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Visit a virtual exhibition of the Rijks, Stedelijk and Moco from the comfort of your armchair

Now that museums are on lockdown due to the corona crisis, art institutions are using the world wide web to virtually display their exhibits. Visually visiting the Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum, Stedelijk Museum, Scheepvaartmuseum and Moco Museum from the comfort of your armchair has never been easier.

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Via Google Arts & Culture, you can watch the restoration of the Night Watch live at the Rijksmuseum. In addition, the Netherlands' most famous museum has digitized more than 700,000 works of art, which you can view in razor-sharp detail via Rijkmuseum.nl. At the time of the semi-lockdown, the Rijks was showing the Caravaggio & Bernini exhibition. The website features artworks from the exhibition and a special podcast. - Rijksmuseum.com

Van Gogh Museum
The Van Gogh Museum's virtual tour takes you past Vincent van Gogh's most famous paintings. From "The Sunflowers," "Almond Blossom" to "The Potato Eaters. In addition to a virtual tour of the museum, you'll read the letters Van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo. And stories about the painter to learn more about the quirky artist. - Vangoghmuseum.co.uk

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Municipal Museum
Via Instagram, the Stedelijk Museum hosts a live tour of the museum every Friday. Afterwards, you can find the virtual tour on the museum of modern art's YouTube channel. The website Stedelijk.nl features special mini-documentaries, podcasts and audio tours of the various artworks, artists and exhibitions that have taken place at the museum. - Urban.com

Maritime Museum
On Het Scheepvaartmuseum's website, take a virtual tour of the museum's main gallery and learn how the Netherlands became a maritime nation. Via Google Streetview, step aboard 'De Amsterdammer,' a real VOC ship. - Maritimemuseum.com

Nemo Science Museum
At the Nemo Science Museum website, kids can do fun science experiments, gather information and test themselves. Also for adults! - Nemo.co.uk

Moco Museum
The Moco Museum's virtual tour takes you past inspiring modern and contemporary art by the world's most famous artists. From Banksy to Jean-Michel Basquiat, JR, KAWS, Keith Haring, Jeff Koons, Yayoi Kusama and Andy Warhol. - Mocomuseum.com




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