International Museum Day 2020

From iconic art to cutting-edge fashion, get a better appreciation and understanding of culture from around the world

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Ever Wondered How a Museum Builds Their Collection?

The J. Paul Getty Museum explains how they acquire new pieces

Museums to explore from home

Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation

China

Museo Arqueológico MUSA

Colombia

Georgia Museum of Art

United States

Meiji Jingu Forest - Festival of Art

Japan

Reggia di Monza

Italy

Siddhesh Memorial Foundation for Art

India

Beirut Art Residency

Lebanon

True Colors Festival

Japan

National Academy of San Luca

Italy

Sezon Museum of Modern Art

Japan

Museo della Radiologia

Italy

Casa Museo Otraparte

Colombia

Casa Buonarroti

Italy

American University of Beirut

Lebanon

Boreal Projects

Spain

Associazione Culturale CivitArt

Italy

Sinaloa Science Center

Mexico

Dordrechts Museum

Netherlands

Fondazione Scienza e Tecnica

Italy

Arter

Türkiye

Museo de la Universidad del Rosario

Colombia

Graphic Days®️

Italy

Fiumara d'arte/ Fondazione Antonio Presti - Energia Mediterranea di Antonio Di Palma

Italy

Italia Liberty

Italy

Patronato Ruta de la Amistad A.C

Mexico

Palazzo Pretorio e Casa Boccaccio

Italy

Città della Scienza

Italy

Varna City Art Gallery

Bulgaria

State Archives of Naples

Italy

Musei di Fiesole

Italy

ExploreMeiji Jingu

ExploreFondazione Scienza e Tecnica

ExploreBatalha Monastery - The Royal Cloister

ExplorePalazzo Pretorio

ExploreArcheological MuseumEzio Cerpi

ExploreCasa Buonarroti

ExplorePalazzo Grassi

ExploreReggia di Monza

ExploreSezon Museum of Modern Art

ExploreCittà della Scienza

ExploreBatalha Monastery - Chapter House

ExploreMuseo della Radiologia

ExplorePaula Modersohn-Becker Museum

ExploreNational Academy of San Luca

ExploreCa’ Granda – Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico

ExploreReggia di Monza - Salotto di S.M. Regina Margherita

ExplorePalazzo Pretorio

ExploreCasa Boccaccio

ExploreBatalha Monastery - The Founder's Chapel

Explore the latest stories

200+ new stories from 80+ museums around the world

Art

From Michelangelo to Man Ray

Fashion and Crafts

The culture in clothing

History

Old-school artifacts

Design

Sculptures with a difference

More than meets the eye

Guided tours to break down the brushstrokes of Goya, Klee, Degas and more

The Devil in Goya's Details

Zoom into 'The Witches Coven'

Find the Motion in Kandinsky

Zoom into 'Hard in Soft'

Edgar Degas' Painting Within a Painting

Zoom into 'Portrait of Henri Michel-Lévy'

Visit Paul Klee's North Pole

Zoom into 'Arctic Dew'

Spot Which Animals Are Heading to Noah's Ark Alone

Zoom into Jan Brueghel the Younger

Follow in Michelangelo's footsteps

Discover his work beyond the Sistine Chapel

A journey through artworks from Michelangelo's house

Zoom into his sketches

Did you know Michelangelo was also a genius in military strategy?

The curious stories that art can hide

A journey through the quirky and unique

How Stones Were Brought To Life

What would you paint in stone?

Can You Spot The Lion With The Human Grin?

The curious story of the saint with the smiling lion

Zoom into The Beautiful Shawl

Explore in detail the embroidery and colors of her Spanish shawl

Breathe in the Fresh Air of the Countryside

Wander around lushly overgrown trees of the countryside

Find Out What Secrets the X Ray Revealed

This mysterious portrait had been lost for over 200 years...

How Many Cartoon Characters Can You Spot?

A unique take on the nativity scene

Solve This 33 Piece Puzzle

Can you match these artworks?

See masterpieces, up close

Zoom into the details in Kandinsky, Titian, Raphael and more

What makes an artist tick?

