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68 Cultural, Historical and Scientific Collections You Can Explore Online
Tour world-class museums, read historic cookbooks, browse interactive maps and more
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Travel the Globe—and Beyond—From Your Living Room
From virtual museum tours to space exploration, ancient worlds and natural phenomena, this hub has you covered
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Ten Museums You Can Virtually Visit
Museums are closing their doors amid the coronavirus crisis, but many offer digital exhibitions visitors can browse from the comfort of home
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Ten New Travel Books to Read When You’re Stuck at Home
Don’t let the coronavirus quarantine hold you back from becoming an armchair traveler
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How to Virtually Explore the Smithsonian From Your Living Room
Tour a gallery of presidential portraits, print a 3-D model of a fossil or volunteer to transcribe historical documents
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A Vibrant Tour of America’s Neon Signs
In his upcoming book ‘Neon Road Trip,’ photographer John Barnes captures a luminous part of advertising history
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These 3-D Models Offer a Digital Glimpse Into 3,000 Years of Athens’ History
Photographer-animator Dimitris Tsalkanis built the city from scratch and posted it online for free
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A Photographic Tour of Abandoned Cold War Sites
In a new book, historian Robert Grenville explores the haunting beauty of nature reclaiming some of history’s most notorious sites
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A Tour of the World’s Most Spectacular Ceilings
In her new book ‘The Art of Looking Up,’ Catherine McCormack captures stunning ceilings around the globe
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Take a Virtual Tour of a 17th-Century Shipwreck
A new VR experience lets users explore the “Melckmeyt” without diving into Iceland’s freezing waters
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Listen to the Stories of Alabama’s Civil Rights Sites
A new interactive project seeks to preserve oral testimonies connected to 20 historic locations
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From gorgeous artworks to grimacing corpses, archaeologists are still uncovering the truth about life—and death—in the doomed city
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3-D Map to Digitize Part of Carlsbad Caverns Down to the Millimeter
The National Parks Service is also compiling a modern cultural history of the caverns
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Visit the World’s Only Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum
The Milwaukee attraction showcases the oldest and rarest of all the bobbleheads—and thousands more
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Eight Spots in the United States Where You Can See Petroglyphs
There are rock carvings and paintings in some unexpected locations around the country
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The Augmented Reality App That Lets You Experience the Moon Landing
Tied to a new series from the Smithsonian Channel, the app is the closest you can get to being on the moon without time-traveling to 1969
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Virtual Reality Museum Allows Users to Explore Five Shipwrecked Vessels
The online portal features 3-D models, video footage and mosaic maps of five 19th- and 20th-century shipwrecks
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Visitors brave -40 degree temperatures to climb glistening ice castles and frozen replicas of iconic buildings
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VR Experience Lets You Join Nellie Bly on Her 72-Day Trip Around the World
The Newseum, Vive collaboration catalogues the intrepid reporter’s record-breaking journey
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Explore Vermeer’s Surviving Paintings, Together After All This Time, in One Virtual Exhibition
The augmented reality “Meet Vermeer” experience details the Dutch Old Master’s artistic style, life and enduring legacy
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