Day 7!

Today's challenge is to go on a virtual field trip.  Choose a museum from the following links or one that you may find through searching.

1.  One of the best places to start is Google Arts and Culture.  Like everything else Google, this is a warehouse of art, museums and information. You may need to install the google arts and culture app in order to visit these sites. Visit the collections page to see a list of all the museums that offer tours through Google Arts and Culture.  Happy exploring!

2. The Uffizi Gallery is one of Europes best museums.  It houses some of the greatest art works of the Italian Renaissance collected by the Medici family.

3. The Louvre is the world's largest art museum.  Located in Paris, France, it has nearly 38,000 objects dating from prehistory to today. It is one of the most recognizable buildings in Paris, a former palace, now with its large glass pyramid in the main courtyard.  If you look carefully, you might find daVinci's Mona Lisa in the collection.

4.   The Frick is a museum in New York that houses the collection of industrialist, Henry Clay Frick.  If you take a visit, you will see works of art by Bellini, Ingres, Bronzino and Holbein.

5. A little closer to home, you can visit The Mint Museum of Art in uptown Charlotte.  While these Charlotte museums don't offer 'virtual tours', you can look at their collections online: The Bechtler and The Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture.

6. Also close to home, check out the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh,  The Ackland Museum of Art in Chapel Hill, The Nasher Art Museum in Durham, The Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington, The Weatherspoon in Greensboro and finally, about 45 minutes from home, The North Carolina Pottery Center.  While not all of these museums have virtual tours, you can follow the links and look at their collections on their websites.

7. This place, The Guggenheim museum in NY is one of my favorite places on earth.  The building itself is a work of art, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.  Go.  Just go and look at it.

8. I'm saving my absolute favorite place for last:The Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Someday soon, when we are all back together, ask me about the hours and hours that I have spent in this place.  It's my idea of heaven.

These are just a few of the hundreds of museums that are offering virtual tours.  How lucky are we all that during this Global Health Crisis we can sit safely in our homes all the while traveling virtually around the world visiting some of the most amazing collections of art that there is to be found.  And the best thing of all, it's all free.