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Explore And Learn from the Comfort Of Your Home!

Art:

Hauser-Wirth Gallery. Louise Bourgeois drawings and more.

Chauvet Caves  Famous prehistoric cave paintings in France.

Google Arts and Culture Page

Lectures from the Yale Center for British Art

Lectures from Yale Art Gallery  A diverse collection from Tracking Wolves to Van Gogh at the Asylum

J. Paul Getty Museum  Tours and lectures plus virtual tour

Guggenheim - Bilbao, Spain - Virtual Tour

Natural History Museum London 

National Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art, South Korea  An inspiring mix of print, design, sculpture, photography, new media and other large-scale installations.

British Museum, London   See the Rosetta Stone, Egyptian mummies and other wonders.

Museu de Arte, Sao Paolo, Brazil  Paintings are displayed on glass panels or crystal easels.

 

Books:

HarperCollins’s Library Love Fest team chats with authors and also tells you about their hottest reads.  Join live on the Library Love Fest Facebook page or watch past events on their YouTube channel .

Virtual Book Channel from Literary Hub  Original programming with author interviews, virtual book tours and more to support the book loving community.

Instagram Live Literary Salon from NYC  Follow them on Instagram and join in.

Hannah Arendt Book Group  Explore with professor Roger Berkowitz of Bard. Meets weekly with selection of 20-50 pages per meeting

Exercise:

Area Hiking/Walking

Yoga Journal Poses Library

Yoga from Berkshire Yoga & Fitness

No Equipment Workouts   Visual workouts are designed to guide you through the routine, as you go from one exercise to the next, in an easier fashion than in a video. Just follow the guides and have fun!

Qigong Videos  A collection from Mimi Kuo-Deemer, a favorite of mine.

Music & Performance:

Ancram Opera House  Ancram’s fascinating residents share stories in short videos.

Alvin Ailey Dance All Access  Watch performances, join live conversations on Instagram and do dance classes for everyone.

Metropolitan Opera  Past performances free streaming for 23 hours.

Berlin Philharmonic Virtual Concert Hall

Potpourri:

Atlas Obscura  A definitive guide to the world’s hidden wonders.

Litchfield Historical Society  Interactive exhibits.  Plus, check the calendar of events and sign up for live events, like Cursive with Kate and History Mystery.

Salisbury Forum Videos 

Travel/Nature

National Cherry Blossom Festival

Geo Guess   - Land somewhere and use clues to figure out where you are.

San Diego Zoo Web Cams

Monterey Bay Acquarium Web Cams and videos

Virtual Tour Machu Picchu

Earthcam  A variety of animal cams, wild and zoos.

Explore.org  Variety of animal cams, including animal sanctuaries.