine, some of the earliest remaining steam engines, and documentation of the first typewriter.

Thanks to Google Street View, guests can take a virtual tour of the entire museum, or watch curator gallery guides on the museum’s YouTube channel.

To view the virtual tour or videos, click here .

2. Museo Galileo (Florence, Italy)

Dedicated to the scientist and astronomer Galileo Galilei, the Museo Galilei is housed in an 11th-century palace known as the Palazzo Castellini. The museum has a collection of over 5,000 ancient scientific instruments dating back to the 13th century, and among its most notable items is the telescope Galileo used to discover the satellites of Jupiter.

Visitors from around the world have the opportunity to explore the inside of the museum and can access more than 1,000 permanent exhibition objects through the online catalog.

3. The Museum of Flight (Seattle, Washington)

Year Opened: 1965

The Museum of Flight is the largest private air and space museum in the world and attracts over 500,000 visitors every year. The museum has more than 150 aircraft in its collection, including the Lockheed Model 10-E Electra (the aircraft Amelia Earhart was piloting when she disappeared over the Pacific Ocean), Boeing 747s, and the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird (pictured above).

The museum offers 360-degree tours that let you step inside dozens of these iconic aircraft.

4. The Museum of Natural Sciences of Belgium (Brussels, Belgium)

Year Opened: 1846

The Museum of Natural Sciences of Belgium is dedicated to natural history and is part of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. The dinosaur hall of the museum is the world’s largest museum hall completely dedicated to dinosaurs, and its most important pieces are 30 fossilized Iguanodon skeletons, which were discovered in 1878 in Bernissart.

It has partnered with Google to set up virtual exhibits for viewing, including:

360-degree guided tour
The Bernissart Iguanodons
From Salehanthropus to Homo Sapiens
Over 250 Years of Natural Sciences
Past, Present, Future: The Marvels of Evolution

To view the museum’s online exhibits, click here .

5. Museum of Science, Boston (Boston, Massachusetts)

Year Opened: 1830

The Museum of Science, Boston, receiving over 1.5 million visitors annually, is a museum and indoor zoo with more than 700 interactive exhibits and over 100 animals, many of which have been rescued and rehabilitated.

The museum offers a phenomenal virtual tour full of digital exhibits, videos, and audio presentations.

6. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Washington, D.C.)

NASA Astronaut Edward White during first EVA performed during Gemini 4 flight

NASA, founded in 1958, was created by the federal government to develop the civilian space program, as well as to conduct aeronautics, space, and astrophysics research. Since its inception, NASA has been responsible for historic space missions including the Apollo moon-landing missions, the Skylab space station, and the space shuttle.

NASA has partnered with Google Arts and Culture to bring many online exhibits to life to showcase the beauty of space exploration.

7. National Air and Space Museum (Washington, D.C.)

Year Opened : 1946

The National Air and Space Museum is a center for the history and science of aviation, spaceflight, planetary science, terrestrial geology, and geophysics. It is the fifth most visited museum in the world (the second most visited in the U.S.), and contains the Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia, the Friendship 7 capsule, the Wright brothers’ Wright Flyer airplane, and Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis.

The virtual tour offers a 360-degree walk-through of the entire museum.

8. National Museum of Computing (Bletchley Park, England)

Year Opened: 2007

The National Museum of Computing is dedicated to collecting and restoring historic computer systems. The museum is home to the world’s largest collection of working historic computers dating back to the 1940s, including a rebuilt Mark 2 Colossus computer, alongside an exhibition of the most complex code-cracking activities performed at the Park.

In the 3D virtual tour, viewers can move around the galleries looking at the machines and their descriptions with the added bonus of hyperlinks to video and text explanations providing further detail and history of the exhibits.

9. National Museum of the United States Air Force (Riverside, Ohio)

Year Opened: 1923

Located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Riverside, Ohio, the National Museum of the United States Air Force is the oldest and largest military aviation museum in the world, with more than 360 aircraft and missiles on display.

The virtual tour allows visitors to take a virtual, 360-degree, self-guided tour of the entire museum by navigating from gallery to gallery.

10. Oxford University’s History of Science Museum (Oxford, England)

Year Opened: 1683

Oxford’s History of Science Museum holds a leading collection of scientific instruments from the Middle Ages to the 19th century.

The museum, ever ahead of the times, has offered virtual tours since 1995. You’ll get to explore the fantastic exhibits and artifacts of some of the most important scientific discoveries in science history.

1. Acropolis Museum (Athens, Greece)

Year Opened : 2009

The Acropolis Museum is centered around the archaeological findings at the site of Athens’ most important structure — the Acropolis. The museum was built to house every artifact found on the rock and surrounding slopes, from the Greek Bronze Age to Roman and Byzantine Greece.

The museum has partnered with Google Arts and Culture to bring the museum to life virtually. Now you can view rock, marble, and sculptures certificates, all of which are thousands of years old, all from the comfort of your couch!

