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One of our favorite snowy day (or any day!) projects is building a fort-it doesn't require any crazy supplies and keeps the kids occupied for hours. We've gathered up some seriously wow-worthy indoor forts to inspire your next creation. Grab your pajamas and your pillows and get building.

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Beam Anywhere Projects are a jumping off point for young people to participate in self-directed learning and making while schools are closed for the COVID-19 crisis. Each project has been created by Beam Center's talented team of Project Designers, and should be doable with a few basic items and a lot of imagination.

Anywhere Projects are tailored for Elementary, Middle, and High school students. All of these projects have the potential to connect with each other to give students a cohesive experience of exploring their environment and making physical objects.

We will be adding projects periodically, and will email our partners with updates, but feel free to check back for more projects in the coming weeks.

Each of the images below will link to a google drive where you can access all the projects.

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live art lessons from author/illustrator of bestselling-books and series, Punk Farm, Lunch Lady, and Jedi Academy.

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Live view of Atta cephalotes (leaf cutters) native to the Amazon rainforests of Peru. This colony lives in the National Museum of Natural History's Entomology Lab which you can visit virtually at http://entomology.si.edu/SIAntLab.html.

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Info: There are three live webcams featuring the Butterfly Rainforest Exhibit at the Florida Museum of Natural History. The Exhibit displays more than 50 species at any given time. Because some butterflies are seasonal, the species in the exhibit change throughout the year. Watch out for lacewings, swallowtails,morphos and charaxes of all colours.

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Board games are a great way to keep busy and connect with friends and family members. Don't have any on hand? You may not have known that you can make your own! These 12 DIY board games below could help save you from boredom if you happen to be stuck in the house. Plus, it's a reason to break out the crafting supplies!

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By Nobelle Borines | More Articles Hoarder of Fantasy Books and Stephen King Wannabe

There is little doubt that people are frustrated over the Coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) leading to the cancellation or delay of several events throughout the world. However, it looks like there are still fans out there who are grateful for the situation. After all, it has led to manga publishers releasing over 450 volumes of comics being available to read for free online.

The announcement comes from Sora News 24 , which confirms that several publishers have decided to release hundreds of manga volumes online. In addition to new issues, there are back issues currently available to read for free.

The available volumes and the websites where you can find them are as follows:

● Weekly Shonen Jump (Shonen Jump +)
● Weekly Shonen Sunday (Sunday Webly)
● Kokoro Comic, Kokoro Ichiban (Kokoro Online)
● Betsu Comi, Sho-Comi, Cheese!, Ciao Deluxe, Petit Comic, Monthly Flowers (Shogakukan e-Comic Store)
● Ribbon, Bessatsu Margaret, Koko Hana, The Margaret (Margaret Bookstore)
● Weekly Shonen Champion (Manga Cross)
● Hana to Yume, The Hana to Yume Shin, LaLa, LaLaDX

It's an amazing move from the publishers that is truly appreciated by everyone who has to stay at home due to COVID-19. After all, we can't all just watch movies and shows on streaming services. Needless to say, having all these manga volumes available online means that you can still get your manga fix while you're stuck indoors.

Japan had previously decided to close down schools and cancel several events to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the country.
Related: Is Harry Potter Star Daniel Radcliffe Infected by Coronavirus?

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A free Printable 30-day LEGO challenge calendar to use anytime during the year. Print it out, hang it up, and give it to your kids. Feel inspired and take your LEGO building time in a new direction. I have written out 31 Days of fun LEGO challenge ideas using bricks you already have. Hopefully, it will get you thinking of new ways to use those special pieces that don't see much action. We love kids' LEGO activities!

Fun LEGO Challenges

For our printable LEGO challenges calendar, I wanted to develop a few unique ideas to add to some classic LEGO building challenges. If you take a closer look, I have tried to add an extra element wherever possible such as attaching a marker to a car for drawing. This takes a classic Build a Car LEGO challenge and adds a cool new twist.

30 Days of LEGO building fun!

We have made a few other printable LEGO challenges, including our LEGO Math Challenge Cards and our LEGO Travel Kit and Challenge Cards.

Get the LEGO challenge calendar for great activities to keep the kids busy after school, on camp, during school vacation, or when they are stuck inside!

Although these LEGO challenge ideas provide a bit of structure, there is tons of room for creativity, imagination, and design for your kids. It makes a great boredom buster for screen-free fun!

If you want to learn more about building your LEGO collection on the inexpensive side or more about , we can help with that too!

LEGO Challenges

We try not to use many fancy pieces if at all, so anyone can have a go at these LEGO ideas at home.

