Visit the best museums in the world without leaving your house

Enjoying different works of art is possible without leaving your home. For example, Monet's 'Terrasse à Sainte-Adresse.' The painting hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, but through the website you can also see it up close.

The well-known 'Met' has a wide variety of art works: from classical Egyptian sculptures to modern European and American paintings. Their works are part of virtual tours through the Met's website.

Another example of accessible art is "The Bedroom in Arles" by Vincent van Gogh, a painting that hangs in the Art Institute of Chicago.

Works by Raphael, Titian, El Greco, Velázquez and Goya come together in one of the most important museums in Spain: the Prado. In these days when it is necessary to stay at home, anyone can enjoy its wonders through its website.

The works on display at Madrid's Prado Museum are countless. One of the most applauded is 'Las Meninas' ('The Girls') by Diego Velázquez. It's considered one of the most representative of the brilliant Spanish Golden Age painter.

Photographs, moving images, and original documents related to this horrible crime against humanity can be found in Yad Vashem. No need to go to Israel though. You can learn the stories of the Holocaust through this website.

The Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg is one of the great jewels of Russia. Its works, of incalculable artistic value, are distributed over ten buildings that make up the museum. The Hermitage has up to three million unique and exclusive pieces, from Rafael, Rembrandt and Van Gogh to Gauguin. With Russia further away from us than ever, its wonders can best be seen through its website.

The Louvre in Paris is possibly the most visited museum in the world. In times of quarantine, the place is empty though. In that case it's good to know that you can enjoy its works through the Louvre website.

Leonardo da Vinci has one of his most famous works in the Louvre: the Mona Lisa. Rather than wiggling your way around other tourists to get a view of the portrait, you can now admire it conveniently from your house.

A must for any lover of ancient Greece, this museum has more than 20,000 exclusive, classic pieces. Part of its exhibition is just a few clicks away through its website.

Different objects rescued from the ancient Acropolis of Athens are on display in your personalized home museum. Check them out on its website.

The British Museum, inaugurated in 1759, is a temple to art history in Europe and around the world. The ownership of many of its works is under discussion, as the places of origin want to get them back. Either way, most of the important works in the museum can be seen on the museum's website.

Paul Signac, "The Canal in Overschie," hangs far away in Japan but is also closer than ever. This spectacular museum in the city of Kurashiki has art from contemporary Japanese artists but also 19th- and 20th-century French masters. The website allows you to view a growing number of these works from the comfort of your armchair.

Located in Florence, Italy, this world-class art collection has more than 50 rooms dedicated to the Renaissance. Some of the works on display can be enjoyed through its website.

Caravaggio, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Rembrandt and Sandro Botticelli are just some of the names in this great Florentine gallery. Here you see a detail of Botticelli's 'Spring.'

The Vatican Museum, one of the world's greatest cultural treasures, is normally visited by millions of people every year. During the pandemic, things were different, but the museum remained available to a great many people through the museum's site.

It is possible to see part of the exhibition at South Korea's National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art on its website. The museum has masterpieces of both Korean and international modern art.

Inaugurated in 1948, Rio's Museum of Modern Art has an extensive selection of avant-garde objects. The Brazilian museum has more than 6,000 modernist and contemporary works by artists from the country and abroad. You can get to know them through its website.