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Create Your Own Opera at Home

Play with these blobs to make a song using Machine Learning

Listen to Bosch's Terrifying World Come to Life

Discover that 'The Temptations of St. Anthony' holds more than meets the eye

Explore London's Science Museum in 6 Objects

From computers the size of a room to the oldest engine in the world

See an Easter Island Moai in 3D

Explore the iconic structure in Virtual Reality

Solve an Artistic Jigsaw Puzzle

Piece together the most famous wave from art history

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Explore museums and play with Art Filter, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more

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Discover iconic locations around the world

Heritage Sites

See the Pyramids, Pompeii, and more

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Royal Palaces

Explore from the Palace of Versailles to the Alhambra

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Extreme Locations

Take a virtual tour from Mount Everest to Antarctica, and more

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Historical Places

From Newton's apple tree to the birthplace of the internet

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Today in history

158 years ago today, Joaquín Sorolla was born

Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida was a Spanish painter. Sorolla excelled in the painting of portraits, landscapes and monumental works of social and historical themes. His most typical works are characterized by a dexterous representation of the people and landscape under the bright sunlight of Spain and sunlit water.

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Dive Into 9 Deep Sea Museums Around the World

Start exploring the underwater world in Australia, Russia, and more

6 Kenyan Artists and Artisans You Should Know

Dive into Kenyan artistry and crafts with these brilliant creators

Red in art

Explore the art-world through a colorful lens

Street Art

Miniatures

Contemporary Art

Your Daily Challenge

Can You Guess What This Is?

It's a real mouthful...

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Discover arts and culture around the world

Museums

Inside the Johannesburg Art Gallery and over 2,000 more museums

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Games

Play with arts and culture through coloring, crosswords, and more

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Places

Explore Cambodia and over 10,000 amazing places

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Artworks

Discover over 100,000 artworks by Yue Minjun and more

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Play with art using your phone

Explore with Augmented and Virtual Reality

Art Projector

Hang Dürer's 'Hase' in Your Home

See how this masterpiece looks in real size in front of you

Art Transfer

Put an Art-Inspired Filter on Your Photos

Transform your images using your phone

Pocket Gallery

Project a Vermeer Exhibition Into Your Home

See all of the artist’s paintings together for the first time in history

Bring culture to life with Augmented Reality

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Project 3D models into the real-world through your phone camera

3D Object

Stand in the Belly of a Whale

Get up close to the largest creature on Earth in 3D

3D Object

Meet a Kaluga

Play with the largest freshwater fish in the world

3D Object

Get Close to a Brown Box Crab

Is it a rock or a sea creature?

Explore a museum from home

ACMI is Australia’s national museum of screen culture where you can navigate the universe of film, TV, video games, digital culture, and art. They work closely with artists, creative practitioners, and industry to stimulate and commission new works to help promote innovation and talent in the moving image sector.

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10 Inspiring Latinas Who Have Made History

From astronauts to artists, meet the Latinas who've shaped the US today

A Deep Dive into the Portrait of Ocean Conservationist Julie Packard

Learn about a leading scientist who works to save the oceans

"With sites ranging from plummeting waterfalls to expansive national parks and awe-inspiring escarpments, South Africa contains some of the most breathtaking locations in the world."

Explore 10 Spectacular Sites in South Africa

See some of South Africa's most breathtaking locations

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Music + art

A Musical Tour Around 'The Scream'

Explore Edvard Munch's painting like never before

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Discover popular artworks and hidden gems from around the world

The milkmaid

Johannes Vermeer

The Love Letter

From same collection

The Little Street

Depicts similar person

A Lady Writing

Uses same medium

Girl with a Pearl Earring

From related movement

Woman Holding a Balance

Created around the same time

The Art of Painting

By same artist

Girl Reading a Letter by an Open Window

Visually similar work

Revisit blockbuster exhibitions from 2020

Bring art from two major shows into your home

São Paulo

Picture Gallery in Transformation at MASP

Explore the picture gallery for yourself

London

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye at Tate Britain

Zoom into 'Uncle of the Garden'

Art Selfie

Which Artworks Look Like You?

Take a selfie and discover your artistic twin

Black History and Culture

Celebrate Black History Month through the history, arts, and culture of Black experience in the United States

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Choose an activity

Get creative with arts and culture at home

Lab experiment

Travel the World With a Penguin

Follow Hopper the Explorer

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What Kind of Explorer Are You?

Take a trip to the Earth's poles and find out which great adventurer you're most like

Scavenger hunt

Hunt Around the Art Institute of Chicago

Why not take a day off and go to the museum?

Zoom into masterpieces

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Music's biggest names narrate some of the world's most famous artworks

Jarvis Cocker on Claude Monet

The Pulp frontman narrates The Gare Saint-Lazare

See the Gare Saint-Lazare Up Close

Explore Monet's gloomy details

10 modern kimono designs

Get Japanese style inspiration from the Kyoto Museum of Traditional Crafts

What is the name of this painting?

Clue: what colors can you see?

Yellow-Red-Blue

'Yellow-Red-Blue' by Wassily Kandinsky, Centre Pompidou

Do the cultural 5

Your daily dose of arts and culture

Natural History

Fly Over an Active Volcano

Witness the power of lava

Performance

See the Dancers Brave the Cold in Antarctica

Enjoy a Corey Baker Dance music video

History

The Real Housewives of English Castles

7 women from history you should know

Art

Presidential Pets

The adorable (and strange) companions from the White House

Travel

7 Spanish Sites to Explore From Home

See the Sagrada Familia, the Alhambra, Plaza Mayor, and more

City explorer

Follow the clues through Italy, Mexico, and more

ExploreFind the Trevi Fountain in Rome

ExploreFind Frida Kahlo in Mexico City

ExploreFind the Lion in Venice

ExploreFind Nelson's Column in London

Meet My Neighbor

Meet Amrita Sher-Gil's Neighbor

Find out what lives next to 'Young Girls' at the National Gallery of Modern Art, India

How Does Van Gogh Connect to Virtual Reality?