Discovering how to use the LEGO pieces you already have to make something cool is a great skill for kids to learn early on. You don't always need more of something. Instead, you need to use your imagination and work with what you already have!

Click the links below for inspiration or directions to build some of our coolest LEGO challenges. Remember, our pictures are just a guide to get you started with the pieces you have available.

A fun and easy way to explore physics, a LEGO catapult can provide hands-on learning for potential energy, kinetic energy, and more! Start with a safe internet search to check out different types of catapults or trebuchets!

Time to see Newton's 3 Laws of Motion in action with a LEGO balloon car! This is always a blast, no pun intended!

Gravity makes thing go! Kids of all ages will love this cool LEGO zip line challenge. It's up to you whether you grab a simple pulley to add or not!

What do you get when you combine baking soda and vinegar with LEGO? A cool chemistry project for kids that's what! Take this LEGO volcano outside or place it in a plastic tub inside.

Classc fun with a DIY LEGO marble run! All you need is a baseplate, a pile of bricks and pieces, and a marble to get started. You can make it as simple or complicated as you like!

LEGO Ice Melt Rescue

Help! Yo need to rescue the LEGO man from ice! Combine states of matter with LEGO fun with this LEGO ice melt activity

Learn about this fun paper football game and design your own goal standard to play with a friend! Fun rainy day activity.

Design and build mini LEGO robots as part of our LEGO screen-free coding activities! You can also grab these free LEGO robot coloring pages!

Combine art and LEGO with this fun process art technique to create an unique cityscape!

Famous artist, Piet Mondrian, was known for his bright primary colors (black and white too) as well as his bold geometric designs. This simple LEGO mondrian art project is perfect inspiration!

Get sorting to create a LEGO mosaic and learn about the monochromatic color scheme with this LEGO STEAM project!

Build yourself in LEGO with a brick built LEGO self portrait challenge! If you love creating unique self portraits, here are a few more portrait activities to try.

More Cool LEGO Ideas

Printable LEGO Challenge Cards

Theme LEGO challenge cards are the perfect way to breathe new life into your building challenges for each season and holiday.

Our Ultimate Brick Building Challenge Bundle makes printing LEGO challenges and activities easy! Plus, you get access to a whole bunch of fun extras!

Click on the image below or on the link for more awesome LEGO activities for kids.

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Each Spring, thousands of web cams start streaming video as wildlife prepares new homes and starts to raise their young. We've reviewed many and recommend these sites as some of the most fun and most unusual. Simply click on any critter image to open a window to that critter cam site. We'll continue to add more as the season progresses.

NOTE: Several of the CAMS will show season highlights when they are "off air". Typically the "off air" or "LIVE" notice is in the lower right-hand corner.

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The SAG-AFTRA Foundation's Daytime Emmy-nominated, Storyline Online, features celebrated actors reading children's books to inspire a love of reading in millions of children worldwide.

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As China's most famous attraction, the Great Wall of China is an essential stop on all China tours. Commonly considered a wonder of the world, the Great Wall boasts a history of over 2,000 years and stretches more than 3,000 miles across several provinces of northern China, making it one of the most impressive ancient structures on the planet.

Virtual Tour of the Great Wall of China

Best Sections to Visit

Beijing is usually considered the main gateway to the Great Wall, since there are several world-famous sections of the Wall in the suburbs of Beijing, including Badaling, Mutianyu, Jinshanling, Juyongguan, Gubeikou, and Jiankou. These sections were built during the Ming dynasty between the 14th and 17th centuries and have been well preserved.

Of all the sections of the Great Wall near Beijing, Badaling is the most famous one. As a result, Badaling is the destination of choice for many large tour groups and is often very crowded. The nearby Juyongguan Great Wall features one of the three great mountain passes of the Great Wall but is almost as crowded as Badaling.

Mutianyu Great Wall is just as close as Badaling and offers wonderful views of the Great Wall and the surrounding hills with far fewer tourists. This section of the Wall also features a thrilling toboggan run that you can ride from the top of the Wall down to the bottom of the hill.

Due to their proximity, Badaling, Juyongguan, and Mutianyu are all doable as a half-day trip from downtown Beijing. We usually recommend Mutianyu over Badaling or Juyongguan, since the massive crowds at the latter two sections can ruin one's experience of this impressive structure.

Further away from Beijing, Jinshanling Great Wall is about 150 km northeast of downtown and it usually takes about two and a half hours to drive there. Despite the longer drive, Jinshanling is among the most stunning sections of the Great Wall. If your itinerary allows for one full day seeing the Great Wall, then we highly recommend a tour to Jinshanling.

