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Mar 10, 2023

Virtual Tours Make Great Museums Accessible Without Leaving Home for Seniors

Written By: Tom Crowe
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The inability to leave home is the biggest barrier to seeing the world’s great artifacts, treasures, and works of art. This problem is worse for those in senior care. Agoura Hills, CA seniors suffering from chronic health conditions, or who need live-in care, naturally can’t make the trip to Paris, Rome, London, or the other places where these wonders are kept.

But, while there is nothing like physically stepping up to Rodin’s The Thinker, or seeing the Rosetta Stone with your own eyes, a lack of mobility doesn’t mean you can’t experience these things virtually. You can go around these museums without leaving your residential assisted living in Agoura Hills, CA.

Technology has opened up great avenues, and that now includes hundreds of museums. Virtual tours of their spaces and close encounters with their exhibits are available online — often for free!

And if you’re intimidated by the thought of going online, trust the competent, licensed, trained, and bonded CAREGivers from Home Instead. They will happily help you find these wonders online and take a trip to the Louvre, the British Museum, or any of nearly 1,200 other great museums. All without leaving your favorite chair in your Agoura Hills, CA senior assisted living.

Here are some of the best museums to consider.

The Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci is the most famous painting on earth. It is held in The Louvre in Paris. The Louvre is the most-visited museum on earth, but you can skip the lines and browse its extensive holdings — including he Mona Lisa — through nine different virtual tour programs.

Among American museums that offer virtual tours are the Guggenheim in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. This trio boasts some of the most important pieces of art on earth, and they’re available to you online.

The British Museum in London holds hundreds of treasures from the ancient world. The ancient Rosetta Stone, mummies from Egypt, and countless other artifacts from ancient sites reside in this world-famous museum. You can spend time virtually wandering the Great Court and see what you discover!

In Amsterdam, the Netherlands, at least two great museums offer virtual tours: the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum. The Van Gogh houses the largest collection on earth of the works of Vincent Van Gogh, that important impressionist. The Rijksmuseum has a much wider variety, displaying works by such masters as Rembrandt and Vermeer.

Other museums to look up include the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul, the Musee d’Orsay in Paris, and the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.

So being “stuck at home” doesn’t mean being stuck without access to the world’s great treasures. See some variety, and learn a thing or two about world history, culture, and art, through some of these remarkable virtual tours.

To see about a CAREGiver from Home Instead who can help you make this happen, call today: 805-370-0303.

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