Thanks to technology, we are now free to tour the world from the comfort and safety of our homes. I have gathered up a list of fun, educational, and uplifting free virtual tours that can help to temporarily transport you to a new location around the globe.
Some of these tours work best on virtual reality headsets, but most can also be viewed on your computer or smartphone. If you have a TV that allows you to cast from your computer to the TV screen, I highly recommend it. The larger the screen, the more realistic the virtual experience!
FREE VIRTUAL TOURS
FIELD TRIP DESTINATIONS
If you can’t travel to NASA’s research facility, let the internet bring it to you! These virtual field trips will be educational for the whole family.
NASA’s Langley Research Center
Northeast Dairy Farm Tour
Virtual Field Trips
MUSEUMS
These virtual tours are the next best thing to viewing these priceless works of art in person.
National Museum of Natural History
Louvre
Dali Theatre/Museum
Google Arts & Culture Tours
Enjoy a walkthrough of these museums on your desktop with Google Arts & Culture or download the app for virtual reality tours via your smartphone.
Musée d’Orsay
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
British Museum
Van Gogh Museum
Sao Paolo Museum of Art
Uffizi Gallery
Pergamon
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
The State Hermitage Museum
ZOOS & AQUARIUMS
San Diego Zoo
Watch live cams from nine different animal exhibits, including tigers and penguins!
Georgia Aquarium
The Georgia Aquarium offers several live cams of their exhibits for free on their website. Watch penguins, jellyfish, and sea otters live!
DISNEY PARKS
Is your Disney vacation on hold? Live a little of the Disney magic by virtually walking through the parks themselves or on a virtual ride experience.
Google Earth Walkthroughs
Magic Kingdom Park
Epcot
Disney California Adventure
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Disney Springs
Pandora – The World of Avatar
Virtual Disney Ride Videos
SoCal Attractions 360
The Coaster Views
Big Fat Panda
Attractions Magazine
POPULAR TRAVEL DESTINATIONS
Get a taste of what it’s really like to travel to amazing locales all around the world with these free virtual tours.
Great Wall of China
Great Pyramids of Giza
Sistine Chapel
US Capitol Building
Kissing Point at Kahala Hotel & Resort
360 Tourist
You can search for panoramic 360 photos from locations all over the globe.
NATIONAL PARKS
Google Earth Walkthroughs
Thanks to Google Earth, you can see the beauty of America’s National Parks even if you can’t travel there in person.
Acadia National Park
Arches National Park
Badlands National Park
Big Bend National Park
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Bruce Canyon National Park
Canyonlands National Park
Channel Islands National Park
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Death Valley National Park
Denali National Park
Dry Tortugas National Park
Everglades National Park
Glacier National Park
Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Teton National Park
Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Joshua Tree National Park
Mesa Verde National Park
Mount Rainier National Park
Olympic National Park
Redwood National and State Parks
Rocky Mountain National Park
Sequoia National Park
Shenandoah National Park
Virgin Islands National Park
Wind Cave National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Yosemite National Park
Zion National Park
MUSIC PERFORMANCES
Metropolitan Opera
The Met is offering nightly opera streaming from their website.
Berlin Philharmonic
Redeem the online voucher before March 31 for access to all the concerts and films in their Digital Concert Hall.
Vienna Opera
The Vienna Opera is also offering nightly opera through early April.
#TogetheratHome
Together At Home is our virtual concert series to help us all practice social distancing and promote global health. Check out the hashtag on Instagram each day for new live concerts from popular artists.
This is absolutely NOT an exhaustive list! If you have a cool resource that you have found, please email me or leave the information in the comments below. I will continue to update this post to make this resource of free virtual tours as useful as possible!
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