2. American Battlefield Trust Virtual Battlefield Tours

The American Battlefield Trust Virtual Battlefield Tours offers the incredible opportunity to experience 360-degree virtual tours of more than 20 American Revolution and Civil War battlefields. You can explore Gettysburg, with 15 different stops, each of which features icons that discuss in great detail the history and significance of the battle.

3. Anne Frank House (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Year Opened: 1957

What was once the house where Anne Frank went into hiding during WWII is now a museum dedicated to increasing awareness of Anne’s story and life in the attic. The Anne Frank House was established in cooperation with Anne Frank’s father, Otto Frank, and now welcomes over 1 million visitors from around the world each year.

The museum’s website offers a virtual reality tour of the annex, along with other educational resources about Anne’s life.

4. Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum (Hyde Park, New York)

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library Museum

Year Opened: 1941

The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum holds the records of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd U.S. president (1933 to 1945). The museum showcases the history behind FDR’s story, his presidency, New Deal policies, assassination attempt, and wartime decisions.

The 360-degree online tour gives you a close look at original documents, artifacts, and videos from FDR’s life.

5. National Museum of African American History and Culture (Washington, D.C.)

Year Opened: 2003

The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture is the only national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of African-American life, history, and culture. It was established by an Act of Congress in 2003, following decades of efforts to promote and highlight the contributions of African-Americans. To date, the Museum has collected more than 36,000 artifacts.

The museum website offers more than 15 different online exhibits covering African American history and culture.

Check out its online virtual tour and digital resources guide .

6. National Museum of American History (Washington, D.C.)

The Smithsonian National Museum of American History has more than 1.8 million objects that highlight the history of the U.S — including the original Star-Spangled Banner, Julia Child’s kitchen, Abraham Lincoln’s top hat, Indiana Jones’ fedora and whip, and more!

The museum offers about 100 online exhibits from its encyclopedic collections, each with a mix of photos, video, graphics, and text on topics ranging through the nation’s entire history.

7. National Museum of Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland)

Year Opened : 1866

The National Museum of Scotland is dedicated to Scottish antiquities, culture, and history. The museum contains artifacts from around the world, encompassing geology, archaeology, natural history, science, technology, art, and world cultures. Popular items from the collections include Dolly the Sheep, the Arthur’s Seat coffins, and the Cramond Lioness sculpture.

The Museum’s galleries have been captured digitally in partnership with Google Arts & Culture, along with a virtual walk-through thanks to Google Street View.

8. National Women’s History Museum (Alexandria, Virginia)

Year Opened: 1996

Founded in 1996 by Karen Staser, the National Women’s History Museum researches, collects, and exhibits the contributions of women to the social, cultural, economic, and political life of our nation in the context of world history.

Its website currently features 29 different online exhibits!

9. Terra Cotta Warriors of Xi’an at Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum (Xi’an, China)

Year Opened: 1974 (created third century B.C.)

The Terracotta Army at Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210 to 209 B.C. to protect the emperor in his afterlife. The sculptures include warriors, chariots, and horses. Estimates from 2007 were that the 3 pits containing the Terracotta Army held more than 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses, and 150 cavalry horses, the majority of which remained buried in the pits near Qin Shi Huang’s mausoleum.

The online experience allows you to get up close and personal with the sculptures in a full 360-degree experience!

To view the online virtual experience, click here .

10. U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (Washington, D.C.)

Year Opened: 1980

The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum is the country’s official memorial to the Holocaust. It is located on the National Mall alongside other monuments dedicated to freedom. Each year, the museum encourages its 1.6 million visitors to promote human dignity, confront hatred, prevent genocide, and strengthen democratic values. The museum’s collection includes millions of archival documents, artifacts, photographs, footage, and a list of over 200,000 registered survivors and their families, among other historical items.

Its website offers a wide selection of educational resources, including a virtual tour, and is available in 16 languages.

There you have it — 75 amazing #MuseumsAtHome options filled with one-of-a-kind artifacts covering art, science, history, and natural history, all of which can be “visited” virtually while you lounge in your pajamas! So whether you’re a massive fan of art, looking for an educational experience for your children, or simply need a way to keep yourself entertained, you can’t go wrong with a virtual tour of any of these world-class museums.

Frequently Asked Questions

What museums have virtual tours.

There are dozens of museums worldwide offering virtual tours — we have 75 on this list alone! But some of our favorites are the Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the British Museum!

How much do virtual tours cost?

Every single virtual tour included on our list is completely free of charge!

What is a virtual museum tour?

A virtual museum tour is, in essence, a simulation of what you might experience when visiting the museum in person. Virtual tours are usually comprised of a collection of videos, still images, 3D walkthroughs, and narration that help you feel as though you’re visiting the museum — without actually doing so!

How do you do a virtual tour?