Discover the backstories of iconic creatives around the world

The Day An Imprisoned Artist Met With a President

The day the iconic mexican muralist Siqueiros had an unexpected visit in prison

Go on an Expedition to Depths of Siberia

Yakutia through the eyes of the Polish Artist Leopold Nemirovsky

Explore The Coffee Fields in the Heart of Brazil

Photographer Guilherme Gaensly shows us the beauty of the coffee fields

Go Alongside The Wandering Artist of Bulgaria

Boris Georgiev, the Bulgarian explorer

Meet The Pioneer of Contemporary Turkish Art

Altan Gürman has finally gained recognition

Spark your imagination

Contemporary art stories to make you think

Follow Quinn As He Walks The Length of Britain

Lotte Davis's multidimensional story reflects on young people dealing with trauma

The Female Gaze in Chinese Films

Three female directors focus their stories on ordinary people, inspired by their own lives

Compromised Art

Discover the projects tackling ecology and criticism of consumer society

Art on the move

Kinetic sculptures and mind-bending machines

The Man-Made Beasts That Protect Beaches

Theo Jansen's autonomous machines fighting the impact of global warming

3D Sculptures Inspired by the Numbers in Nature

John Edmark examines the relationship between mathematics, nature, and perception

Bloom's kinetic sculptures

Uminami Strandbeest at the beach

An Artichoke is transformed into kinetic sculpture

Uminami Strandbeest at the beach

Cactus as a kinetic sculpture

Evolution Strandbeest by Theo Jansen

A breath of fresh air

Discover art in the great outdoors

The Place Where The Divine Meets Art

Explore one of the best known power spots, the Meiji Shrine

Venture into The Woods Where Art and Nature Co- Exist

Find the white deer among the tall trees

The Artist Residency Located in a Natural Reserve

This is not your run of the mill artist retreat

Monumental Trees

Explore the forests of the Reggia di Monza

A Museum Out in the Open Air

Finding harmony between nature and art

The longest sculptural route in the world

Explore the works of these two women sculptors

Fashion is power

Race and gaze in fashion

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A fashion collective working to redefine and reclaim the labels of post-incarceration identity

Correcting Racist Notions in Fashion

Clothing that builds a sense of community, analyzes exploitation, and shrinks boundaries

The Designers Reconstructing Identity On Their Own Terms

Conversations around ethnicity through clothing and textiles

The Intersection of Race and the Gaze in Fashion Photography

Three photographers harnessing the powers or what and to who an image communicates

Dressed to the nines

Fusing tradition with modernity

Qipao is the New Fashion

Explore the potential of the iconic Chinese gown

Hats off

Understanding the links between history, culture, and headwear

What A Hat Can Tell Us

Highlights from one woman's collection of 128 hats

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11 Plant Materials You Can Use to Make a Hat

Did you know you can make a hat using leaves from a palm tree?

The Traditional Cap of the Garhwal Himalayas

Explore the meaning and history of the Topi

Craftsmanship is everywhere

The skills that weave the world together

The Rainbow Weaving Craft of the Dulong People

How a long lost craft has been rescued and innovated

7 Stories of Innovation from the Kashmir Valley

Meet the grassroots innovators transforming their communities and the world

How Ringaal Baskets Are Made Colorful

Sturdy and flexible bamboo crafts from Uttarakhand

Carvings Inspired by Nature and Folk Tales

The changing times of woodcraft

Online Exhibit

Making Mukhota Masks

Characters used during Ramman religious festival and ritual theatre

The Coppersmith Community of Uttarakhand

Tamta hand-beaten copperware and musical instruments

The Intricate Beauty of Philippine Ecclesiastic Ivory Art

Crafted in Spanish colonial Philippines from the 17th to 19th centuries

Throwbacks from history

Go back in time with old-school documents and illustrations

The Aztec Codice Combining Western and Native Language

The first legal instruments used by indigenous communities to defend their land

The Only Surviving Copy of a 16th Century Map of Antwerp

A monumental hand-coloured woodcut printed on 20 sheets of handmade paper

15 Fabulous Scenes From Aesop Fables

Journey through the illustrated pages of a 15-century Aesop's Fables Book

The Ancient Civilizations and Cultures of the Silk Road

Journey through the silk road with these unique frescoes and sculptures

An 1830s City Plan of Naples

A closer look at the historical layout of its neighbourhoods

Interpreting Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron

The 14th century collection of novellas in the works of contemporary artists

See anthropological figures up close

Ceramic figures from Colombia's Museo Arqueológico MUSA

Sitting Man

Prehispanic Woman

Tumaco Warrior

Exposición Rostros

Urna Chimila

Come Face-to-Face With History

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Virtual field trips

History lessons from home

Expeditions

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Mumbai

An expedition to explore this amazing train station

Expeditions

Take a Tour of the Robben Island Museum

About 7 kilometers west of Cape Town, South Africa, Robben Island is associated in many people’s minds with Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid activist and former President of South Africa who was imprisoned there for 18 years.