Gubeikou and Jiankou can also be visited within a day tour from Beijing. Both sections have not been restored since they were first built in the Ming Dynasty, making them ideal choices for those who want to hike and experience the wild Great Wall. Do be aware that the Jiankou section features very steep and dangerous climbs and is only suitable for experienced hikers.

There are also some other famous sections of the Great Wall within or outside Beijing, such as Huanghuacheng, Simatai, and Shanhaiguan, but we only recommend these if you are visiting the Great Wall for a second time or planning a multi-day, in-depth Great Wall tour.

Great Wall Hiking and Camping

Due to its original purpose as a military defense, almost all sections of Great Wall were built on mountain ranges and thus involve some challenging climbs and uneven stairs, including the well-restored sections. If you are visiting a restored section but hike to the end of the renovated part, you will be able to see the unrestored part of the Great Wall.

For most visitors, Mutianyu and Jinshanling offer good, medium difficulty hikes, while still being very safe. For those looking for a serious hike along wild, unrestored portions of the Wall, we suggest the Jinshanling to Jinshanling East, or Gubeikou to Jinshanling routes. All these routes boast both unrestored and picturesque renovated sections of the Wall. However, please be aware that hikes along wild, unrestored parts of the Great Wall involve many steep climbs and loose bricks, and can be very dangerous in some places. (People can no longer hike through from Jinshanling to Simatai since the route was closed years ago.)

Camping on the Great Wall is usually banned, especially on the renovated sections. If you want to spend a night sleeping on the Great Wall, we can take you to a watchtower on the Gubeikou section of the Great Wall to experience the life of an ancient soldier and catch amazing sunrise/sunset views over the Wall.

Best Time to Visit

For all sections of the Great Wall near Beijing, the spring months (April to June) offer temperate weather and are great for climbing. In late April to early May, many trees begin to blossom, making this a particularly beautiful period to visit the Wall. Fall is also a nice time to visit, as temperatures are usually comfortable. October to early November are particularly picturesque, as the tree leaves on the mountains begin to change color. The winter months, from December to February, are cold and can be windy, but there are usually far fewer tourists on the Wall during these months. July and August are hot and humid, and thus not the best for long hikes. In addition, it's best to avoid hiking on the Wall after rain or snowfall because some parts can get very slippery.

You should also avoid visiting the popular sections, such as Badaling, Juyongguan, and Mutianyu, around National Day (the first week in October) and Spring Festival. August is also a busy time for the Badaling and Juyongguan sections, since students are on summer vacation and many families travel to these famous sections with their kids before the new school year starts. Learn more about how to avoid the crowds when traveling in China.

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Building a 3D model of New Amsterdam

Video Tour of the Virtual New Amsterdam Project

Take a walk down Manhattan's Stone street in 1660, look inside homes, gardens taverns and meet people on the street in the video above! The video is a preview of NAHC's Virtual New Amsterdam Project (VNAP), a 3D recreation of New Amsterdam in Google Earth.

With your support, visitors will be able explore New Amsterdam as it looked nearly 400 years ago. The VNAP is connected to an extensive database of ship, land, and citizen records with additional multimedia content drawn from NAHC's partner organizations. As visitors explore the virtual settlement, they will have access to information from the database which will help them understand the history and context of New Amsterdam.

Sample Content

The VNAP also contains extensive links to audio and video materials. Here is an example of a video from PBS Channel Thirteen about the role of women in New Amsterdam. Image: farm house interior from the VNAP.

As the stories of Govert Loockermans, Manuel de Gerrit and Asser Levy reveal, New Amsterdam is full of fascinating characters and stories which show the early energy and complexity of the city. This history lives on today in numerous ways, having influenced the development of New York City and the United States as a whole. NAHC is building the VNAP to bring New Amsterdam to life, so that it can be studied by scholars and students in an immersive way.

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Each free story comes from comic book collections and runs available for purchase in print at your local comic book shop and wherever books are sold. Be sure to ask about curbside pick-ups, deliveries and other safe shopping options.
Marvel Unlimited, Marvel's digital comics subscription service, is now offering all fans FREE access to some of Marvel's most iconic stories from recent years, including now-classic Marvel Comics events and critically acclaimed runs featuring the Avengers, Spider-Man, Black Widow, Captain America, Captain Marvel, and more. Fans who are social distancing will be able to escape into the Marvel Universe and revisit their favorite stories from a curated selection of complete story arcs - completely free - on Marvel Unlimited, starting Thursday, April 2 until Monday, May 4.

To access Marvel Unlimited's free comics offering, download or update the Marvel Unlimited app for iOS or Android at the respective Apple and Google Play app stores, and click "Free Comics" on the landing screen. No payment information or trial subscriptions will be required for the selection of free comics.