Doing a virtual tour is easy! Often, the museum will have a dedicated website page allowing you to view all of their virtual resources on 1 page.

In the case of museums that have a 3D walkthrough, you can “walk” yourself through the museum by clicking from artwork to artwork, and exhibit to exhibit, as if you were actually visiting the museum in person!

Are virtual tours worth it?

Absolutely! If you’re currently not able to visit a museum in person, but want to experience all it has to offer, a virtual tour allows you to do just that — all from the comforts of your home!

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7 Detroit tours that tell a deeper story of the city: What to know

A s a little boy, about 8 years old with his brown hair spiked in the late ‘90s style, Gabriel Gutierrez would take his brother’s hand and cross the street from his parents’ tortilla business, enter a heavenly smelling donut shop, pass the lively store patrons, and order a coffee for his mom or their employees.

For himself, he’d order a white cream Long John, somewhat like an éclair, just to eat the cream.

These days, Gutierrez owns that hand-cut donut shop, Donut Villa, in southwest Detroit, which has ties not only to his personal history but that of his family, whose first southwest Detroit business opened in the 1940s. It is part of the greater fabric of community histories that make up Detroit’s story, as told by the City Institute on one of their "Detroit in Context Learning Journey" tours.

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The City Institute is one of a number of organizations to offer tours that go a bit deeper than sightseeing and basic headlines in Detroit. The groups seek to give context to where Detroit is now, where it is going, and often to correct the record on where it’s been.

Some tours explore the once prominent Black Bottom neighborhood, some explore Detroit’s history with the Underground Railroad, some explore Corktown, and ones like the City Institute’s "Learning Journey" also bring the city’s story forward to today and look to the future.

Though not a definitive list of all the tours in Detroit, here are some tour groups and guides to help deepen your knowledge:

City Institute

The "Learning Journey," on which Gutierrez’s business was featured , is a yearly, all-day bus tour that goes neighborhood by neighborhood so that attendees can hear from business owners, investors, and nonprofit and city leaders on the history of the neighborhoods, what’s currently offered there, how it supports itself, and future projects. A shorter version of the tour is also offered, primarily for private tour groups.

The City Institute’s mission is to equip residents and stakeholders to build an inclusive, equitable and thriving future for Detroit. Southwest, with its shifting demographics over the last century, is just one neighborhood that can serve as a foundation for those seeking to understand the city a bit better, said Gutierrez.

“There's a lot of history and a lot of stories,” Gutierrez said of the city. “Not always great, right? And for people to just understand that the communities that they are involved with, they have extensive roots and histories of their own that can provide context.”

Learning the city’s wins also encourages retention and keeps energy to fight for Detroit’s future, by the telling of Jeanette Pierce, founder and president of the City Institute.

“We believe it's important for people to understand how we got to where we are … then come to today, where we actually meet and hear about and talk to people doing amazing work in the city,” said Pierce.

Topics: Public tours include a virtual one on redlining, a form of housing discrimination, walking ones on architecture, specific neighborhoods including New Center and Black history, as told by those who lived it
Cost: Public tours - free (with donations welcome) - $20, with "Learning Journey" tours $125 including meals; Private tours and private "Learning Journey" tours: $20 -$100 per person
Length: 1.5 hours for virtual redlining history tours; generally 2 hours – all day for others
Mode of transportation: Walking, bus or virtual
Where to register: thecityinstitute.com/public-tours

(Note: Tour costs, lengths and topics vary for most organizations named in this story. Many are open to creating special programs upon request. Contact each tour guide and group for further details)

Black Scroll Network History & Tours

Jamon Jordan, Detroit’s first official historian, was appointed to his role in 2021 by Mayor Mike Duggan. Before that, however, he was already known as a prominent unofficial historian of the city, founding the Black Scroll Network History & Tours.

While Jordan said he encourages folks to do the tours that exist on restaurants, bars, the auto industry and the like, he said he realized they were leaving out a big part of the Detroit story – African American history.

On his various tours, Jordan may point out the neighborhood where three Detroit music legends grew up or talk about the presence of Black people in the region in 1700s. Some tours also explore the once thriving Black neighborhood and business district that were destroyed through racist officials, urban renewal and highway building , with Jordan pointing out the still present apartments, townhouses and school building that were given the space instead.

“A big portion of Detroit’s history is invisible, and you have to have someone help you see what is no longer present,” he said.

Topics: Motown, slavery, African origins, Black Bottom, the Underground Railroad, the 1967 rebellion and more
Cost: Generally $5 - $50 for walking tours, $60 per person for bus tours, and $50 for virtual tours
Length: 2 hours for most
Mode of transportation: Walking, bus and virtual
Where to register: Black Scroll Network's Eventbrite page for public tours, and [email protected] or blackscrollnetwork.weebly.com for private tours

Wheelhouse Detroit

Another way to get a deeper knowledge of the city? By bike.

