Are you bored at home? Looking for some productive ways to de-stress, learn something new, or just procrastinate? Then you’ve come to the right place! The Marine Science Graduate Student Organization has compiled some of our favorite time wasting and sanity saving websites that we hope you’ll find useful and fun!
If you are aware of any other online resource that are not listed below, please don’t hesitate to let us know!
The Louvre
Type: Art, Virtual Tours
Website: https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne#tabs
The Guggenheim
Type: Art, Virtual Tours
Website: https://www.guggenheim.org/collection-online
The Smithsonian
Type: Art, Natural History, Virtual Tours, 360 Tours
Website: https://www.si.edu/exhibitions/online
Getty Museum
Type: Art, Virtual Exhibits
Website: https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/the-j-paul-getty-museum?hl=en
Georgia O’Keefe Museum
Type: Art, Virtual Exhibits
Website: https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/georgia-o-keeffe-museum?hl=en
NASA Langley
Type: STEM, Virtual Tours
Website: https://oh.larc.nasa.gov/oh/
NASA Glenn
Type: STEM, Virtual Tours
Website: https://www.nasa.gov/glennvirtualtours
NASA Space Center in Houston
Type: STEM, Augmented reality experiences through their app
Website: https://spacecenter.org/app/
The Met
Type: Art, Virtual Exhibits including sneak preview at The Costume Conversation Lab
Website: https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/metropolitan-museum-of-art/KAFHmsOTE-4Xyw?hl=en&sv_lng=-73.9624786&sv_lat=40.7803959&sv_h=315.0285349959785&sv_p=0.9453475127378823&sv_pid=KeFx8oXHzeuY8L5rfepHaA&sv_z=0.6337718060899007
Detroit Institute of Arts
Type: Art, Virtual Exhibits including Frida Kahlo’s art!
Website: https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/detroit-institute-of-arts?hl=en
MoMA
Type: Art, Virtual Exhibits
Website: https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/moma-the-museum-of-modern-art
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Type: Art, Virtual Exhibits
Website: https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/museum-of-fine-arts-boston?hl=en
National Aquarium
Type: Aquarium, Live streams of enclosures
Website: https://aqua.org/Experience/live
Smithsonian National Zoo
Type: Zoo, Live streams of enclosures
Website: https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Type: Aquarium, Live streams of enclosures
Website: https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams
WithWendy
Type: Sewing/DIY, Thrifting
Website: https://withwendy.com/tutorials
William Osman
Type: Crafting, Home Engineering, Useless Inventions
Website: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfMJ2MchTSW2kWaT0kK94Yw
Simone Giertz
Type: Crafting, Cool inventions
Website: https://www.simonegiertz.com/
Bernadette Banner
Type: Sewing, History, Historical Costumes and Fashion, Hand Stitching Techniques
Website: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSHtaUm-FjUps090S7crO4Q
Morgan Donner
Type: Sewing, History, Medieval and Renaissance Historical Fashion
Website: http://www.morgandonner.com/
SciShow
Type: STEM, Informational Science Videos
Website: https://www.youtube.com/user/scishow
Animal Wonders
Type: STEM, Montana based animal rescue with informational videos about all of their animals!
Website: https://www.youtube.com/user/Anmlwndrs
It's Ok to Be Smart
Type: STEM, Informational Science Videos with a Bill Nye vibe
Website: https://www.youtube.com/user/itsokaytobesmart
Bon Appetit
Type: Cooking, Video Recipes, MSGSO especially recommends "Gourmet Makes" or "It's Alive with Brad" playlists!
Website: https://www.youtube.com/user/BonAppetitDotCom/
Binging with Babbish
Type: Cooking, Recipes based on food from movies and TV, Basic Recipes
Website: https://www.youtube.com/user/bgfilms
Bill Vicars
Type: Languages, American Sign Language
Website: https://www.youtube.com/user/billvicars
Jo Nakashima
Type: Crafting, Origami videos and instructional PDFs
Website: https://jonakashima.com
MetED
Type: STEM, Meteorology learning modules created by NCAR/UCAR
Website: https://www.meted.ucar.edu/index.php
Free Rice
Type: English, For each vocabulary question you get right, sponsors send the cash equivalent of 10 grains of rice to the World Food Programme!
Website: https://freerice.com/categories/english-vocabulary
Zooniverse Projects
Type: STEM, Citizen Science, MSGSO especially recommends ‘Plankton Portal’ game!
Website: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects
NASA Citizen Science Projects
Type: STEM, Citizen Science
Website: https://science.nasa.gov/citizenscience
Tallest Buildings in the World
Type: Architecture: virtually explore the world's tallest buildings while learning interesting facts about their construction.
Website: https://www.bayut.com/mybayut/tallest-buildings-world/
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