Expeditions

1066 Battle of Hastings, Abbey and Battlefield

An expedition through the history and sites of the famous battle

Expeditions

A Journey to the Mesozoic at the Senckenberg Nature Museum, Frankfurt

An expedition through the museum's dinosaur displays

Expeditions

A Virtual Excursion to Parramatta Park

An expedition to discover the history and wildlife

Expeditions

Deeds Not Words! The Fight for Women’s Suffrage

An expedition around the UK to explore the history of women's suffrage

Expeditions

Adaptations at the Discovery Centre

Here we explore some of the animals in the Discovery Centre and focus on how their adaptations help them to survive.

Expeditions

CERN

An expedition through CERN's underground tunnels

Expeditions

Don Bradman—The Greatest Batsman of All Time

Don Bradman (1908–2001) is known as the greatest cricket batsman of all time. This Expedition, visits key places in his life and sporting career. A example of a life well lived.

Expeditions

Palace of Versailles

Expeditions

Tunnels & Bridges - the Kalka Shimla Railway

Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2008, the line has 919 bends, 107 tunnels, and over 850 bridges. On this Expedition, we’ll explore some of these remarkable engineering feats.

Expeditions

Take a Tour of The Nairobi Gallery

Divided into 6 main rooms, each containing a different collection, it houses the Murumbi African Heritage Collection and temporary art exhibitions.

Expeditions

The Megalithic Temples of Malta

National Museum of Archaeology, Malta

Expeditions

Explore Five Beautiful Palaces in Korea

Take a virtual tour to five beautiful palaces of Joseon Dynasty and Korean Empire in Seoul

Expeditions

Framlingham Castle

A field trip through this historic Suffolk site

Expeditions

Human Spaceflight (Udvar-Hazy Center)

Go on this expedition to explore the Udvar-Hazy Center and find out about how humans made it into space.

Expeditions

The Railroad Through History

An educational tour of Madrid Railway Museum and its Collection

Expeditions

Steinkohleabbau unter Tage Erlebnisbergwerk Velsen, Saarbrücken

Expeditions

Women in Aviation

This tour will allow us to step back in time and learn about the history of women in aviation through their own life stories.

Expeditions

Explore National Museum of Korea

National Museum of Korea

Expeditions

Insight into the World Cultural Heritage Site Völklingen Ironworks

Expeditions

Kenya: Cradle of Humankind

Kenya is recognized by palaeontologists globally as a hotbed of archaeological discoveries contributing to the story of human evolution.

Expeditions

Milestones of Flight

Celebrate some of the most significant, airplanes, rockets and spacecraft in history on this tour through the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.

Expeditions

North Bondi Surf Life Saving Club

Expeditions

Optical And Acoustic: In The World Of Instruments

Step inside the boudoir

Knick-Knacks and thingamabobs

The Beautiful Furniture of Marie Antoinette

How the Queen decorated her private palace

Getting Ready at an 18th Century Dressing Table

Inside the private world of powder and patches

Musical memories

The artifacts instrumental to the history of sound

10 Curious and Obscure Musical Objects

From pocket violins to pigeon whistles

Take a Closer Look at a Stradivarius

The history of violin making

Remembering forgotten innovators

The stories you should know about science

The Female Naturalist Who Changed the Way We Look at Nature

Explore the delicate botanical specimens of Marianna Panciatichi

The Original Patent For Color Television Explained

Thank you Gustavo Camarena for colour tv!

Meet the Scientist Who Discovered X-Rays

Find out why Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen never patented his discovery

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See natural history come alive

Animating one of the largest animals ever to inhabit our planet

The Story of the Whale Skeleton at the Czech Republic's National Museum

Watch a 3D Scan and Animation of the Fin Whale

Old buildings, new tricks

How a historical building started a new life as an exhibition space

Step Inside A Restored Venetian Palace

Brought back to past splendor by architect by Tadao Ando

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Timelapse: "Wall Drawing #343" by Sol LeWitt at Punta della Dogana

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Timelapse: "Dancing by Myself" by Gilbert & George at Punta della Dogana

The building blocks of design

When architecture and art collide

Mind-Bending Street Art in the Heart of Russia

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Explore how this optical illusion was created

Discover Russia's Largest Street Art Festival

Explore colorful architectural illusions

Meet The Iconic Architect Of Art Nouveau

The work of this iron craftsman continues to endure

Find Out How Artists Helped Build Mexico City

The unique relationship between engineering and art

What comes next?

Designing the future

The Latest Trends in Digital Production

Showcasing the more experimental side of emerging art

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