Video entertainment
- UK National Theatre – free streaming
- NBA League Pass for free
- NFL Game Pass for free
- Metropolitan opera – free nightly stream
- Broadway HD – free 7 day trial
- Hoopla
- Free access online to movies if you have a library card
- Marquee TV (netflix for the arts so opera, ballet, dance) Free 30 day trial
- Vudu has a bunch of movies free online (some with ads)
- Links to other lesser known services with summaries here
- Social Distancing Festival
- A website that also curates a bunch of free online events and other things like that
Books
- Apple books is making some content free
- Amazon has apparently expanded their free books, including classics
- Audible has many audiobooks for free, and more if you have a library card
- Get books using your library card through apps like OverDrive
- SribD free 30 days
Virtual Tours – Museums
- Google Arts and Culture
- Virtual tours/exhibits from many museums, including:
- The British Musuem
- The MET
- Full list of partners here
- Virtual tours/exhibits from many museums, including:
- Vatican Musuem virtual tour
- Louvre Free Online Tour
- Guggenheim Online Collections
- National Gallery for the Arts has some exhibits available online
- Smithsonian virtual Tour
- Dali Museum virtual (though seems to be down currently)
- National Museum of the Air Force Virtual Tour
- National Women’s History Museum Online Exhibits
- Smartify App has made all its audio tours free for 2020
Other Cool Online “Tours”
- Google Street Art Project
- Has audio tours of street art/graffiti around the world
- National Park Service Virtual Tours
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- Includes Bryce Canyon, Hawaii’s Volcanoes, and Kenai Fjords
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- Google Arts and Culture Street View
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- Also has many virtual tours of non-museum sites such as:
- Taj Mahal
- Palace of Versaille
- Colosseum
- Also has many virtual tours of non-museum sites such as:
- Access Mars (via NASA’s Curiosity rover)
- Virtual dives (through National Marine Sanctuaries)
- New england aquarium online activities
- Live feeds
- Eiffel Tower
- Times square and other NYC sites
- Panama canal
Know of something else? Email correspondingsecretary@hydeparkkc.org