Explore.org LiveCams

Missing nature exploration beyond your neighborhood?

Explore.org has a wide ranging collection of wildlife and rescue animal live cams to watch. Cats, dogs, panda, underwater and even space cam streams from NASA!

Don't miss the Decorah Eagles cam also powered by Explore.org with even more resources from The Raptor Resource Project!

Image by Jan Mallander from Pixabay

UB Falcon Cam

US National Park Service Webcams

Bears, eagles and the ocean are on offer from the US National Parks Service's webcams

Image attribution: "Bald Eagle Portrait" by Saffron Blaze licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0

Hays Eagle Cam December 2020

Can't get enough raptor watching? Check out Pittsburgh's Hays Bald Eagle Cam!

Image attribution: "Eagle and Eaglet" by Tim Lumley licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

NASA Virtual Tours

NASA offers great content and information on their website, but their virtual tours are not to be missed!

• Langley Research Center Virtual Tour
• Glenn Research Center Virtual Tours

Image attribution: "Astronaut Christina Koch Makes History" by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0

The New York State Museum

Dive into New York State collections from the New York State Museum via its YouTube Field Trips!

Image attribution: "New York State Museum, Albany NY" by Pete Dzintars licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

The Louvre

Always wanted to visit Paris and see some of the wonders held in the Lourve? The Da Vinci Code fan? Desperate to see the Mona Lisa for yourself?

We might not be able to visit right now, but you can still check out the virtual tours of the Louvre's Petite Galerie, Egyptian Antiquities, the Remains of the Louvre's Moat and the Galerie d'Apollon.

Check out the "Mona Lisa Beyond the Glass" Virtual Reality Experience and app to get closer than you could in person.

Don't miss out on the Louvre's YouTube channel. There are video tours in French and English on a variety of topics including the Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon and the Coronation of Empress Josephine.

Image attribution: "Napoleon courtyard of the Louvre museum at night time, with Ieoh Ming Pei's pyramid in the middle" by Benh LIEU SONG licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0

The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

View some of the United States' prized history in the National Gallery of Art via Google Arts & Culture.

Image attribution: "The south facade, seen from the mall's walking path, of the West Building of the National Gallery of Art" by AgnosticPreachersKid licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0

Google Arts & Culture

Still hungry for more? Google Arts & Culture, both the website and app, offer access to museums and collections from around the world. 

From Buffalo, head south to Ciudad de México to see the Museo Frida Kahlo.

Head to the UK to take tea and view works at the Tate Britain.

Visit Accra, Ghana for contemporary art and culture at the Nubuke Foundation.

Explore the world's leading public collection of modern art from Singapore and Southeast Asia at the National Gallery Singapore.

These are just a few places you can visit as you trot the globe without a passport with many more to explore!

If you're a coloring or crossword fanatic, Google Arts & Culture has those and more game, too!

Image attribution: "National Gallery Singapore" by Choo Yut Shing is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (or The Met) offers an online experience that millions have taken part in via Google Arts & Culture.

Image attribution: "Outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art" by Alex Proimos licensed under CC BY 2.0

The Guggenheim

View over 1700 works of art in the Guggenheim's Collection Online.

Image attribution: "Guggenheim Museum interior looking up" by Sol Robayo licensed under CC BY 2.0