With guided tours and online archives, it's easier than ever to travel the world's greatest museums from home. 

Art is one of the most powerful forces that&nbsp;breaks&nbsp;boundaries and brings communities together, and perhaps it can even help us through these uncertain times. While we may be stuck at home watching a pandemic unfold, the internet age means we can distract ourselves with <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/pop%20culture/tiktok-accounts-follow-guide-2020">TikToks</a>, creative <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/pop%20culture/quarantine-nickname-celebrity-responses-meme-coronavirus-social-distancing">quarantine nicknames</a>, or some virtual museum tours. Several museums already feature much of their work online, and this time of closure has inspired more to grant the public online access.

From Milan to Madrid to New York City, many of the world&#39;s top art museums are closed in person right now, but virtual museum tours and archives mean they&#39;re easily accessible for anyone who wants to spend an afternoon digitally wandering the galleries.&nbsp;As we practice <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/wellness/social-distancing-activities-ideas-stay-home-coronavirus">social distancing</a> in an attempt to flatten the curve, you can pay a visit to any of these&nbsp;museums with the click of a button. Read on for five virtual museum tours you can take right now.

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<a href="https://pinacotecabrera.org/en/" target="_blank">THE BRERA ART GALLERY: MILAN</a>&nbsp;

The Pinacoteca di Brera gallery is&nbsp;filled with both ancient and <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/art/armory-show-2020-instagram-art-works">modern art</a> in the heart of Milan. What differentiates&nbsp;the Pinacoteca from other Italian museums is the presence of great masterpieces from various schools: think Lombardy, Tuscany, and Venice, as well as important paintings of the Flemish school. Il Bacio by Francesco Hayez and La Citt&agrave; che sale by Umberto Boccioni are just a couple of pieces to admire <a href="https://pinacotecabrera.org/en/collezioni/the-collection-online/" target="_blank">online</a>. Take yourself on a virtual museum tour now and embrace where your curiosity guides you.

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<a href="https://www.uffizi.it/opere" target="_blank">THE UFFIZI: FLORENCE</a>

The Uffizi Gallery is part of the larger&nbsp;Florentine museum complex, The Uffizi Galleries, which consists of the aforementioned gallery, the&nbsp;Vasari Corridor, the Palazzo Pitti collections, and the Boboli Gardens in Florence. Today, you can access the Uffizi&#39;s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.uffizi.it/en/pages/digital-archives" target="_blank">online&nbsp;archive</a>&nbsp;to take a virtual museum tour of all the museum&#39;s&nbsp;wonders, including&nbsp;Primavera by Botticelli&nbsp;and&nbsp;Caravaggio&#39;s Bacchus.

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<a href="http://www.moma.org/collection/" target="_blank">M</a><a href="http://www.moma.org/collection/" target="_blank">USEUM OF MODERN ART: NEW YORK</a>

The Museum of Modern Art is located in midtown Manhattan, New York, and has typically been considered the world&#39;s&nbsp;leading&nbsp;modern art museum. The museum features&nbsp;the works of revolutionary artists&nbsp;such as&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/art/andy-warhol-maurizio-cattelan-brant-foundation-exhibition-new-york">Andy Warhol</a> and Jackson Pollock, just to name a couple.&nbsp;New York&#39;s beloved MoMA&nbsp;is offering&nbsp;an overview of its collections <a href="https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions" target="_blank">online</a>&nbsp;as it has shut&nbsp;down for the health and safety of its workers and visitors just months after it unveiled major renovations. Enjoy your favorite works, and if you have some kids in tow (or are feeling nostalgic), take a family-friendly virtual museum tour via the museum&#39;s <a href="https://www.moma.org/interactives/destination/" target="_blank">Destination Modern Art</a>&nbsp;program, which was especially popular in the early 2000s but is still available today.

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<a href="https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection">PRADO MUSEUM: MADRID</a>

Spain&#39;s most prominent museum&nbsp;has a vast <a href="https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection" target="_blank">digital&nbsp;archive</a> that allows viewers&nbsp;to&nbsp;search for the&nbsp;artists, works,&nbsp;and techniques that they&nbsp;love most. Make yourself some great sangria, then (re)discover&nbsp;the most important works&nbsp;of key painters from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, including&nbsp;Francisco Goya,&nbsp;Diego Velasquez,&nbsp;Hieronymous Bosch and Albrecht Durer, in a virtual museum tour that doubles as one of the most fun art history lectures you&#39;ve ever taken.

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<a href="https://www.namuseum.gr/en/collections/">NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM:&nbsp;ATHENS</a>

The National Archaelogical Museum features&nbsp;stunning sculptures and art depicting&nbsp;Ancient Greece&nbsp;and the worship of the gods, but even though you can&#39;t visit it in person right now due to strict <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/wellness/social-distancing-activities-ideas-stay-home-coronavirus">social distancing</a> measures, it&#39;s simple to admire the works&nbsp;<a href="https://www.namuseum.gr/en/collections/" target="_blank">online</a>.&nbsp;In addition to being the largest museum in Greece, it is also the richest in Hellenistic art, with pieces such as the golden masks of Agamemnon, the famous head of Zeus,&nbsp;and&nbsp;the sculpture of Aphrodite and Eros. One of the most historic virtual museum tours you&#39;ll take, admiring this digital archive will bring both beauty and wonder into your home.

Five Virtual Museum Tours to Take While Staying Home

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