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36 cultural outlook

It is not a dream to visit museums without

leaving your home

The pandemic has forced us all to adopt the “new normal” of con- 2) British Museum, London, England
trolled social life. It is not a dream anymore to stay at home while Located at the hearth of London, British Museum is among the old-
socializing during these difficult days, as we are keeping social iso- est and most famous museums in the world. Visited approximately
lation to the maximum both for our own wellbeing and for the sake by 5 million tourists every year, the museum sheds light on world
of our loved ones. Here is a list of some museums you can visit history with its rich collection, interesting exhibitions, and study
without leaving your home: rooms.
1) Louvre Museum, Paris France Enabling visitors to walk through two million years of human histo-
Louvre Museum is one the first places to visit in Paris where thou- ry, the museum is best-known for its rich ancient Egypt collection.
sands of tourists queue up to see the enigmatic smile of Mona Lisa. The museum allows visitors to see nearly 5 thousand pieces via its
It is priceless to visit one of the most visited one of the most visit- virtual tour, which was named the Best Virtual Museum Tour of
ed museums in the world without having to leave your home. The 2020. Moreover, world-famous pieces such as the Rosetta Stone,
Louvre was originally a fortress built by the French king Philippe Mummy of Katebet, and Oxus Treasury are enough reason to take a
Auguste. It was intended to reinforce the defenses that the king had peek at the British Museum.
ordered to be built in 1190 to protect Paris from attack via the
Seine. Today, you can walk around the original perimeter moat and 3) Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel, Vatican
view the foundations and piers that supported its drawbridges via As the world’s smallest country, Vatican houses a significant part of
360-degree virtual tour. Other parts of the museum that you can see not only Rome’s and Italians’ but also the world’s cultural heritage.
on the virtual tour include the Egyptian Antiquities Gallery, where Under normal circumstances, you need to wait at a queue for nearly
collections from the Pharaonic period are displayed, and Galerie a day in order to enter Vatican, where works of great artists who
d'Apollon, where famous romantic works of Delacroix from 1850s were supported by the popes for centuries are under protection.
are displayed.