70 FREE Creative Resources to enjoy Art & Culture

Participatory projects, Virtual Tours, Story-telling and Streaming

Tours, games, education & competitions guide to enjoying art at home 

A Line Art – alineart.co.uk

ATLAS Artsatlasarts.org.uk

Baltic –  Baltic.art

MoMA online – Massive Open Online Courses 

Music – Classical Music: Let the Berlin Phil Come to You 

Amsterdam – Van Gough Museum

British Museum, Londonbritishmuseum.withgoogle

Paris – Louvre Museum

Spain – Museo Nacional del Padro

New York – Metropolitan Museum of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art

Washington – National Gallery of Art

Florence – Uffizi Gallery

Over 2000 leading museums and archivesGoogle Arts and Culture 

Firstsite Colchester – Firstsite.uk

Gateshead International Festival of Theatre – three day festival online

Elevenses with David Walliams – Daily story read online 

Dundee Contemporary Artsdca.org.uk

European Cultural Convention – 50 years of Council of Europe art exhibitions

Goodnight with Dolly – (Queen of County) – Dolly Parton reads a story 

Heart & Soulheartnsoul.co.uk

Moving Essence – therapeutic videos and cinematic mental health sessions 

Greater Manchester, United We Stream – a live set, EVERY night

Islamic art, heritage and culture (Art in Isolation) – new podcasts 

Or take inspiration from outer space – NASA’s space images available online.

MARCH Network – home-based, creative ways to support mental health

Pallant Housepallant.org.uk

Free Online workshops using Adobe Illustrator –  Sarabandefoundation.org

Sharing Storiesstratfordliteraryfestival.co.uk

Arts activity boxes – download a range of free arts activities here.

Create your own Stop Motion Animation – Stikbot Studio app 

Every Sunday from 3pm to 5.30pm – Life Drawing classes

Daily Isolation activities  –  The Horsfall and 42nd Street.

The By You Tapestry – a downloadable resource 

Jodie Silverman, Art Therapist  – Instagram JodieSilvermanArt

On the Brink Studio – beautiful boxes you can buy

Group singing  – virtually – self-esteemreduce anxiety and improve wellbeing

Bee Vocal Online Choir – Join on Eventbrite 

Check out the largest record store in the world – Amoeba Music

DIYhomemade bird feeder ideas

Dance with OtiYouTube – Oti Mabuse Official

Cosmic Kids Yoga (Free and ad-free) – online classes 

Kiddy Kalma Yoga – classes are designed 

Play, Have fun, relax, get moving, and get mindfulYouTube classes 

GMMoving: Ways to keep moving 

Guidance for working online, and online safeguardingFree Guidance

Hepworth Wakefield (#THWCreatesChallenge)hepworthwakefield.org

Olafur Eliasson’s Earth perspectivesserpentinegalleries.org

More than Art – StillsStills.org

The opera streaming platformoperavision.eu

Streams programmes in English, French, Spanish etc – www.arte.tv

Europeana collections (Art, history and heritage)europeana.eu

The best free Culture and Education on web – openculture.com

Garden Inspirations – SoCal –  Descanso Gardens 

Virtual Zoos – Adventures in Familyhood

Activities and education tours – California Science Center 

Weekly virtual programming – MOCA 

Aquarium with live webcams – Monterey Bay Aquarium 

Fun tours and educational videos – Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 

Livestreamed performances – The Broad Stage 

Museum for kids (Our World Wednesday) – CMOM at Home

Fun virtual tours and art for the family – The Getty Museum 

Series of lectures, symposia, films, readings, and performances – The Hammer Museum and Watch + Listen

Nightly opera streams – The Metropolitan Opera 

Activities and education – California Science Center

Weekly virtual programming – MOCA

Magazines in Spanish – Hearst

Festival Cine in Spanish – Todoindie

Theatre in Spanish – INAEM

Comics in Spanish – El Vosque Comic