Online resources for active thinkers
ONLINE RESOURCES FROM STINSON
CloudLibrary by Bibliotheca, Stinson’s Digital collection can always be found online using a convenient app. Go to yourcloudlibrary.com for an introduction to online reading, and support details.
Below are direct links to the program that you will be using arranged by device
The Appstore for your iPhone or iPad
The Google Play Store for your Android tablet or phone
The link for Mac OS (MacBook, some desktops)
The link for Windows 7/8/10 (most desktops)
Special instructions for Kindle Fire (2013 and newer)
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Online Resources to remain mentally active
Art Collections and Museums
- Art Institute of Chicago – 44,000+ Images – https://www.artic.edu/collection
- Blarney Castle – Virtual Tour- https://www.virtualvisittours.com/blarney-castle/
- British Museum of London- https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection
- Louvre Museum, Paris- https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne
- Acropolis Museum, Athens- https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/acropolis-museum?hl=en
- History Connected https://britishmuseum.withgoogle.com/
- Museum of Modern Art – https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/moma-the-museum-of-modern-art
- Metropolitan Museum- Series of You Tube videos- https://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/met-360-project/11-dramatic-virtual-tours-of-stages-around-the-world/1gJiszMqltReJA
- Dali Museum- https://thedali.org/virtual-tour/
- Picasso Museum- http://www.bcn.cat/museupicasso/en/museum/presentation.html
- 3,434 museum views from around the world- https://artsandculture.google.com/search/streetview?project=streetviews
- Smithsonian
- National Museum of Natural History https://naturalhistory.si.edu/visit/virtual-tour/current-exhibits
- National Portrait Gallery-
- Eye to I Exhibit https://npg.si.edu/exhibition/eye-i-self-portraits
- First Ladies- https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/first-ladies/OAJS1lr5txbLJQ
Aquariums and Zoos
- Monterey Bay Aquarium- https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams
- National Aquarium- https://www.aqua.org/Experience/live
- Cincinnati Zoo- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEKhSO4WiX0&feature=emb_logo
- Explore.org Live Nature Cams- https://explore.org/livecams
- Houston Zoo- https://www.houstonzoo.org/explore/webcams/
- San Diego Zoo – https://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/
- Smithsonian National Zoo- https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/panda-cam
- Wildearth, South Africa- Live streaming safaris- https://www.twitch.tv/wildearth
Coloring Pages and Books for Adults
- Color our Collections- Art from over 100 Museums http://library.nyam.org/colorourcollections/
Free College Courses Online
- Carnegie Melon Open Learning- https://oli.cmu.edu/students/
- Coursera- https://www.coursera.org/
- EDX- https://www.edx.org/
- Future Learn- https://www.futurelearn.com/
- Harvard Online- https://online-learning.harvard.edu/
- MIT Open Courseware- https://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
- OpenLearn- https://www.open.edu/openlearn/
- Stanford Online- https://online.stanford.edu/
NASA
- Space Center Houston- Free App- https://spacecenter.org/app/
- Educational Space Center- https://spacecenter.org/hours/
National Parks and Gardens
- Cliffs of Moher- Virtual Tour- https://www.cliffsofmoher.ie/virtual-visit-tour/
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1084/gallery/
- Five National Parks- https://artsandculture.withgoogle.com/en-us/national-parks-service-
Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico, Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah, Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska, and Dry Tortugas National Park in Florida.-
Theater and Opera
- 11 Dramatic Virtual Tours of Stages around the World – https://artsandculture.google.com/theme
- AllArts.org- https://allarts.org/about/
- Nightly Streaming Opera – The Metropolitan Opera- https://www.metopera.org/
