The biggest barrier to seeing the world’s great artifacts, treasures, and works of art is getting to them. This problem is worse for those in elder care. Studio City, CA residents with chronic health conditions, or who require a 24-hour caregiver, simply can’t travel to London, Paris, Rome, or the other cities where these museums are.
But, while there is nothing like physically stepping up to Michelangelo’s David, or seeing the tomb of Tutankhamen with your own eyes, a lack of mobility doesn’t mean you can’t have these experiences virtually, without leaving behind your senior care in Studio City, CA.
Hundreds of museums have worked with technology partners to offer a virtual tour of their spaces, and close encounters with their exhibits. With the aid of a licensed, trained, bonded, compassionate CAREGivers from Home Instead, you can find these wonders online and take a trip to the Louvre, the British Museum, or any of nearly 1,200 other great museums without leaving your home and Studio City, CA elderly assisted living.
Here are some of the best museums to consider.
The British Museum in London holds the ancient Rosetta Stone, mummies from Egypt, and countless other artifacts from ancient sites. Spend time virtually wandering the Great Court and see what you discover!
The Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci, perhaps the most famous painting on earth, called The Louvre in Paris home. The Louvre is the most-visited museum on earth, but you can browse its extensive holdings — including he Mona Lisa — through nine different virtual tour programs.
Amsterdam, the Netherlands, boasts two great museums that offer virtual tours: the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum. The Van Gogh, as the name implies, houses the largest collection on earth of that important impressionist’s works. The Rijksmuseum has a much wider variety, displaying works by such masters as Rembrandt and Vermeer.
Among American museums that offer virtual tours are the Guggenheim in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. This trio boasts some of the most important pieces of art on earth, and they’re available to you online.
Other museums to look up include the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul, the Musee d’Orsay in Paris, and the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.
So being “stuck at home” doesn’t mean being stuck with the same-old, same-old. Get some variety, and learn a thing or two about world history, culture, and art, through some of these remarkable virtual tours.
To see about a CAREGiver from Home Instead who can help you make this happen, call today: 818-988-6848.
