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12 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 18 MARCH 2020 CULTURE 11 museums from around the world, you can visit from your living room COVID-19 virus has brought the world to a halt, shuttering all art and cul- tural institutions in affected courtiers, and putting mil- lions worldwide in quaran- tine, self-imposed or man- datory. However, being a home- body doesn't come nat- urally to everyone and there may be those carv- ing cultural stimulations while stranded at home. For those feeling hun- gry for art, they may be pleased to know that 2,500 world-class museums and galleries are now offering virtual tours and online collections on Google's Arts & Culture pages. (And for opera fans, the Metro- politan Opera in New York City is streaming concerts for free.) Google Arts & Culture's collection includes many of the world's biggest muse- ums: Tate Modern and the British Museum in Lon- don, the Van Gogh Muse- um and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, and the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum in NYC, among hundreds of others. For most people can browse through entire exhibitions online, and in many, people can also walk through the museum using Google's street view. Here are 11 museums that you can visit virtually right now. Guggenheim Museum, New York Guggenheim Museum can be toured in its entirety, as well as world-renowned exhibitions such as 'But a Storm Is Blowing from Paradise: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa' as well as 'The Little-Known Glass Works of Josef Albers.' Musée d'Orsay, Paris Musée d'Orsay is housed in a Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1898 and 1900. It holds French art dating from 1848 to 1914, including paintings, sculptures, furniture and photography. While not all of the museum is accessible online, a majority is such as works of Monet, Cézanne, Gauguin, and hundreds of other French painters. Pergamon Museum, Berlin The Pergamon is one of Germany's largest museums and it's home to the Ishtar Gate of Babylon and the Greek Pergamon Altar. A complete virtual tour is offered. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Van Gogh Museum houses the largest collection of artworks by Vincent van Gough in the world. The permanent collection ha more than 200 paintings by Vincent van Gough, 500 drawings and more than 750 letters. British Museum, London The British Museum offers highlights such as Rosette Stone, Parthenon Marbles, Egyptian mummies and the Enlightenment Gallery. All of which can be toured virtually.