Virtually Tour Queensland Museum Without Leaving Home
Use Google Street View to explore the museum's halls and exhibitions — without lifting a finger.
Leaving the house is no longer a necessity with things like booze delivery, so why couldn't we have art delivered to our door? The long, weary process of touring museums found itself virtually mobile with Google's Art Project. The interiors of cultural organisations have been getting the street view treatment over the last few years, all it took was a guy with a backpack filled with cameras walking around every nook and cranny of various museums, galleries and libraries to ensure that you can do the same without ever actually stepping foot there.
And now, our very own Queensland Museum is one of the places available to tour online, as part of the Google Cultural Institute. Not only can you take a closer look at everything you’d see if you were there in person, but you can also catch a glimpse of collections that aren’t usually open to the public.
A host of other Australian institutions have also opened their doors to virtual mapping, including the National Museum of Australia in Canberra, the Australian Museum Biennale of Sydney, the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in Melbourne, and the Queensland Performing Arts Centre. So what are you waiting for? You can jump online and take a simulated stroll around many an art-filled corridor whenever you want. That's right, the future is now.
To tour the Queensland Museum online, visit the Google Cultural Institute. To go there in person, head to the corner of Grey and Melbourne Streets, South Brisbane.
Via Brisbane Times.