This month's free comics will feature instant Marvel Comics classics and can't-miss events including:

Customers on the Marvel Comics App and webstore as well as comiXology will also have free access to these stories for a limited time.

Each of these extraordinary epics owe their origins to some of Marvel's greatest comic books released in print over the years. In celebration of that tradition, Marvel has added an information page to each story with details on how to find your local comic book shop and start your very own Marvel collection of back issues and printed trades.

To find these stories and more of Marvel's greatest comic books in print, please reach out to your local comic book shop to ask about services they may offer, including holding or creating pull lists, curbside pick-ups, special deliveries and other options to accommodate. Find and support your local comic book shop at http://comicshoplocator.com.

Marvel Unlimited is Marvel's member subscription service that gives members unlimited access to over 27,000 issues of Marvel's classic and newer titles, delivered digitally through your desktop web browser and the Marvel Unlimited mobile app. Classic and newer issues are added every week of all your must-read series, including Amazing Spider-Man, Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy - as soon as 6 months after they hit the shelves.

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Welcome to VirtualMusicalInstruments.com! We offer you the possibility of learning and creating music by playing Musical Instruments online for Free using your PC keyboard and mouse control as the interface, or a touchsreen device. Our online musical instruments include the virtual guitar, virtual piano keyboard, virtual drums, virtual glockenspiel, virtual xylophone, virtual bongos, virtual recorder and the virtual pan flute. And, you can tune your guitar with the virtual guitar tuner.

To play a musical instrument online please click on an instrument below:

Musical instruments are used for the purpose of making music. Our website was created to bring musical instruments online to your computer or mobile device! You won't need to install any software, all you will need is your computer keyboard and mouse, or touchscreen mobile device to learn and play music!

Our virtual musical instruments have been created so you can easily learn how to play music. You'll be able to play chords and songs in no time, and then apply what you have learnt to a real musical instruments! All of our instruments work on desktop computers (Windows and Mac), all mobile devices (IOS and Android) and all other platforms. So you'll be able to learn anytime and anywhere!

We hope you enjoy playing our virtual musical instruments! If you have any questions feel free to Contact Us.

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31 Crafts for Kids to Make at Home | Highlights Your Child & You

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Fun Stuff for Kids and Teens | Smithsonian Institution

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Nikon has made its entire curriculum of online photography classes free until the end of May. The classes were originally made free throughout April, but Nikon has now extended access for another month.

All 10 classes available at the Nikon School can be streamed for free. The classes are normally priced anywhere between $15 and $50 each.

Each class is taught by a professional photographer and provides in-depth lessons to help you get better at taking photos. Some courses cover Nikon-specific products, but many of them teach the fundamentals of photography, such as a course that teaches you how to photograph your children or pets or the basics of making a music video. So even if you don't own a Nikon camera, many of these classes might still be worth a watch.

If you're interested in streaming the courses, you can do so by going to Nikon's official website. You will need to sign up by entering your name and email address before you can view the classes, but you can opt out of receiving marketing emails.
Update May 7th, 1:54PM ET: This story has been updated to mention Nikon extending its free online courses through the end of May.

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The Monterey Bay Aquarium Sea Otter Program has played an important role in the continued recovery of the southern sea otter population with our research, rescue, rehabilitation, and surrogacy work.

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With ten live cams to choose from, you can experience the wonder of the ocean no matter where you are. Be delighted by the antics of our sea otters or mellow out to the hypnotic drifting of our jellies. Tune in to one of the Monterey Bay Aquarium's web cams.

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See elephants, lions and naked mole-rats on animal cams streaming live, 24/7 from the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.

Download Animal Cam Bingo Cards (link opens in new window). These activities are designed to engage learners of all ages in looking closely and thinking deeply about animal behavior and habitats. Welcome to the wild side of learning!

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Explore Ocean Voyager Built by the Home Depot

Find out more about Ocean Voyager, one of the largest single aquatic exhibits in the world.

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Ocean Voyager Live Webcam | Georgia Aquarium | See Whale Sharks

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Join us for our Virtual Field Trips or watch them on-demand after their premieres. Each no-cost Virtual Field Trip comes with a companion guide packed with standards-aligned, hands-on learning activities! Select one of the options below to register.

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Welcome to the Cincinnati Zoo - Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden®

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The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam houses the largest collection of artworks by Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) in the world. The permanent collection includes over 200 paintings by Vincent van Gogh, 500 drawings and more than 750 letters. The museum also presents exhibitions on various subjects from 19th-century art history.