Wheelhouse Detroit is a bike shop along Detroit’s riverfront, but tours have been a part of its mission since its opening in 2008 thanks to owner Kelli Kavanaugh and her founding partner’s backgrounds in community development.

“It was important for us to tell a story of Detroit that isn’t necessarily the one that the masses hear or understand to be true,” she said, later adding: “We’re not cheerleaders, we’re trying to tell a real story of a very interesting and complicated city.”

This story includes discussion of history and current developments. On the Corktown tour she gives, Kavanaugh delves into how freeway development, urban renewal, and parking for Tiger Stadium shaped the neighborhood as it is now, along with gentrification there. She also uses history to counter any belief that it only got “cool” now.

Topics: Poletown churches, Eastern Market, Hamtramck, the auto industry, techno and more.
Cost: $30 for shorter, weekday tours ($40 including bike rental), $45 for 3-hour tours ($55 with rental) and private tours starting at $200-$250 for up to six people.
Length: 2 hours for shorter, weekday tours, 3 hours for others
Mode of transportation: “Pedal power,” using bikes or e-bikes, used manually. Attendees can bring bikes or rent from Wheelhouse Detroit
Where to register: wheelhousedetroit.com

Ken Coleman

As a Detroit historian, journalist and communications professional, Ken Coleman likes to say he’s been dedicated to chronicling Black life in Detroit since 1991.

His extensive historical knowledge goes back way further, of course, and it’s his passion to share Black history as an independent tour guide, covering whatever topics in that area a client may want.

Some favorite stops include the Gateway to Freedom International Memorial along the Detroit riverfront which pays homage to those who used and were involved in the Underground Railroad . There’s also the Second Baptist Church of Detroit, which lays claim to being the oldest religious institution owned by the Black community in the Midwest, a former station on the Underground Railroad and establishing the city’s first school for Black children.

Topics: Motown, the Underground Railroad, Black Bottom and more
Cost: Prices starting at about $50 per hour per small group, and generally $300-$500 for a 3-4 hour tour for a larger organization
Length: 1-2 hours for walking tours, 3-4 for bus tours
Mode of transportation: Walking or bus, if provided
Where to register: Email Coleman at [email protected] or call him at 313-551-1304

Preservation Detroit

Preservation Detroit was founded in 1975 as a student organization fighting the demolition of historic campus buildings at Wayne State University. These days the group works to preserve historic sites throughout Detroit, and it hosts tours on the history of architecture, sculptures and more to educate the masses.

A high point of downtown tour coordinator Davis Zaleski’s walking excursion is a visit to the Guardian Building, the 1920s, cathedral-like, Art Deco skyscraper. There’s also a quick stop by the recently reopened 38-story, Italian Renaissance-style Book Tower.

“During the early part of the 20th century, with the advent of the auto industry and all the other industries, they built like crazy and they built some of the most beautiful buildings in the country,” Zaleski said.

Some of that history has been torn down or poorly developed, but preservation has increased over the years, Zaleski said. Preservation Detroit likes to emphasize good development, and Zaleski said he hopes attendees walk away with an appreciation for what Detroit was and could be.

Topics: Ferry Street, Midtown, Eastern Market, downtown, public art, cemeteries, churches and more
Cost: $15 for members, students and seniors; $18 for all others on public tours; private tours, per the website, can be arranged for $100 for groups of five people or less and rates of $20 per person for larger groups
Length: Between 2 and 2.5 hours
Mode of transportation: Walking
Where to register: preservationdetroit.org or through Eventbrite

Detroit History Tours

Detroit History Tours, along with the Detroit History Club, serves several purposes, said Bailey Sisoy-Moore, executive director of the two. Key among its motivations are the ideas that Detroit’s history should be written by Detroiters and that it’s hard to defund or vote to implode historic sites that are fully understood.

“History education helps make sure that the important parts of our history don't disappear quietly,” Sisoy-Moore said.

The tour group tells the history of the city starting with the Native American tribes that were here first through to present day and even future development plans.

Topics: Suffragettes, the Detroit People Mover transit system, cops and mobsters, LGBTQ history and more
Cost: $27 for walking tours, $30-$65 for bus tours, $5 - $20 for self-guided mobile app tours with lifetime download; food tours are $80 - $120, including the meals and tips. Private tours start at $250 if transportation is provided, $450 for walking and $1,525 for tours with the van or bus provided by Detroit History Tours.
Length: 2 hours for walking tours, 90 minutes to 3.5 hours for bus tours
Where to register: detroithistorytours.com

Detroit Historical Society

Founded in 1921, the Detroit Historical Society now boasts tours at not only the Detroit Historical Museum and the Dossin Great Lakes Museum, but also at locations throughout metro Detroit.

