While there’s nothing like walking into a historic museum and seeing a world-famous sculpture produced by a great artist centuries ago, flying to New York City, Paris, or Florence to visit the gallery halls in person isn’t always doable.

However, there is a method to obtain some culture and education when you’re at home, as well as get inspiration and information for future visits. Google Arts & Culture has partnered with over 1,200 museums and galleries across the world to deliver virtual tours and online displays of some of the world’s most famous institutions to anyone, anywhere.

You can “go to the museum” without ever leaving your sofa.

The British Museum in London, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, the Guggenheim in New York City, and literally hundreds more venues where you can learn about art, history, and science are all part of Google Arts & Culture’s portfolio.

Take a peek at some of Google’s most popular museums, which provide virtual tours and displays. Museums all around the world are sharing their most zen art on social media, if you’re looking for more contemplative inspiration from the comfort of your own home. You may also go “outside” with stunning virtual tours of some of America’s top national parks for a dose of nature.

London’s British Museum

Virtual visitors may tour the Great Court and learn about the ancient Rosetta Stone and Egyptian mummies at this landmark museum in the heart of London. The Museum of the World interactive website, a cooperation between The British Museum and Google Cultural Institute, also has hundreds of items.

New York’s Guggenheim Museum

Visitors may tour the Guggenheim’s iconic spiral staircase using Google’s Street View function without ever leaving their homes. You’ll find magnificent pieces of art from the impressionist, post-impressionist, modern, and contemporary periods there.

Washington, D.C.’s National Gallery of Art

Through Google, this well-known American art museum offers two online displays. The first is a show about American fashion from 1740 to 1895, which includes several depictions of clothing from the colonial and revolutionary periods. The second is a series of paintings by Johannes Vermeer, a Dutch baroque painter.

Paris’s Musée d’Orsay

You may take a virtual tour of this popular gallery, which displays hundreds of well-known paintings by French painters who lived and worked between 1848 and 1914. Take a look at masterpieces by Monet, Cézanne, and Gauguin, to name a few.

Seoul’s National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art is a must-see.

One of Korea’s most prominent museums is open to visitors from all around the world. Google’s virtual tour takes you on a journey through six stories of modern art from across the world.

Berlin’s Pergamon Museum

Pergamon, as one of Germany’s largest museums, has a lot to offer, even if you can’t visit. The Ishtar Gate of Babylon and, of course, the Pergamon Altar are among the many ancient treasures on display at this historical museum.

Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum

Discover paintings by Vermeer and Rembrandt, as well as other masters of the Dutch Golden Age. Google provides a Street View tour of this historic museum, allowing you to walk around its halls as if you were truly there.

Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum

Anyone who is a fan of this tragic, brilliant painter can digitally visit this museum, which houses the world’s greatest collection of Vincent van Gogh artworks, comprising more than 200 paintings, 500 sketches, and 750 personal letters.

Los Angeles’ J. Paul Getty Museum

This California art museum houses European artworks dating back to the seventh century. Discover a vast collection of paintings, drawings, sculptures, manuscripts, and pictures by taking a Street View tour.

Florence’s Uffizi Gallery

The art collection of one of Florence’s most famous families, the de’ Medicis, is housed in this lesser-known gallery. The structure was created for Cosimo I de’ Medici by Giorgio Vasari in 1560, yet anybody can stroll its halls from anywhere in the world.

So Paulo’s MASP

The Museu de Arte de So Paulo is a non-profit organization that was the country’s first modern museum. Artworks shown in transparent, elevated frames appear to be floating in mid-air. Take a virtual tour to see the incredible show for yourself.

Mexico City’s National Anthropology Museum

This museum, which opened in 1964, is dedicated to the archaeology and history of Mexico’s pre-Hispanic culture. There are 22 display rooms with ancient artifacts, some of which date back to the Maya civilisation.

Although not all well-known art institutions and galleries are listed in Google Arts & Culture, some have taken it upon themselves to provide online access. On its website, the Louvre, for example, provides virtual tours.