VR Museums to Check Out in Incredible India

You’ve been interested in art for as long as you can remember, you plan your trips centred on what its museums have to offer. And since the pandemic arrived, you’ve been spending your time locked up between the four walls of your home, getting bored out of your minds and having itchy feet that long to go visit the museum nearby.

Did we get your reality right? Well, doesn’t matter even if we’re wrong. That’s because since COVID19 happened, amazing upgrades to museums have included VR tours of the place. 

You can browse through the artifacts the museum has to offer, the stunning art pieces that can be zoomed down to their last detail, and interactive features that you’ve never thought to be possible before.

So, don’t worry if you cannot leave the safety of your homes. We’ve got you with a carefully hand- picked list of recommendations, where you can travel virtually in your best clothes and browse through and learn about hundreds of fantastic cultures all over the world.

Here’s how you can beat your quarantine blues and kill your boredom by going through the best Virtual Reality (VR) tours offered by museums in Incredible India!

1. National Museum, New Delhi

Browse through more than 200,000 artefacts with their origins dating back to 5000 years ago. There are art pieces that belong to both Indian and foreign regions.

This collection of art and craftsmanship is so much more diverse than you can ever imagine- from the Arabic and Persian inscriptions and pottery from ancient Peru to some bronze masterpieces, the many arts of Deccan and remnants of Santhal musical traditions.

You can check them out here.

2. Indian Museum, Kolkata

When it comes down to naming one of India’s most acclaimed museums, you cannot miss the Indian Museum in Kolkata as this is not only the oldest and largest multipurpose museum in India but also the entire Asia Pacific region. 

If that doesn’t impress you already, we don’t know what will. Various parts of the country have collected the curious filling the museum and put them on display in one of its many galleries here. Check out the VR tour of the museum now.

3. Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad

Check out the virtual tours of one of the largest museums in the world, through its online galleries and exhibitions.

This museum has the ginormous collection of over a million art pieces and antiques, with most of them coming from the Salar Jung family. Undoubtedly, this is one of the greatest one- man collection of artefacts.

4. Victoria Memorial, Kolkata

Explore the stunning art pieces of both Indian and Western origins- featuring a collection of rare and antiquarian books, manuscripts and sculptures from the British period and so much more, through a VR tour of one of Kolkata’s most iconic buildings dedicated to Queen Victoria. 

5. National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi

NGMA is new to the list of museums offering a glimpse of more than half of its art work collection of 300 exquisite pieces through its VR tour.

The museum has divided its online tour across four levels, each with different sections. Check them out here.

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