Guided tours at the historical museum take groups of 15 or more people through the indigenous populations that were here, auto history, culture and more, said Kimmie Dobos, manager of education and public programs. There are also tailored museum tours that dive deeper into the African American experience and what led to the 1967 rebellion.

The Great Lakes museum, on Belle Isle, also features a maritime history tour exploring Detroit’s long history on the water from canoes to freighters and more.

For some off-site explorations, there are “Behind The Scenes” tours of historic locations including neighborhoods, a gallery, and a battlefield.

Topics: The summer of 1967, Temple Beth El, Boston Edison, Eastern Market, tiny homes and more
Cost: Guided tours at the museums are $11 for adults and $10 for seniors, the 1967 rebellion tour is $12 for adults and $11 for seniors, and the “Detroit’s African American Perspectives” tour with Jamon Jordan is $300 for up to 20 people.“Behind The Scenes” tours are $25 for members and $35 for nonmembers.
Length: Generally 1- 1.5 hours
Where to register: detroithistorical.org

Of course, these are just some of the tour offerings in the city. You also can see the sights with a Segway tour , by boat and there’s even a tour to learn some Detroit history on a historic bar tour , among others.

Did we miss your favorite tour? Email [email protected] and you might see it in a future story.

This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: 7 Detroit tours that tell a deeper story of the city: What to know

Ken Coleman, a Detroit historian and journalist, is shown giving a bus tour in 2019.

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10 Virtual History Museums and Experiences to Explore From Home

By: Missy Sullivan

Updated: June 1, 2023 | Original: March 26, 2020

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The need for social distancing may have forced museums and historic sites around the world to close their doors for now, but many have made their spaces, exhibits and collections available to anyone with a digital device and a decent web connection. Some offer 360-degree tours, like the one that takes you into every nook and cranny of George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate. Others present virtual exhibits or browsable online archives, such as the dozens on Google Arts & Culture’s site, where partner museums share treasures like the Rosetta Stone and ancient Egyptian artifacts ( The British Museum , London)...iconic 20th century photos (the LIFE Magazine archive)...or troves of sports history (the Olympic Museum , Lausanne, Switzerland). Here are 10 standout virtual history sites worth exploring:

Xi'an Warriors

It was one of the most stunning archaeological finds of the 20th century. In 1974, farmers digging a well stumbled across a life-sized clay figure that, government archaeologists later discovered, belonged to a vast army of terra cotta soldiers created to protect China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, in the afterlife. The massive mausoleum, created around 210 B.C., houses some 8,000 warriors, along with hundreds of chariots and horses—all arranged in battle formation. In 2017, a Chinese company, inspired by Google Street View, created an awe-inspiring virtual experience that lets visitors swoop down into the tomb and “walk” among the soldiers, viewing their unique facial expressions and traces of their original colorful paint at close range. You don’t need to read Chinese to appreciate the enormity of it all.

Click HERE for the experience.

READ MORE: 5 Things You May Not Know About the Terra Cotta Army

Smithsonian Museum of American History

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History bills itself as the greatest single collection of U.S. history in the world, home to more than 1.8 million objects that each, in some fundamental way, defines the American experience. The museum offers about 100 online exhibits from its encyclopedic collections, each with a mix of photos, video, graphics and text on topics ranging from the life of Abe Lincoln (yep, they’ve got the stovepipe hat) to the development of the first artificial heart to the evolution of voting machines and even an array of vintage lunch boxes.

READ MORE: 9 of the Most Collectible School Lunch Boxes, 1935 to Now

The Museum of Flight

War planes. Spy planes. Spacecraft. Gliders. Kit planes. Eccentric contraptions. This sprawling museum, adjacent to the Boeing complex south of Seattle, Washington, is considered one of the world’s largest and best air and space museums, with more than 150 aircraft, 25,000-plus aviation-related artifacts and a huge array of exhibits that collectively chronicle man's quest to take to the skies. Flight geeks could easily get lost in its vast searchable and browsable database of those collections while 360-degree tours let you step inside a dozen iconic aircraft—including the Boeing 747, the Concorde and the museum’s full-scale model of the space shuttle orbiter used for training astronauts.

Click HERE for the experience.

READ MORE: Who Was the First President to Fly on Air Force One?

National Women's History Museum

Come for the deep well of biographies and digital classroom resources , stay for the wide array of virtual exhibits , many of which are enabled by Google Arts & Culture. For two decades, the National Women’s History Museum has been the largest online cultural institution telling the stories of women who helped transform the U.S. Heavy with slide shows and graphics, the virtual exhibits document women making waves in politics, sports, civil rights, science and technology and more. Check out its collection of oral histories from the American Rosie Movement, relaying women's contributions to the nation’s defense production.

