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It is especially nice to be able to visit Sistine Chapel online, as every one of the most important attraction points of Florence, Italy’s art
inch of the chapel is the work of an artist, and the entire ceiling is capital.
an artwork by Michelangelo. The virtual tour that makes you feel In addition to the famous paintings such as The Annunciation and
like you are walking inside the Sistine Chapel and seeing the Vatican Adoration of Magi by Leonardo Da Vinci, Birth of Venus by Botti-
collection with your own eyes is only one click away… celli, Medusa by Caravaggio; the gallery also exhibits the portraits
of Ottoman sultans and members of the Ottoman dynasty. You can
4) Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA now visit this gallery online thanks to the cooperation with Google
You can see the rich collection of Guggenheim Museum, one of the Arts & Culture.
symbolic buildings in New York due to its strange design by Frank
Lloyd Wright, as well its famous spiral stairs without leaving your 8) Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Wash-
home. Besides its impressive architecture, the museum has made a ington, USA
name for itself with its exhibitions displaying pieces from different Models of mammoths that went extinct centuries ago, butterflies
periods of impressionist, postimpressionist, modern and contempo- from all around the world, skeletons of giant turtles…
rary art. Exhibiting fascinating collection on nature and creatures, Smithso-
nian National Museum of Natural History lets you experience one
In addition to the works of Franz Marc, Piet Mondrian, Pablo Pi- of the best virtual museum tours ever.
casso and Jeff Koons, you can enjoy discovering museum’s current Their virtual tour allows visitors to take self-guided, room-by-room
exhibitions online. tours of select exhibits from their desktop or mobile device.

5) MoMA Museum of Modern Arts, New York, USA Reference: blog.obilet.com/
Founded as the world’s first museum of modern arts in 1929, Muse-
um of Modern Arts, in other words MoMa, is one of the most visited
museums in USA.

Being worthy of its name, the castle of modern arts is offering a
unique virtual museum tour to its visitors. In addition to plastic
artworks as the products of pioneering movements of 1880s, the
museum displays examples from every branch of modern and con-
temporary arts; ranging from movies to designs and performance
arts, and hosts nearly 1 million original pieces. The most famous
artworks hosted by the museum include pieces by Andy Warhol,
Elizabeth Murray, Cindy Sherman and many other artists; as well
as world-known paintings such as Water Lilies by Claude Monet,
The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh, and Les Demoiselles d'Avi-
gnon by Pablo Picasso.

6) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
As a museum that protects and exhibits countless masterpieces re-
flecting the history and culture of the Netherlands, Rijksmuseum is
one of the most touristic points in Amsterdam.
For those who have not found a chance to visit the museum, its
breathtaking collections and masterpieces are now waiting to be
discovered through virtual tours.
Rembrandt’s famous paintings Night Watch, Jewish Bride, Titus
in a Monk’s Habit, and Apostle Paul; Jan Vermeer’s the Milkmaid,
and Woman Reading a Letter; and Johannes Verspronck’s Portrait
of a Girl Dressed in Blue are only some of the most attractive pieces
in the museum.

7) Uffizi Galleries, Florence, Italy
Galleria Degli Uffizi, which exhibits the art collection of the Medici
family -who are regarded as the architects of Italian renaissance- is