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Bored? Going stir-crazy? Need a break from the news? There are many tourist attractions from around the world – from zoos and museums, to historic homes and aquariums – that you can visit from the comfort of your couch for free!
Watch Astronauts Reading Stories from Space
storytimefromspace.com
Your Favorite Actors, and Comedians Read Stories Aloud
storylineonline.net
Aquariums, Zoos and Gardens
Visit them online for livestreams and webcams
Atlanta Zoo Panda Cam: zooatlanta.org
Georgia Aquarium Webcam: georgiaaquarium.org
Houston Zoo Webcam: houstonzoo.org
Loggerhead Marinelife Center: marinelife.org
Monterey Bay Aquarium: montereybayaquarium.org
Oregon Zoo: Find them on Facebook
San Diego Zoo: kids.sandiegozoo.org
Museums You Can Tour Virtually
artsandculture.google.com
The Guggenheim
American Museum of Natural History
Armory Art Center
The Art Institute of Chicago
The British Museum
Detroit Institute of Arts
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
High Museum of Art
Getty Museum
The Guggenheim
The Louvre
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Michigan Science Center
MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Smithsonian
Van Gogh Museum
The Vatican Museum
10 Historic Homes You Can Tour Virtually
housebeautiful.com
Buckingham Palace, London, England: royal.uk/virtual-tours-buckingham-palace
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Miami, FL
The Frick Collection, New York, NY
Monticello, Charlottesville, VA
Frida Kahlo Museum, Mexico City, Mexico
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
Lyndhurst Mansion, Tarrytown, NY
Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, VA
The Mark Twain House, Hartford, CT
Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England
International Landmarks to Tour Virtually
Visit them online for virtual tours, concerts and more
Doge’s Palace, Italy: artsandculture.google.com
The Great Barrier Reef: attenboroughsreef.com
The Great Wall of China: thechinaguide.com/destination/great-wall-of-china
Johnson Space Center: boeingfutureu.com/virtual-field-trips
Natural Parks 113 Virtual Tours: artsandculture.google.com
Tower Bridge, England: artsandculture.google.com
The White House: artsandculture.google.com
The Garden of Versailles: artsandculture.google.com
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: chambermusicsociety.org/watch-and-listen/
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: YouTube
Metropolitan Opera: metopera.org
Opera Vision: operavision.eu
The Philadelphia Orchestra: Find the on Facebook
Take Virtual Rides at Disney
Find virtual rides on YouTube
Space Mountain
Slinky Dog Dash
It’s a Small World
Frozen Ever After
Ariel’s Undersea Adventure
Peter Pan’s Flight
Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway
Pirates of the Caribbean
Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin
The Seas with Nemo & Friends
Free Learning and Reading Sites
Scholastic offers free daily online courses
Khan Academy has free lessons on almost every subject
The Smithsonian Channel features science, nature and pop culture programming
Ted-Ed features hundreds of videos that educate