GCCCD Getty Museum Virtual Exploration Question

Prompt

Museums are awesome! They provide a service to humanity by collecting, preserving, and conducting research on art and artifacts that they then share with the public. They can be educational, entertaining, informative, and fun. Plus, they often have gardens, cafes, and restaurants. Seriously, if you have not been to a museum, it is a good time!

The global pandemic highlighted an aspect of museums that may have been undervalued before: Their online presence. Many museums have terrific websites that learning experiences in and of themselves. For this discussion, spend at least a half hour in a virtual visit of one the museums below and report back. Tell us: (1) what museum website you visited and why; (2) how your spent your time and something you learned about; and (3) what cool or fun thing you would recommend to your classmates about the museum or its website.

Some activities you might encounter include collections research, videos, zoom features, augmented reality, art activities, articles, and podcasts. Choose your museum to visit from the following list: Asian Art Museum, SF; Getty Museum, LA; Louvre, Paris; The Met, NY; Museum of Anthropology, CDMX; National Gallery of Art, WDC; The Prado, Madrid.