READ MORE: Women’s History Milestones: A Timeline

Anne Frank House

Anne Frank ’s diary, chronicling her life in hiding during World War II, remains one of the most powerful testimonies to the horrors of the Holocaust. If a trip to Amsterdam to visit the Anne Frank House isn’t in the cards, AnneFrank.org offers the next best thing. In addition to tons of informative content about the teen, her diary and the war, there are bells and whistles galore: an interactive timeline, videos about her life, a 360-degree tour of the house, a virtual reality tour of the secret annex where she and her family hid for 761 days, and a companion exhibit on Google Arts & Culture.

READ MORE: How Anne Frank’s Private Diary Became an International Sensation

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

FDR , America’s only four-term president , presided over the nation during two of its most trying ordeals: the Great Depression and World War II . This online experience walks users room by room through the exhibits in his extensive presidential library and museum in Hyde Park, New York, drawing together a wealth of original documents, artifacts, videos, 360-degree tours and more. Together, they illustrate everything from FDR’s little-known assassination attempt to his New Deal policies and wartime decisions to Eleanor ’s significant role. It’s easy to lose track of time clicking through all the fascinating letters, whether it’s from a constituent exhorting him to “discontinue being a smiling, wasteful and fickle prima donna politician” to one from Albert Einstein strenuously detailing his objections to the atomic bomb.

READ MORE: How FDR Became the First—and Only—President to Serve Four Terms

Calling all space geeks: Report to the NASA site for ultimate fun in the final frontier. Get the full scoop on all the key NASA programs past and present, from the Hubble Telescope to the Mars Rover to the upcoming Parker Solar Probe. Check out the History hub to dive deep into photos, videos and articles about all their historic missions. Enjoy a motherlode of space images with the cache of ultra-high-def videos taken from various missions—like the virtual tour of the moon in 4K, enabled by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Spacecraft. For astronaut wannabes, virtual tours abound of NASA’s various research and training facilities—putting users right inside a supersonic wind tunnel, a zero-gravity lab, flight simulators, a space environments complex and much more.

American Battlefield Trust Virtual Battlefield Tours

Most on-site battlefield tours require a leap of imagination: the ability to walk around a perfectly peaceful open field and overlay a mental movie of smoke and combat and fallen warriors, all the while considering the military strategy and broader political stakes. ABT’s website may not offer the sunshine on your back, but it marries the setting, action and context far more seamlessly, with its 360-degree virtual tours of more than 20 American Revolution and Civil War battlefields. In the Gettysburg tour alone, there are 15 different stops—no walking required—each of which features clickable icons with granular detail about all the whos, whats and whys. And when you’re done touring, be sure to explore the site’s other robust resources, from battle summaries to generals’ biographies.

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Reds feel the tide turning after clinching series win in Bronx

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NEW YORK -- When Reds reliever Fernando Cruz summed up his own feelings on Wednesday night, he could have been talking about the vibe the entire team felt.

“The best feeling in the world -- shutting down the Yankees," Cruz said as he dressed at his locker following a tight, 3-2 victory before a sold-out crowd at Yankee Stadium.

With back-to-back one-run wins at New York, the Reds have already taken the three-game series and snapped a winless streak that stretched over the six previous series. It's also the first time they’ve won two games in a row since June 12 and 14.

“If we were sleeping, this will lift us up in a way I cannot describe," Cruz said. "We’re firing up right now. I remember last year, we had a series in Houston [a three-game sweep June 16-18, 2023], and that series took us to what we did last year. I think this is the series that is taking us to where we need to be and put us in position to be in a pennant race realistically.”

Cincinnati took a 2-0 lead in the second inning when Noelvi Marte snapped a 0-for-16 slump by pulling Carlos Rodón's 0-1 pitch to left field for a two-run home run. Stuart Fairchild made it a three-run lead with a leadoff homer in the fifth.

Starter Andrew Abbott took a shutout into the seventh inning but was lifted following Jahmai Jones' one-out double. Cruz walked pinch-hitter Austin Wells before Anthony Volpe drove a two-run double through the gap in left-center field.

The faith was rewarded when Cruz induced Judge to swing at a first-pitch fastball and got a ground ball to third base for an inning-ending double play.

After a wild pitch sent Volpe to third, Cruz walked Juan Soto to bring up Aaron Judge with runners on the corners and one out. Even with a base open, the Reds opted not to intentionally walk one of baseball's most fearsome hitters.

Reds manager David Bell did give the idea some consideration.

“You have to get outs. You have to trust our guys," Bell said. "They believe they can get outs, and that’s really important. The situation called for taking our best shot at it."

“He’s the best hitter in the world. There’s no better way to compete than getting him to hit into a double play with a game like that," Cruz said. “I’ve received the best confidence from the coaching staff, from the organization, to be able to have the game put into my hands for those situations. I was expecting just what happened.”

The Reds also won series earlier this season vs. top-flight clubs like the Dodgers and Phillies, but they were unable to sustain momentum. By beating another contending team in the Yankees, Cincinnati is assured of a winning seven-game road trip through St. Louis and New York.

