I’m a little late on the scene here; I heard weeks ago that Chester Zoo were livestreaming their animals, but it’s taken me until the other day to get around to looking it up. Unfortunately, I was late for their livestreaming (by about an hour and a half!), but I’m following on Instagram now to get notified when they livestream again, I’ve subscribed to their Youtube channel, and I watched a very cute 17-minute video of their penguins.
And then I started thinking, what else have I been missing out on? So I started doing some googling for museums and other places to see what else is available online. I’ve collected some below (there’s lots more out there), but I was also inspired to start my own Around the World Virtual Tour (I’ll be explaining in upcoming posts). I will also keep adding to this as I find more, and/or create a section in my Links page for stuff like this.
Zoos
Chester Zoo – Regularly livestreaming multiple animals during a full ‘zoo day’ (I think it’s every Friday, but not certain)
ZSL London Zoo – Videos of their animals
Aquariums
Monterey Bay Aquarium – Have ten live cams for different exhibits, including jellyfish, otters and penguins, operating at different times (during the day, Pacific Time)
Museums
Royal Museums Greenwich – Lots of educational videos on a variety of subjects, including ones very relevant to isolation
British Museum – Many, many options, including virtual gallery tours and podcasts
Museum of the Bible – #WordsofHope and episodes of The Lonesome Curator
Museum of Modern Art (New York) – running free educational courses and family art activities
National Gallery – Virtual tour
Natural History Museum – Online exhibitions
Other
Eiffel Tower – Virtual tour