The Joys of Armchair Travel, for now…

Thanks to technology, you can “go to the museum” from home. Some of the world’s greatest museums offer online tours or online collection browsing.

The British Museum’s collection online offers you unparalleled access to objects in the collection. There are over 4,000,000 objects available to view here.

Google Arts & Culture has an ‘Art Camera’ that lets you zoom into great works of art from museums and galleries around the world. Get a closer look at great works of art and enjoy ‘guided tours’ by experts on key works.

The Metropolian Opera is providing some grand opera solace to opera lovers for the duration of their closure. Tune in and enjoy “Nightly Met Opera Streams,” a free series of encore Live in HD presentations beginning at 7:30pm EDT.

#lookingupatbuildings is one of our favourite hashtags to follow. Now we can also look up at astonishing ceilings. Take a look at 10 Astonishing Ceilings You Can See Up Close and appreciate these extraordinary works of art, without having to crane your neck!

You could also explore some of India’s most iconic sights. This website takes you on a tour of Six Iconic Indian Stone Monuments from the Taj Mahal to Laurielle’s favourite, the ancient village of Hampi.



Enjoy a foray into the world of bird watching and enjoy a change of scenery as you explore live-cams. These cameras have been set up to allow you to discreetly observe play-by-play activities of birds, either at their nests, or at bird feeders, as they happen.

We are now well within the breeding season for Bald Eagles. You can observe nest cams at a location at White Rock Bluff in beautiful British Columbia here. There are currently two eggs in the nest!

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology at Cornell University has a couple of bird feeder station cams from very different parts of the world. If you would like to enjoy birds and the ambiance of Central America, you can check out their fruit feeder cam in Panama here. See Clay-colored Thrushes, Rufous Motmots, various tanagers, euphonias and more as they feed on oranges and papayas!

For a cooler and more refreshing experience, visit the FeederWatch cam at Manitouwadge in northern Ontario for lovely (and lively) Evening Grosbeaks, Pine Siskins and Blue Jays.

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