“We still have to come ready to play tomorrow," said Abbott, who allowed one run, three hits and four walks over 6 1/3 innings. "We still have to handle everybody else just like we’re handling these past two games. It’s no different in MLB. We expect to win.”

What the 41-45 Reds do in their next stretch of games could potentially dictate how they handle their business around the July 30 Trade Deadline.

Following the series finale Thursday, the Reds open a 10-game homestand at Great American Ball Park. All three teams they face -- the Tigers and the last-place Rockies and Marlins -- have poorer records than Cincinnati's.

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“Let’s see how we play," Reds president of baseball operations Nick Krall said before Wednesday's game. "Let’s have a good homestand after hopefully finishing off a good road trip. Hopefully, we’re getting back in it and making a push for the postseason.”

The Reds are in fourth place in the National League Central , 10 1/2 games behind the first-place Brewers. As for the NL Wild Card, they are 3 1/2 games out of the third and final spot.

There are certainly needs to boost the offense, which has been shorthanded because of injuries and mired in inconsistent production. The Reds could get leadoff hitter TJ Friedl (right hamstring strain) back around the All-Star break. While the rotation has been on solid foundation, its best pitcher -- Nick Lodolo -- is due to return from the injured list on July 9 after dealing with a blister on his left index finger.

Krall would not commit to whether the Reds would be buyers or sellers at the Trade Deadline.

“We have to see how we play over the next few weeks. It’s going to determine where we are," Krall said.

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Discover 8 Unforgettable Virtual Tours in Michigan – Accessing History and Landmarks with VR

Welcome to the exciting world of virtual tours in Michigan, where history and tourist attractions come alive in the comfort of your own home. Through Virtual Reality headsets, you can embark on an extraordinary journey, traversing Michigan’s iconic landmarks and cultural sites without stepping outside. The latest Virtual Reality headsets are making history and tourist sites more accessible than ever before, enabling people from across the globe to experience everything that Michigan offers in a completely unique way.

Thanks to the exciting new world of virtual tours, you can now explore Michigan from the comfort of your own home. There are also now many Michigan live web cam experiences to take in. Find out more right here.

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Michigan has hundreds of historic sites and many iconic landmarks, buildings, and other tourist attractions to see and experience. However, for many people, traveling to Michigan to physically take in these experiences in person is much easier said than done.

Today, people don’t need to leave their homes to experience some of Michigan’s main tourist attractions. Instead, they can explore an ever-growing selection of virtual tours and live webcam adventures.

Michigan Attraction Virtual Tours We Are Looking Forward To

Some of the most popular places people can visit using Virtual Reality headsets or from just a simple smartphone, tablet, laptop, or desktop computer are the following:

Virtual Tour Of Mackinac Island’s Arch Rock

We’re amazed by the beauty of Arch Rock on Mackinac Island amidst a snowy landscape. It’s serene and peaceful, with only the sound of our footsteps and distant waves. The limestone façade contrasts beautifully with the falling snow, creating a unique sight to behold. This virtual experience lets us relive the tranquility of Arch Rock’s winter slumber anytime we need a moment of respite.

Arch Rock on Mackinac Island, Michigan | 2-minute Tour in the Winter With NO PEOPLE!

Virtual Tour Of The Henry Ford Museum

As we embark on our virtual journey to the Henry Ford Museum, we immediately find ourselves immersed in a world where ingenuity and innovation come to life. We navigate through a labyrinth of American innovations, from the awe-inspiring locomotives to the historic Model T, each artifact beautifully captured and detailed in our digital exploration. Interactive information points pepper our journey, sharing captivating stories of human creativity and resilience. This virtual tour through the Henry Ford Museum offers us a profound appreciation for the progress of American innovation, an adventure we can relive in our virtual travel scrapbook anytime.

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Virtual Tour Of Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park

Embarking on our virtual adventure to Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, we plunge into a verdant world of botanical beauty and creative expression. We virtually stroll through lush gardens, the vibrant colors and textures of the plants brought to life in stunning digital detail. As we wander among the sculptures, we marvel at each masterpiece, each digital detail sparking our curiosity and wonder. This virtual tour of Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park immerses us in a breathtaking fusion of nature and art, an experience we can revisit anytime in our digital exploration journal.

4K Drone Footage of Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Virtual Tour Of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

As we dive into this virtual exploration of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, it’s not just a tour – it’s an immersion into a raw, unfiltered slice of Michigan’s natural beauty. Our digital journey brings us face-to-face with the towering, multicolored cliffs, their stratified stories of geological time coming alive in stunning detail on our screen. We virtually amble along the icy blue shoreline, our path flanked by a cathedral of trees, their whispers audible even in this virtual realm. This isn’t just a tour of Pictured Rocks – it’s an unvarnished love letter to the wild, untamed spirit of Michigan, a tribute you can revisit anytime in your virtual world.