Discover connections between culture with Machine Learning

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Explore museums dedicated to artists

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The homes of O'Keeffe, Van Gogh, Norman Rockwell, and Keith Haring

Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

United States

Van Gogh Museum

Netherlands

Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA

United States

Nakamura Keith Haring Collection

Japan

Social spotlight

Check out what everyone's loving on social

Ray Charles's saxophone, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

Explore in high definition

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The details you might have missed in Frida Kahlo, Monet, and more

Beethoven everywhere

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The music that's universal, the memory that's everlasting

Beethoven

Live at Carnegie Hall

A global ode to joy

Beethoven

4 Surprising Places You Can Hear Beethoven Music

From the Simpsons to the stars: Beethoven really is everywhere

Beethoven

12 Reasons To Listen To Beethoven

Fine tune your classical music small talk with this cheat sheet of fun facts

Beethoven

Beethoven Goes Pop!

From the Beatles to Alicia Keys: These tunes from pop, rock and jazz pay a tribute to Beethoven

Explore sites from your sofa

Couch travel recommendations

Rio: Beyond The Map

Explore the world of Favelas in 360 degrees

France From Calais to Marseille

See the Palace of Versailles, the Palais Garnier, and more

Kansas City: Smoke Rings and the Finer Things

From murals to the Monarchs, and from bebop to burnt ends

The Cultural Treasures of Hong Kong

From ancient monuments to contemporary art

The United Kingdom of Culture

Explore the UK from St Paul’s to the Angel of the North

Who were the models for 'American Gothic'?

Clue: they were two people in artist Grant Wood's life

Sister and dentist

'American Gothic' by Grant Wood, The Art Institute of Chicago

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Audio tours

Listen and explore iconic paintings

The Wheel

Explore Toulouse-Lautrec's Belle Époque scene from the MASP

Boldini's Gloved Woman

Explore the Italian's Belle Époque portrait

Fragonard's Bourgoise Bluff

Explore the Rococo master's 'Blind Man's Bluff'

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From backstage at the Paris Opera to the top of the Taj Mahal

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Pose of the day

Strike a pose

Like 'Interrupted Reading' by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot from the Art Institute of Chicago

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Amrita Sher-Gil

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Mary Sibande

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Wen Zhengming

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Fanny Sanín

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Meet the People of Kenya

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From the cradle of mankind to the superheroes of today

Kenyan Communities

Get to Know Kenya’s Communities

Explore the communities of Kenya through traditional objects

Kenyan Communities

What it Means to be Kenyan

Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún explores Kenyan identity with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Kenyan Communities

Which Kenyan Superhero Are You?

Find out who your super alter-ego would be

Kenyan Communities

The Samburu Community of Kenya

Experience their colorful dress, hairstyles, and strong warriorhood

Kenyan Communities

The Artist Giving Trash a Second Chance

Cyrus Kabiru on contemporary art and climate change

Explore in 360°

See All 360° Videos

Experience culture from all angles

Explore Inside a Glacier in 360˚

Virtually lower yourself into this icy crevasse

Experience Shakespeare in 360˚

Watch this rehearsal of Henry V from the best seat in the house

See Coco Chanel's Little Black Dress in 360˚

How did the black dress become an icon?

Explore by time

Travel Through Time

From ancient artifacts to contemporary art

Wedding Dresses in the Early 1900s

White weddings from the past

Manuscripts Through Time

Explore texts from 900 BCE

Hats from the 18th Century

Explore how they've changed over time

Modern Ceramics

From vases to sculpture

Costumes Through the Ages

Outfits from our past

Preserving Egypt's layered history

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What part of Egypt's history would you like to excavate first?

Egypt's history

Stroll Through the Villa of the Birds

Take a tour of an ancient Roman villa in Egypt

Egypt's history

Take a Tour of the Tomb

Step inside an Egyptian Tomb that was buried for centuries

Egypt's history

See Ancient Coptic Art

A unique artistic tradition from Egypt's past

Egypt's history

Uncover Egypt's Jewish History

A historic Jewish cemetery in the heart of Egypt

Egypt's history

Visit a Mamluk Mosque

Walk through a 14th century mosque in historic Cairo

Explore out-of-this-world museums

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Science museums around the world

NEMO Science Museum

Netherlands

National Museum of Nature and Science

Japan

Science Museum

United Kingdom

National Museum of Science and Technology

Sweden

Places to explore

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From ancient sites to cultural treasures

Exploring the Maya World

A journey into the past with ancient art and digital technology

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Meet the People of Kenya

From the cradle of mankind to the superheroes of today

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Wonders of Pakistan

A showcase of Pakistan's finest cultural treasures

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Journey Around Mexico

Unique landscapes, ancient heritage, and iconic artists

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Art around the world

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Discover modern masterpieces, surprising sculptures, and more

Wayang Shadow Puppets

Style, epic stories, and surprises in the world of Indonesian wayang

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Cuban Arts & Culture

Discover artworks, archives, and stories from Cuba

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A Century of Polish Art

The inspirations and impact of Poland's greatest twentieth century artists

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Meet Lee Ungno

A new look at the life and work of the pioneering Korean artist

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Culture across the globe

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Stories that have shaped history

Heritage on the Edge

Using technology to protect cultural sites against climate change

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Preserving Afghan Heritage

Explore the art, architecture, craft, and people who keep it alive

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Woven Stories from Papua New Guinea

A journey into the world of hand-woven Bilum bags

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Korean Heritage

Explore stories that have shaped the lives of the people of Korea

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