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Google Arts and Culture is Offering Free Virtual Tours of 2,500 World-Class Museums

Shuttering the world’s most renowned art and cultural institutions across Europe and the United States, whilst quarantining millions of individuals worldwide, COVID-19 has disrupted the drone of everyday life in more ways than ever anticipated.

Google Arts and Culture is Offering Free Virtual Tours of 2,500 World-Class Museums

In an attempt to relieve the many who feel anxious, restless and isolated, Google Arts and Culture offers virtual tours of over 2,500 world-class museums, galleries and opera theatres – not only accessible from the comfort of home, but also completely free of charge.

Of the multitude of participating establishments, the highlights include  London’s Tate Modern and the British Museum, the Van Gogh Museum, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, New York City’s Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum, and the Metropolitan Opera.

Besides streaming live concerts for music enthusiasts, each virtual tour provides users with the full museum experience, enabling them to browse entire exhibitions and roam the full length of each building’s perimeter and interior, at a click of a button through Google’s street view.

By Julia Roxan

 

Iconic Fiat 500 Now On Display at MoMA

From a car to a work of art, the legendary Fiat 500 has made its way into the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, just in time for the museum’s 60th anniversary. MoMA has acquired a 1968 Fiat 500 F “Berlina” that will join the museum’s permanent collection.

By acquiring this model, MoMA pays homage to one of the most famous cars of the 20th century, celebrated for its style and its design, which have inspired many artists. The Fiat 500 F “Berlina” was in production from 1965 to 1972. With its 499.5cm3, 18hp engine, it managed a top speed of 95km/h (59 mph). In total, more than four million Fiat 500 cars (of various models) were produced between 1957 and 1975. A new generation saw the light of day in 2007.

This isn’t the first car to make it into MoMA. The museum already owns several iconic models as part of its collection, including a 1952 Jeep 4×4, a 1961 Jaguar Type E Roadster, a 1965 Porsche 911 Coupé, a 1990 Ferrari F1 and a Smart “Smart & Pulse” Coupé from 1998.