For more information on Vincent van Gogh, please visit the section Vincent van Gogh's Life on the museum's website.

View the Van Gogh Museum YouTube Channel

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MASP - Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, São Paulo, Brazil - Google Arts & Culture

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Virtual Reality

Take yourself on a real life expedition of Canadian farms and food processing facilities from the comfort of your home. It's a fun, simple and affordable way to educate and engage audiences in workshops, trade shows, classrooms and the like. This can be done through Google Cardboard or Gear VR. Grab one and get started!

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Immigration: Stories of Yesterday and Today and Ellis Island | Scholastic.com

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Modern and Contemporary Art in South Korea

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Since opening its door in 1969, the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), Korea has lived through the history of Korean art. In the process, MMCA established itself as a representative institution of Korean modern art. The museum's four branches, including Gwacheon (opened in 1986), Deoksugung (opened in 1998), Seoul (opened in 2013), and Cheongju (expected to open in 2017), each in its own way, will continue to carry out MMCA's commitment to the art and culture of Korea by enriching the first-hand cultural experience of the viewing public. Boasting a superb natural landscape surrounding the site, MMCA Gwacheon will be devoted to various genres of visual arts such as architecture, design, and crafts. Located within a historical site, MMCA Deoksugung will showcase modern art from Korea and overseas. In the heart of the city, MMCA Seoul will focus on introducing global contemporary art. With its up-to-date art storage facility, MMCA Cheongju will fulfill the museum's primary duty to collect, preserve, study, exhibit, and educate. Through its various locations, MMCA intends to function as a cultural platform that encourages communication and cross-pollination of contemporary art with other various disciplines of art, science, and humanities. MMCA's foremost mission is to offer a culturally rewarding experience to its visitors. We will remain committed to this mission for many generations to come.

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National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, Seoul, South Korea - Google Arts & Culture

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Ready to explore Yellowstone? You don't have to wait for your trip out here. You can start exploring now by virtually touring some of the main attractions around the park. Included with each map-based tour is additional information about visiting in person.

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Virtual Tours - Yellowstone National Park (U.S. National Park Service)

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Online tours - Enjoy the Louvre at home!

1. Back to Home

2. See all breadcrumbs

3. Online tours

Virtual tours

From afar. Travelling Materials and Objects

Through materials and objects, this exhibition describes exchanges between distant worlds - exchanges often far more ancient than the explorations of the 16th century. From deepest antiquity, carnelian, lapis lazuli, ebony and ivory circulated along trade routes...

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The British Museum's remarkable collection spans over two million years of human history and culture. Over 6 million visitors every year experience the collection, including world-famous objects such as the Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon sculptures, and Egyptian mummies.
Discover our interactive experience The Museum of the World

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Access to educational resources for e-learning. Virtual retreats to art, culture, and history around the globe.

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The Ultimate Guide to Virtual Museum Resources, E-Learning, and Online Collections

In the blink of an eye, once-crowded museums sit empty. We're preparing ourselves for social distancing and potential quarantine. This is the time for museum technology to step up and fill the void. The potential of online collections, virtual tours, and social media campaigns have always been there, but now the opportunity for impact is incalculable.

Access to endless open content. Educational resources for e-learning. Virtual retreats to art, culture, and history around the globe. This is the museum technology community's time to shine!

If you're a museum tech enthusiast looking to be part of the conversation, join one of MCN's Special Interest Groups (SIGs). They are currently free for non-members so more can share resources during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This list will be continually updated with examples of museum and museum-adjacent virtual awesomeness. It is by no means exhaustive. Share more with us at @museumcn on Twitter!

Every resource is free to access and enjoy.
Much of it, though not all, is also open content, in the sense that it's freely reusable and re-mixable under Creative Commons licensing. Open content is clearly labeled on its respective website.

PORTALS
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VIRTUAL TOURS / ONLINE EXHIBITS

Art and Culture Museums

History Museums

Natural Science Museums

National Parks

Online Exhibits

E-LEARNING

Created for Kids

ONLINE COLLECTIONS

Art and Cultural Collections

Science Collections

History Collections

DIGITAL ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES
Huge thanks to the many who have written helpful blogs with their favorite museum tech resources. Your contributions are all included here: Cuseum, Mia Ridge, Jenni Fuchs, and Alicja Peszkowska.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Research on COVID's Impact on Museums

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The Ultimate Guide to Virtual Museum Resources | MCN

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The Ultimate Guide to Virtual Museum Resources, E-Learning, and Online Collections In the blink of an eye, once-crowded museums sit empty. We're preparing ourselves for social distancing and potential quarantine. This is the time for museum technology to step up and fill the void.