Without these, where would we be able to view and learn
about art from centuries ago? Sure, there is architecture and sculpture that is
outside for the world to enjoy, but what about the rest? Galleries and museums
are great because they house and protect art in one place. You can go to a
museum and see a tablet with hieroglyphics from 3200 BC and a Warhol in 1968
under the same roof. To me, that’s pretty cool.
But what’s better now is that there are virtual museum tours.
That means you can “go” to the National Gallery in London without actually going there. And if
you can’t make it to the Musée du Louvre in Paris, you can take an online tour of some of the things that are there. Cool, huh? There are many museums around
the world that have this function and a lot of them will allow you to really
zoom in and take a good look at different pieces – just like you were standing
in front of them. Not only can you take this virtual tour of a particular place
in the gallery/museum, many of the permanent collections they house are
available to see online as well. Is a virtual tour the same as walking into
history and smelling the old? No, not at all. But when you can’t make a flight
around the world, the virtual tours rank a pretty close second.
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