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Virtual Tour Of Saugatuck Dune Rides

Diving headfirst into this virtual tour of Saugatuck Dune Rides, we find ourselves gripping invisible handles, the digital rumble of the engine beneath us breathing life into this virtual foray. As we bound over the sun-kissed dunes, each twist and turn is captured with heart-pounding detail, making us almost taste the sand-swept air. We stop on the crest of a digital dune, taking in the sprawling vista of Lake Michigan, its blue vastness so perfectly rendered, we can almost feel the breeze. This virtual tour of Saugatuck Dune Rides isn’t just a thrilling joyride; it’s an intimate dance with Michigan’s wild heart, a ride we can buckle into any time we need a rush.

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Virtual Tour Of Detroit’s Motown Museum

As we step into the virtual realm of Detroit’s Motown Museum, we’re not just exploring a building, but entering a hallowed sanctum where music history was written. Our digital journey lets us roam the hallowed halls where greats like Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, and The Supremes spun raw talent into gold. Each room is a time capsule, the studio, control room, and artist lounge meticulously recreated in pixel-perfect detail, making us feel the thrum of past melodies. This virtual tour of Motown Museum isn’t just a trip through a landmark, it’s a backdoor pass into a pulsating, soul-stirring slice of Detroit’s music history, a backstage pass we can use anytime we need a rhythm and blues fix.

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Virtual Tour Of Tahquamenon Falls State Park

Venturing into the virtual landscape of Tahquamenon Falls State Park, we’re met with a lush, untamed wilderness that resonates even in the digital realm. We follow the trails, weaving through towering hemlocks and whispering pines, their textures and shades so vivid, we can almost smell the pungent pine. As we approach the falls, the screen captures the raw power of nature in an intimate dance, each droplet frozen in crystalline clarity, the roar of the water echoing in our headphones. This virtual exploration of Tahquamenon Falls State Park isn’t just a tour – it’s an invitation into the heart of Michigan’s wild beauty, a call of the wild we can answer anytime we desire.

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Virtual Tour Of Mackinac Island

Embarking on this virtual odyssey of Mackinac Island, we’re catapulted into an idyllic time capsule, its timeless charm preserved even in the pixels on our screen. Our digital feet take us down historic streets, past colonial buildings and quaint shops, the whiff of fudge wafting from the screen. We hitch a virtual ride on a horse-drawn carriage, trotting past the iconic Grand Hotel, its sprawling porch and vibrant flower beds impeccably rendered in our virtual view. This isn’t just a virtual tour of Mackinac Island, it’s an immersion into a pure slice of Americana, a slice we can taste anytime we seek a digital escape.

Mackinac Island | 4K Drone Footage

There are also many land-based and virtual casinos available from Michigan , but you must be of legal age to visit these venues/websites.

What else is there to see in Michigan?

Some of the other popular places to visit in Michigan, either in person or from a live webcam or virtual tour, are places like the Detroit Institute of Arts, Holland State Park Beach, the Soo Locks, Comerica Park, Greenfield Village, and the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore .

If that’s not enough to keep you going, try the Detroit River Front, Presque Isle Park, the Windmill Island Gardens, and The Guardian Building. You also have the Miners Castle Rock, the Silver Beach Country Park, The Big Spring (aka the Kitch-Iti-Kipi), and the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, to name just a few top locations.

Thanks to Virtual Reality, many of these tourist sites are far more accessible to more people than ever.

How do I know virtual/online casinos are safe?

The best online casinos that operate inside Michigan state borders are all controlled by reputable operators with superb backgrounds, and they are all fully licensed and regulated by the Michigan Gaming Control Board.

In other words, they rank among the world’s safest and most secure virtual/online casinos, not just in Michigan. If you want to learn more about trusted Michigan online casinos, such as Caesar’s Online Casino, BetMGM Casino, and Draft Kings Casino, one of the best websites you can turn to is the official Profitsquad.com site.

All three of these licensed casino sites specifically cater to people living in Michigan. They are protected by SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption technology, and they have the best games from several of the world’s most trusted online casino game development studios and software providers.

Also, they only accept the most secure Michigan online payment options, such as Visa, MasterCard, PayNearMe, PayPal, Instant Bank Transfer, Bank Transfers (ACH), Play+, and Discover, to name a few.

Final Thoughts on Virtual Tours in Michigan

Thanks to virtual reality, the rich tapestry of Michigan’s history and diverse tourist attractions are now at the fingertips of many more explorers. As technology continues to evolve, we expect the world of virtual tours in Michigan to become even more immersive, educational, and entertaining.

Katie Pierce

Katie is a freelance writer and researcher. She graduated from the University of North Carolina and resides in Billings, Montana. You can find her riding the fenceline on her ranch when she is not writing. She also contributes to OutdoorSkillz.com. about her experiences.

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