Resources to help keep you, your family, and your friends somewhat sane during COVID-19.
Direct links to each item are made where possible and no affiliate links are used directly from this list. Items marked with a * may require payment or a subscription charge after so many days.
If you are able to, please donate to some of the great non-profits, museums, and individuals who are donating their time to help others (both on and off this list) in this uncertain time.
- Google Arts & Culture https://artsandculture.google.com/partner?hl=en
- Highlights:
- High Museum of Art
- MoMA
- Getty
- Rijksmuseum
- State Hermitage Museum
- National Gallery, London
- Georgia O'Keffe Museum
- Tokyo National Museum
- National Museum of Women in the Arts
- Musée de l'Orangerie
- Old Masters Picture Gallery, Dresden State Art Museums
- The Munch Museum
- Highlights:
- Virtual Musuem Tours through Google Maps Streetview https://artsandculture.google.com/search/streetview?project=streetviews
- Columbus Museum of Art http://www.columbusmuseum.org/embark-collection/pages/PRT32170/?sid=15&x=8411
- The Simithsonian https://www.si.edu/online
- The Louvre https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne#tabs
- The Guggenheim https://www.guggenheim.org/collection-online
- National Gallery of Art https://www.nga.gov/
- The British Museum https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection | https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/the-british-museum
- Smithsonian Museum of Natural History https://naturalhistory.si.edu/visit/virtual-tour
- The Met https://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features | https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/the-metropolitan-museum-of-art
- NASA Langley https://oh.larc.nasa.gov/oh/
- NASA Glenn Research Center https://www.nasa.gov/glennvirtualtours
- The Vatican Musuems and Sites http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/tour-virtuali-elenco.html
- National Women's History Musuem https://www.womenshistory.org/womens-history/online-exhibits | https://www.womenshistory.org/resources/general/rosie-riveter-oral-histories
- US Air Force Museum https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Virtual-Tour/
- Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum https://www.museothyssen.org/en/thyssenmultimedia
- Schedule of online zoo events & streams: https://www.aza.org/livestreams-and-activities?locale=en
- Columbus, OH Zoo
- Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
- Atlanta Zoo Panda Cams
- Georgia Aquarium
- Houston Zoo
- San Diego Zoo
- Zoos Victoria
- Detroit Zoo
- National Aquarium
- Monterey Bay Aquarium
- National Aquarium
- Shedd Aquarium
- Aquarium of the Pacific
- https://www.skypeascientist.com/
- Daily Live - Ask Math Anything
- COSI Daily Learning Streams https://cosi.org/cosiconnects
- Shop Class At Home https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLice_sU_6Rfib7iG0VPeCwg81DVvHgJBo
Where possible, please support the original creators of the game if you are playing a non-official port as well as those paying for the server time so that you can play games online with your friends.
- Board Games Online
- Codenames http://ninjabunny.github.io/KodeNames/
- The Resistance Avalon http://avalon.fun/
- Spyfall https://www.spyfall.app/ | https://github.com/adrianocola/spyfall
- Secret Hitler http://www.secrethitler.party/
- Hanabi https://hanabi.live/
- Diplomacy https://www.backstabbr.com/
- Dominion https://dominion.games/
- Detective: Murder in Hong Kong https://ninjabunny.github.io/mihk/
- Space Team (internet mode) https://spaceteam.ca/
- 18XX games aka Stocks and Trains games
- Boardgame Apps
- Boardgames in Browsers
- Virtual Table Tops
- Board Game Companies supporting FLGSs
- eBooks from Apple Books
- Checkout ebooks from your local library
- https://www.netflixparty.com/
- Internet Arcade