These days, with people staying home as much as possible, many museums, performance groups, and others have created special free online resources that are available for a limited time This is a collection of those I have run across that I think might be interesting. Since many of these are lists of links that others have put together, there’s some overlap.
In addition, check out what your local library and other local institutions are doing, and you can always find all sorts of other things on sites like YouTube.
I have no relationship with any of these links and I don’t endorse anything. I just wanted to make the information readily available so you can check them out if you want to. I’ll be adding to it from time to time.
Animals, Science, and Nature
Natural History Museum, Smithsonian, Washiington, DC – virtual visit
Zoos and Aquariums with virtual visits
Another listing of Zoos, Aquariums and Theme Parks with virtual visits
US Botanic Gardens Virtual Tour
33 National Park Tours you can take virtually
Music, Dance, and Plays
Nightly screening from the NY Metropolitan Opera
A Consolidated list of links with more, including the Paris Opera and the London Mozart Festival.
History and Museums
Daughters of the American Revolution
Mount Vernon – Lots of Digital Resources and “Be Washington” Game
Museum of the American Revolution
All the Museum Exhibits, Symphonies, and Operas You Can Enjoy From Home
From the Mid-Atlantic Museums Organization
National Gallery of Art, London
National Gallery, Washington, DC
Books
JSTOR Articles – note that many articles re free to read online anyway if you set up an account but there’s special additional access right now.
Children’s Authors Read their Books Online
Project Gutenberg (always free)
45 Places to Download Free Books
Art
Storyline Online from the screen actors guild:
Illustrator gives free drawing lessons to inspire kids
MoMA, Art-Making Activities Families Can Do at Home
Exercise
20 Minute Workout from the Washington Post
5 Home Workouts from the Wall Street Journal
Just for Fun
Coloring Books
Games and Puzzles from the Tate Museum in London
Especially for Kids
Educational Shows on Netflix (only free if you already are a member, but worth looking at if you are)
100 Activities To Do At Home During School Closures
Fables in Slow Spanish for kids
Over 30 Virtual Field Trips with Links
Misc
Online Cooking Classes from Milk Street
68 Cultural, Historical, and Scientific Collections Online from the Smithsonian
Free Geneological Resources from Ancestry
A TED Listing by Category from Google
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